The Motorsport That Killed Its Own Fans..

Six hundred brake horsepower, 1 single rule and zero safety measures…
These were three of the reasons why pretty much everyone loved Group B
Unfortunately, they’re also 3 of the reasons it got banned… it was straight-up insanity, and you’re about to see the why..
It was known for being one of, if not the most dangerous sport to ever exist.
Some of the fastest cars in the world, incredible title fights, spectators being heavily injured, and way, way too many fatalities…
This is how & why Group B became world’s most dangerous motorsport & the legacy it left behind.
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[@DailyFuelUp]

Tried something new, your feedback is more than welcome! & if you wanna see more Motorsport content (not just F1), lmk what I should cover next 👇

[@morgandobbins6079]

your videos are very well put together, you deserve more subscribers!!!❤❤

[@thegsquared]

Once again, your content never fails to impress! Suggestion on Non-F1 content: How a V12 diesel Le Mans car (Audi R10 TDI) won the 24 hours of Le Mans.

[@Allstarhero8900]

Maybe make a video about group c racing

[@naptime43x]

barbie jeep racing, or maybe the Baja 500/1000. that is still pretty wild with spectators and what not.

[@pranijshrestha8774]

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[@berke2336]

The fact that there weren't MORE spectators hit is honestly kinda impressive.

[@THERHINOFORZA4]

True the drivers were insane

[@Stettafire]

​@@THERHINOFORZA4Spectors too. Some of them were jumping out of the way. Like, WHY ARE YOU IN THE ROAD!!

[@Tkdriverx]

I guess that shows just how talented the drivers of this era were, being able to avoid them when they were that close

[@chrisccc22]

I would have to agree. Amazing actually.

[@mathewhosier9739]

The only ones that died were suicidal anyways, they kinda had it coming

[@phil4986]

"Don't want to get hit, don't stand on the track." "Where is the track?" "Anywhere you stand."

[@notyourusualsuspect6175]

The track is on the road, bro. That dark strip in front of you.

[@edwarddevlin6034]

The cars were on the limit, the fans were just fuckin stupid for the most part

[@bluebelle8823]

As I saw an F1 representative say about the 1994 season, "It's business. Nothing personal." Group B was definitely using the same mindset. It's always fantastic to see drivers using their conscience and saying "no I can't do that, I will not do that'.

[@TMcKeon408]

Group B aka: the "hold my beer" of motorsports.

[@brianwong7285]

To quote the series' last driver's champion, Juha Kankkunen: WRC is for boys, Group B was for men.

[@makimaxx2311]

What a comment😂😂😂

[@obnoxiousnesli]

my best friend is into f1 and she got me invested aswell but i always felt it was "too sterile" for me until I found out about rallye and it's the perfect amount of insanity and chaos that I love 😭

[@bryanpetersen1334]

In today’s world of hyper safety, walking helmets, and less lethal fly swatters, watching these tuned up, airborne cars racing on dirt and snow, and inches from spectators seems refreshing somehow.

[@aspalovin]

The on track fans were the parents and grand parents of tik tokers. You can tell. It's a shame Group B was ruined by morons on the tracks.. Didn't help for the drivers that the cars were rockets made of tin foil though.. Imagine G.B coming back with today's safety equipment and keeping the slime off the racing lines? It would be awesome. Watching those cars perform like that on those surfaces was incredible.. Leave it to the unwashed masses to wreck it.. Group B.onehead

[@sluglow6357]

Always funny watching nerds who sit in their room all day talk about the world is too soft today lol

[@jcngokai-76]

Outside of Isle of Man TT race, Group B is the most dangerous racing series of all time, no rules on materials that constructs a car, no safety barriers for both cars and fans, anything goes … and then Fonseca Island event happened in 1986 (same year that Space Shuttle Challenger, Chernobyl, and my own maternal grandmother were lost)

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

No fans with brains. No crowd control.

