Re: RAC info?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3.0.1.32.19981124103814.00749c80@mail.cfm.ohio-state.edu> Dave Conner writes:

> Is there a web site with info re: the RAC Rally (Network Q Rally of Great
> Britain), Nov 21 - 23?

Yup.  Search AltaVista on "RACMSA" - the RAC Motor Sports Association.

> No mention of it in the US papers of course.  The article says there will
> be two million spectators!   Three days and nearly 1,200 miles...WOW!
> Maybe I need to spend more time in the UK.

It's mostly in Wales and in winter.  Suitable for Seattle residents
and similar.

And it's over - finished in the most spectacular manner.  Carlos Sainz's
co-driver, Luis Moya, took off his crash helmet and smashed it through
the car's rear windscreen in frustration when an engine fire 400yds from
the end of the very last stage robbed them of the World Championship.

Timo Makinen went out controversially - he hit a patch of oil left by
the Historic Rally earlier in the day and slid into a concrete block
that had not been on the stage during the recce.

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