27 Daily Mirror RAC Rally 1971

Int. championship for manufacturers #9 • Great Britain #11
20. 11. - 25. 11. 1971, Harrogate • gravel - snow 646.90 km .
CLASSIFICATION
1. #2 Blomqvist Stig - Hertz Arne - Saab 96 V4
Saab Scania PA 57003
tyre 2/3 7:30:47
72.1
2. #3 Waldegård Björn - Nyström Lars - Porsche 911 S
S-Z 7941 4/3 7:34:00
+3:13
+3:13 71.6
0.36
3. #24 Orrenius Carl - Persson Lars - Saab 96 V4
Saab Scania PA 57005 2/3 7:40:01
+9:14
+6:01 70.6
1.02
4. #12 Mikkola Hannu - Palm Gunnar - Ford Escort RS 1600 MKI
Wills Embassy - Ford Motor Co PVX 399K 2/3 7:40:05
+9:18
+4 70.6
1.03
5. #16 Mäkinen Timo - Liddon Henry - Ford Escort RS 1600 MKI
Wills Embassy - Ford Motor Co PVX398K 2/3 7:41:00
+10:13
+55 70.5
1.13
6. #7 Lampinen Simo - Davenport John - Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
H.F. Squadra Corse Lancia TO B51660 4/2 7:45:16
+14:29
+4:16 69.8
1.60
7. #8 Eklund Per - Andreasson Sölve - Saab 96 V4
Saab Scania PA 57004 2/3 7:49:12
+18:25
+3:56 69.2
2.04
8. #1 Källström Harry - Häggbom Gunnar - Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
H.F. Squadra Corse Lancia TO B51443 4/2 7:52:47
+22:00
+3:35 68.7
2.44
9. #14 Munari Sandro - Mannucci Mario - Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
H.F. Squadra Corse Lancia TO D20641 4/2 7:53:49
+23:02
+1:02 68.6
2.55
10. #44 Utriainen Seppo - Lehto Klaus - Saab 96 V4
Scan-Auto 2/3 7:54:07
+23:20
+18 68.5
2.59
11. #6 Clark Roger - Porter Jim - Ford Escort RS 1600 MKI
Wills Embassy - Ford Motor Co PVX 400K 2/3 7:55:39
+24:52
+1:32 68.3
2.76
12. #37 Blomqvist Gunnar - Blomqvist Ingelöv - Opel Kadett Rallye
AB 30402 2/3 7:58:28
+27:41
+2:49 67.9
3.07
13. #17 Cowan Andrew - Syer Johnstone - Ford Escort Twin Cam
2/2 8:06:57
+36:10
+8:29 66.7
4.01
14. #39 Warmbold Achim - Crellin Ron - BMW 2002 Ti
BMW Alpina M-HE 1427 2/3 8:08:48
+38:01
+1:51 66.5
4.21

[@chazsach6594]

These were my formative years and made me a lifelong Ford fan.

[@colhonk2916]

Was there, in the forests in the snow. was great.

[@christineayres7199]

LMAO at 8 min mark the guy giving the radio report , imagine all the kids back then excitedly listening in to their radios to hear that haha , nowadays the Smartphone has spoiled the youth of this generation 4K HDR video live haha

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Yep - as a kid I'd be in bed listening to the crackly RAC Rally updates throughout the night on my little transistor radio - so exciting!

[@christineayres7199]

@@robertp.wainman4094 I'd rather have been a child 🚸 of the 70s or 80s but sadly was born late 1980s , the 1990s were ok I still grew up riding roller skates 🛼 and had a Walkman and VCR player etc and in the UK then I remember it was a big deal when Channel 5 first came out as before then most people only had 4 channels and my TV my sister gave me was black and white with a wood surround lol 🤣 though luckily my dad knew someone who got us dodgy free cable TV that was awesome have over 100 channels in the early 90s

[@timbrookes3699]

Great movie. The sheer variety of cars. Just watched the 2021 RAC, good but just a procession of Mk 2 and Mk1 escorts,,

[@defender1006]

It was a showground for manufacturers to promote their cars reliability and robustness, not the short extreme rallies we have these days!

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

Can't please some folks. One of the greatest cars of all time. Driven by some of the greatest of their generation. What's not to like?

[@diaboloseven]

Remember hearing the reports on Blaupunct radio at home b4 school.

[@dionys7783]

great movie but the music is terrible

[@christineayres7199]

The Who was a great band did you not hear the song Substitute in the background ?

[@AntonHu]

Someone loved their trendy, new synthesiser 😕

[@Bellissimovolere]

Castle Howard north yorks..