[@therickman1990]

It's a chicken and egg story really. Group B was so popular it attracted insane amounts of people, and that same popularity eventually killed it.

[@Quickdraw_Punslinger]

World's most dangerous motorsport? Who should tell him about road racing and the Isle of Man TT races? Great video though, can't wait to see more.

[@DailyFuelUp]

Guess I’ll have to make another one then 👀

[@Stettafire]

Isle of Mann TT series is very dangerous, but nowhere near as bad.

[@Quickdraw_Punslinger]

@@Stettafire It can be discussed considering one is with cars and the other one are motorcycles. But as a TT marshal who's been a first responder at a major incident I can assure you road racing is a strong contender for the title.

[@darklord9581]

But how many pedestrians/by standers die in isle of the man? I know drivers have for sure, but have no knowledge of anyone spectators passing away.

[@Dr1ftLegend]

Isle of man TT isn't a motorsport but a race

[@williamford9564]

22:07: There is evidence that Toivonen was physically and mentally exhausted, both by the length of that particular rally as he says in a few seconds, plus from the grind of the entire season. But he felt he couldn't ask for time off during the season as the team probably would not allow it. At the crash scene, there are conflicting accounts as to whether there were tire marks on the road at the corner where the car went off, indicating a skid, or no tire marks. If it is the latter then it is possible he blacked out from sheer exhaustion and lack of sleep and the car totally missed the corner.

[@christianellegaard7120]

Groups A, B, and C weren't just for Rallying. The system was made to attract more manufactures to all a FIA's sports car categories. The problems were primarily in Rally, however.

[@Dexter037S4]

WRC didn't even come close to losing popularity following 86', it continued to Grow. Spectators were regularly an issue until Loeb won 9 straight titles.

[@Mighty.Titan1]

16:03 This is Sierra Cosworth of Marian Bublewicz (R.I.P). The footage is from February 1993!

[@Tripsaas01]

Over 4 hours of this kind of driving per day is crazy stupid. Great job FIA 👍

[@maciejgajoch1774]

At 16:01 Ford Sierra of Polish best driver Marian Bublewicz.Fatal accident at 1993 Dolnoslaski rally.After hit the tree,Marian was locked in cockpit for almost 1 hour.There was no equipment to cut the roll cage.I still remember this horror.Unfortunatelly Marian died in hospital after few hours.That was a real tragedy for Polish motorsport.We all loved him.

[@someoneyouknow0n0]

Gotta love the videos, absolutely well done man!❤

[@DailyFuelUp]

Appreciate it mate ❤️

[@Arandomcat7]

My grandad used to be a group b rally marshall

[@dukezFRL]

thats sick

[@SovietAlexMent]

I remember my dad telling me he met Walter rolh in 1983 acropolis if I remember correctly, pretty cool, I love group b especially the Audi Quattro s1 e2

[@superbanaan9]

whats crazy is it wasnt out the ordinairy to find bodyparts in the car after the race like servered fingers etc because air ducts cut them of people trying to touch cars going fast

[@ak-jxrdy-7]

Yep, I remember a story about fingers found on the windshield wipers.

[@nickllewellin217]

Haha, my cousin is David Llewellin, A group B race in 1986!

[@cschnauz]

If you’re interested in group b Watch the documentary Riding balls of fire

[@thegsquared]

Amazing content DailyFuelUp! Now, Imagine what Group B would be like if they still existed? They would be like crazy turbo hybrid monsters with 1500hp+ with today’s technology.

