[urq] Truth-in-24

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I've missed rants like this since the great Bill Bennett stopped posting!

Keith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geraint Lloyd" <geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca>
To: "Louis-Alain Richard (PLG)" <larichard at plguide.com>
Cc: "urq list" <urq at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; "Hayes Myers" 
<hayesmyers at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:37 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] Truth-in-24


>
>
> On 30 Mar 2009, at 16:43, "Louis-Alain Richard"
>>
>> While that was also true in the beloved era of Group B racing, now
>> rallying
>> is mostly a spec-racing series since Subaru left the building : all
>> cars are
>> now transversal 4-turbo or 4-atmo, either FWD or AWD. So long for
>> diversity.
>>
>>
>> Louis-Alain
>>
> Rallying is not just spec racing, it's a series of extended press
> conferences occasionally interspersed with a bit of a rally sprint on
> gravel...... The rally of Wales is the decendent of the RAC, based in
> Caerdydd. Just these days the boys need to stay so close to the studio
> that Hafryn / Sweet Lamb is too far for them to go let alone
> Pundershaw or Scotland. FFS guys grow some chest hair!
>
> Still that's progress I suppose. But "test of man and machine" my
> bottom!
> </rant>
>
> 20 years ago I would have said rallying over endurance for a real test
> if the engineering, now I'm not so sure.
>
> Geraint
>
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