The Car That Changed Rally Racing Forever

Re:The Car That Changed Rally Racing Forever by hudibras on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @02:55AM (#9294747)

>exploding popularity (hundreds thousands of people lining the stages without the protection of normal circuit racing) and a series of deadly accidents, eventually leading to the end of the Group B category

I know next-to-nothing about rally racing, but that last photo in the article must highlight what you're talking about: a TV cameraman standing about six feet away from a speeding car on a dirt road. Yikes!

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Re:The Car That Changed Rally Racing Forever by Nr7 on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @03:02AM (#9294764)

Actually more like this: http://www.motormavens.com/emAlbum/albums/Contributors/Patri...

Portuguese rally fans especially were completely insane back then.

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Re:The Car That Changed Rally Racing Forever by hudibras on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @03:39AM (#9294844)

O dear. If my calculations are correct, those guys in the street have around eight tenths of a second to get out of the way.

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Re:The Car That Changed Rally Racing Forever by slayed0 on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @10:33AM (#9296437)

Never tell me the odds

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Re:The Car That Changed Rally Racing Forever by astrobe_ on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @06:58AM (#9295426)

This guy is actually relatively safe, because he is in the "inside" of the turn. The most dangerous places are the "outsides" of turns, where cars out-of-control are more likely to go. I believe that it is a common security measure to place people on the insides rather than the outsides.

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