[@iZ3C0LD7]

Koenigsegg is the first thing that comes up my mind when you mentioned "crazy turbo hybrid monsters with 1500hp+ with today’s technology" fr

[@thegsquared]

@@iZ3C0LD7 That’s road car technology that Koenigsegg developed. Not rally racing. Koenigsegg never got into racing (they weren’t allowed to thanks to GT1 homologation changes)

[@martinpattison1567]

Crowd control in some events was non-existent, there were not enough Marshalls and it wasn't easy to find more trained and qualified marshalls. When the Course Car drove through the stages and saw the excessive number of spectators the Cleark of the course should have cancelled the stage. This could even mean cancelling the whole event. Group B rallying was spectacular to watch, but, the cars themselves were too fast for a driver to react to what the car was doing. I marshalled the RAC Rally for 20 years (1979-2000) sometimes, I was the only marshal on a corner at 03,00am halfway up a mountain in freezing cold 🥶weather. We had no spectators to worry about. The half bottle of anti-freeze in my pocket for the occasional sip helped. 20 years for a Plastic or Metal badge Martin. (Thailand) 🥵

[@SA4LIFE]

I swear you're the best motorsport channel on youtube mate.

[@DailyFuelUp]

Appreciate it mate❤️

[@juanitooctavio9023]

Any motorsport would be dangerous when the spectators are standing ON the track! I remember those rallies. Insane drivers and suicidal spectators.

[@ThomasFerner]

"Who lets spectators stand next to cars going 150 MPH "......NO the question IS what INTELLIGENT person WOULD ?......So ban it ?.....But a month later the very same type of "safety conscious " people yell strap up for war boys ...don't worry its " safe " .....Makes no sense to me.

[@kamikazeclaymore]

These home videos are what I was downloading as viral videos during the limewire/kazaa days. Lol Epic racing.

[@therealsyxx]

This video is hilarious and informative at the same time. Thank you

[@mikecochrane803]

The difference between Walter and other drivers was that he only hit the camera. The last world champion in a 2WD car, and THE star of Group B!

[@FlashoftheBlades]

Group B and its planned successor, Group S, would probably have been more at home in rallycross. I know that some Group B cars did compete in rallycross after they were banned from the WRC, but making them official rallycross categories would’ve been a better place for them. With rallycross being held on closed circuits that aren’t always as fast as a rally stage, and with the spectators being kept further back from the racing surface, it certainly would’ve been a safer setting. Also, Group A and N were around during the time of Group B, having succeeded Groups 2 & 1, respectively. Those were the mass-produced categories that required a minimum build quantity of 5,000. Groups 3 & 4, the predecessor to Group B, had a lower minimum build quantity. 400 in the case of Group 4. While Lancia did win the 1983 Manufacturers Championship, their drivers didn’t contest every rally that season, clearing the way for Hannu Mikkola to win the Drivers Championship for Audi. Also, it wasn’t just Audi that withdrew from the WRC after Henri Toivonen’s fatal accident. Ford also pulled out in the aftermath.

[@TheOfficialOrbitz]

It always a good day when dfb uploads!

[@DailyFuelUp]

Appreciate it mate❤️

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

11:22 Jean Todt, the greatest team principal of all time. He turned Peugeot into a juggernaut in rallying and hill climbs, then turned Ferrari into a juggernaut in F1.

[@Famous_Mist]

I was in that accident in Portugal, in Sintra, on top of a tree, the track is so short that you didn't have 1 metro to stand... Every year we use to talk about the possibility of a big accident

[@jordantruong305]

The craziest part is that the drivers WANTED more rules for safety when normally rules ruin everything

[@kurtisduke2685]

Something a lot of people may not know is that the Lancia 037 was the only 2 wheel drive car that beat the Audi Quarto.

[@Monkey_D_Luffy56]

Everything is insane the cars, engineers, mechanics, pilot and co pilots, track/stages

Even hundreds years later people will talk about group B and how crazy it was 🙃

[@mehimrc1314]

Title is backwards, it should read "The fans that killed their Motorsport" how dumb do you have to be to stand Infront of those beasts and think "wow what a cool view, I'll just move in a crowd"

[@dukezFRL]

imagine if the mid engined quattro were approved, the sport wouldve gotten so much crazier.

[@lexkellytelly1334]

It’s crazy that people are running across the track

[@GregorioStyreco]

my mind read " the motorsport that killed only fans..." and i was the luckiest person on earth for a brief moment.

