Πόσο θα ήθελα να αναβίωνε στη πραγματικότητα το Group B αλλά αυτό δεν πρόκειται να γίνει ποτέ, όσο και αν εμείς οι εραστές του το θέλουμε. Ωστόσο η Michelin μαζί με το “Rallying with Group B” ανακοίνωσαν ότι στην Αγγλία θα διεξαχθεί το Michelin Rallye Groupe B, ένα rally το οποίο θα λάβει χώρα το Σαββατοκύριακο 25-26 Αυγούστου στους δρόμους του Cheshire και του Βόρειου Staffordshire όπου μεταξύ των Ε.Δ, θα υπάρχουν και Special Stages ανάμεσα σε κάστρα και σε σπίτια.
Το Service Park θα βρίσκεται στη πίστα Oulton Park και ήδη τα μέλη του “Rallying with Group B” έχουνε κλείσει τις 60 θέσεις ώστε να λάβουν μέρος στον αγώνα. Στόχος φυσικά να αναβιώσουν τις ημέρες δόξας του Group B της δεκαετίας του 1980. Ευκαιρία για ταξιδάκι στην Αγγλία δεν νομίζεις;
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GROUP B RALLYING IS COMING BACK
Michelin and Rallying with Group B are pleased to announce the UK’s only multi-venue rally for Group B cars and other rally cars of significant note: The Michelin Rallye Groupe B.
Sponsored by Michelin, the rally will take place over the bank holiday weekend of 25/26 August on the roads of Cheshire and North Staffordshire, with Special Stages in the grounds of castles and stately homes and service at Oulton Park race circuit.
The event is Rallying with Group B’s take on the fabled spectacular stages of the RAC Rallies of the 1980s and will be run as a National B Event under the General Regulation of the UK MSA. It will incorporate the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA and Appendices K and J, both for competition and demonstration.
Rallying with Group B’s members have already reserved 60-plus places so there should be cars to suit every taste that will help recapture the heady days of this iconic era of rallying.
Regulations and further details for the event will be issued as soon as possible and will be available at: www.rallyegroupeb.com
Steve Dolby, Michelin Product Marketing Manager, comments: “Michelin is delighted to be involved with the Rallying with Group B Trust on this spectacular event.
“Michelin has a strong commitment to motorsport, demonstrated by the fact that we are at the top of today’s World Rally Championship and we were also there during the glory days of Group B on such iconic cars as the Audi Quattro and Peugeot 205 T16. Therefore, it is only natural that Michelin is involved in this event which aims to recapture the feel of one of the most memorable periods in rallying’s history”.
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