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Re: Michele M on NBC Europe
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- Subject: Re: Michele M on NBC Europe
- From: Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:30:12 +0012
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..>From: tnas@dtpdirect.nl (Tom Nas, DTP Direct bv)
..>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:17:38 +0100
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..>Was zappin' away yesterday evening and happened upon some nice rallying
..>action on NBC Super Channel Europe. Turned out they had invited the top
..>rally aces to battle head-to-head in similar cars across a mixed-surface
..>circuit. Very close, very quick, good stuff. Didier Auriol won by less than
..>a second.
..>Among the commentators was good ole' Michele Mouton! Too bad the cars
..>didn't include an Audi, and she didn't drive...
..>Unfortunately, the event seemed Toyota-sponsored: RAV4s, Starlets, AWD
..>Celicas. Oh, and the odd Escort Cosworth. The fact that they drove
..>alongside each other made for exciting racing though.
it's an annual event called the "race of champions" and was originally
instigated by michele in response to the death of henri toivonen in '86 (rip).
great racing which pits the current crop of top rally drivers against each other
in identical cars.
apparently it is getting harder to stage because of sponsorship problems (eg.
ford don't want to see photos of carlos sainz driving a toyota).