[@johngeren1053]

The Toivonen/Cresto S4 landed tail first. You can tell from photos of the post crash remains when the burned out chassis is on the tow truck.

[@patrickbuick5459]

I used to assist with Rally. It was insane how many people would queue up where physics would take a vehicle with traction loss or otherwise out of control. More examples of people who cannot think even minimally rationally.

[@AsherTisor]

1:04 the scary part is more spectators died than the drivers in the 170mph cars going down dirt trails

[@KepokLekor69]

Rally nowadays safety..i cannot brain, the crash look brutal..but the driver just like nothing happend

[@omni201]

If I had to go out, getting biffed by a car and sent to the Group B track in the sky? Wouldn’t be mad.

[@merhaba8]

The action of the spectators varied from country to country. In New Zealand we never had the crowd issues with Group B that countries like Portugal.

[@updates2549]

More unique content.. Well done!

[@DailyFuelUp]

❤️

[@cyberalc]

Just came across your channel its dope af. Why blur out the crashes.

[@djbros_dede300]

KZbin has overly strict guidlines

[@eS._Te]

one of the best videos on this topic and youtube !

[@DailyFuelUp]

I really put a lot of time and effort into making this video, nothing makes me happier than reading comments like this❤️

[@Ccidergoob]

and it was amazing. especially with the extra details

[@naptime43x]

this was the first time ive seen one of your videos and it was really good, might have to check out some f1 too.

[@frankplaitedhair5666]

Got So Into It They "JUST DIDN'T CARE". Great Crazy Time For Group B Car Racing.

[@JackF99]

Well done. I believe it's pronounced LAWN-cha not LAN-see-ya

[@Bleifuss88]

Too much polemics in this video. Toivonen was not complaining about the cars, he was complaining about the LENGTH of the rally that had been extended before the event. Banning Group B and Group S was the biggest mistake that could have been done and it was done basically because rallying was threatening F1 as the pinnacle of motorsports at that time. With Group A popularity declined massively. The only thing that needed to be done was better crowd control and getting rid of fuel tanks in the middle of the car. Rallying never recovered from the loss of Group B although the early WRC era (1997-2003) was great.

[@oxcart4172]

It looks like the film Death Race 2000!

[@klaidys8782]

It just happened in lithuania when rally car just went into group of people’s. 1 dead 14 injured 😢

[@fmphotooffice5513]

The rules on spectators were poison. There was plenty of audio/video technology for covering in detail, and designated safe areas for people at the events would have given the drivers, teams, sponsors more TIME to develop and push limits in a way Group B could have continued. The drivers who perished died doing what they were obviously passionate about. It was a dangerous way to race, but they knew that when they got behind the wheel. RIP all.

[@spezkay81]

Someday soon computers will be racing cars. That’s gonna be nuts!

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

i dont like rallying.. but even i get mega excited when it comes to Group B

[@yigajoel9526]

motorsport rallies still happen like this in africa.

[@phrtao]

I remember going to see a rally during this era in Wales. We stood up on a hill but I could see the crowds lining the road and I was so sacred for them being so close to the cars. Not an enjoyable event to be at in my opinion.

[@donwest5387]

had these people never seen cars before?

[@maurizza3499]

Group A wouldn't exist without Group B's fatalities

[@JveerPlayz9000]

Nice video🔥

[@DailyFuelUp]

Thank you brother ❤️

[@CaptainQuark9]

Ahhhhh, Group B and Group C... The 80s were a great era for great motorsport!

[@andsoitwas3046]

Wow.. just wow, they need to bring this category back.

[@Car-Land-zzz]

yo love the variety do more of those 🔥🔥

[@locuszin]

ooh new stuff, I love it, anything motorsport, DuelyFuelUp is my favourite channel.

[@crxstal4552]

Group B is literally street racing without a street

[@CJ-yb8uw]

I loved watching these Rallies as kid👍😎

[@Cableitiable]

At 16:03 those are remains of a Sierra Gr. A rally car of an exceptional Polish driver Marian Bublewicz 7 times Polish Rally Champion and 1992 ERC runner up champion who died because of the horrible accident. The emergency services hadn't had the jaws of life in 1993 (astronomicaly expensive in post communist country) so it has considerably lengthen the rescue operation.

[@senormojo]

To be honest, it’s the fans that pretty much kill themselves. As tragic as it is.

[@Erodezz]

Le mans laughing in the back ground

[@TylerB1723]

As exciting as this may have been, it's just utterly stupid. Even after 2 kids got killed, they were like "yeah it's racing!"

[@Boebus1-hy6gu]

Nice vid

[@rudetoy8264]

Stupid is as stupid does - Forrest Gump Movie Quote

[@gonpala]

It seems stupid and counterintuitive to banned 4DW in rally. Like, idk, having 4x2m cars trying to race in Monaco.

[@JackBlack-ii1ip]

Took the car into my local repair shop with frontal damage. Insurance? Nah, cash, flashing wad of folding stuff. Ready Thursday. How did it happen? Spectators, no consideration. And we all had a good laugh. Sociopath? You'd better believe it.

[@marcoferrai]

Yes group b is special won't see it ever again ♥️

[@DFSJR1203]

To this day you still see people standing right at the edge of the track. I have seen cars go off and the morons by the side of the track had to run like hell to keep from being hit. This is down right stupid. I know they can not put up barriers the hole length of the circuit and what good would it do. People would find some way over, under, or thru the barriers just to get closer to the cars.

[@CR71243]

If Group B weren’t banned, would Ferrari have produced more 288 GTOs?

[@dukezFRL]

perhaps, same with the porsche 959

[@Dexter037S4]

The 288 and 959 were not meant for Group B Rally, but Group B GT. Privateers only took them rallying.

[@gleglatin]

didn't watch, but KILLED FANS BY A MOTORSPORT IS DEEP

[@The-od1-out]

The drivers in the end had to just agree with themselves that the people where just like trees part of the track it was crazy but everyone loved it

[@human144k3]

My birthplace in The Netherlands had a annual rally including group B... It was dangerous for the fans and spectators but it was on public roads and free for everyone to watch at their own risk... Everyone accepted that and was kind of okay with the danger... What is the problem than? Too much fun?? More people die for nothing in Ukraine per day than ever died in group B....

[@michokazour2172]

The video is BRUTAL But why everything dangerous is fun?!

[@Vvopat96]

I think it's majority's opinion what mattered, most of people just wanted group B to continue and after that big crash as Audi pulled out and people were sad, the opinion changed. It's called experience learning, the learning that is more monkey way than logical predicting and also simpler people then learn that it's dangerous. Enough people changed their mind and things changed. It's still the case, majority's opinion is the way things go. Average IQ in 1980 was under 80 if compared to today's test, we have improved a lot.

[@Bongebob]

Man I love this chanel from the bottom of my heart

[@flowerofcalamity]

For drag people think of the unlimited class in drag racing that's pretty much what this group was

[@johnadams9106]

Motor sports is a very dangerous sports,with a lot of fatalities to driver's and spectators

[@bestlaidplans2024]

If they brought it back the same as it was before people would still crowd around to see it

[@sam3d]

This reminds me of the bull runs in Spain! 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@Glenrsi]

If spectators stand in crowds so close and on the road, it is their own fault.

[@olszu3350]

13:21 my God..

[@justinbush4482]

My dad always tells me to keep history in context. But...how FIA did nothing? And weren't held accountable? I don't get it.

[@frainkchtain_44]

Great presentation method, good delivery and professional editing half an hour video duration, but preparation takes hours. A fun and wonderful video, keep showing content like this.

[@peterdevreter]

Michelle Mouton 😍

[@critonix_online5977]

0:08 why are there people floating 💀