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If you watched this video from the beginning, you might not realise that Murray Coote and I were always in the front runners in this event. We hardly got a mention until the passing comment at the end to the effect that we came second by just a few seconds. Viewers might think a couple of Queenslanders were just lucky to be there and happened to fall into second place. A great event, great roads, great crews, great organisers.

Australian's should be proud that we were the first in the world to dub the GTR 'Godzilla'!!!

Happiest little triangle

Shame about the crap music, pure car engine exhaust is music to my ears.

Shame they dont do rally ozzy anymore 😢

Carr all the way!!

Fury is a legend

Second best era of WRC I reckon rip possum Colin and Rodger ❤

The glorious sound of the BDA. How far can a front wheel come off the ground, and you still stay in control?

40 split seconds

My favourite Motorsport era, the BDA Escort and the Ford Factory racing team. Bond and Carr amazing. I still just want one of these Escorts so badly 😂

That lady was some driver holding her own in a male dominated sport

What a golden era of Rallying any where in the British Isles and Through the continent there were such greatly Contested Rallys and Car's were simply Brilliant 🎉BHP made the best TV programmes in the World

I crewed with Tommi on this rally.

Bro Peter really said “yumps” 😂

when cars were real

... wait ... WAIT!!! .... YOU FORGOT YOUR TOFU!!!!

That forest is incredible!!

That's the biggest Trump thumb up in history @6:49

With hindsight - knowing about them bypassing the turbo restrictor - the speed of the Toyotas _does_ look suspicious.

Tommi Makinen said that year's event is all about experience and the upcoming will be easier was probably the sickest prediction ever! Cause not only that he won the next year's rally, but also his first championship!

Lancer GSR 💪

1997 not 1996 :) Possum defending champ, Greg Graham in the second car!

Those cars look like they handle pretty .......I wonder where he got the suspension?

Murray is a lovely guy, worked with him a few times... extremely knowledgable.... he's MR Pro-Flex.

Is he dead? :(

These days those marshals would have to wait for the Safety Car to be called and for approval to go out and deal with the fire and clear the track.

Legend .

At 23:47, the camera is on our house front, I would have been watching this from my bedroom window as they came through Sulby village.

Awesome to see the HDT LH Torana in full flight

Talbot Sunbeam Ti, Chevette HSR, Audi 80, mk2 Escort RS2000, Opel Ascona, Celica GT, some real classics there worth thousands of pounds today but were ten a penny in those days! 😂

Tony Pond is one of the best drivers of that era without question. To be able to throw around those big heavy cars and achieve the times he did is nothing short of spectacular. He rarely crashed too. He was also a great character. R.I.P. Tony. You are missed by many. 🙏

With many a tear flowing, I remember my Dad, Geoff Ross, one of the greatest Rally Drivers, and my Hero, whom passed recently, from Cancer. I just know he's still tearing up those corners going flat stick and loving every second. Miss you Dad and Love You Always.

I crewed for Ross that year.

Man this is fantastic

peak wrc era

Great clip!

that sequence at 2:32 is absolutely gorgeous

Nice

What a laid back super cool man Mikkola was. RIP.

RIP Tony Pond: the best of the sporting gentlemen.

Tony Pond was a proper character,loved this golden era of rallying

4:30 crazy to think that even back in the 80s drivers were inspired by chelsea denofa

I really miss proper rallying

Rev un 11.000 RPM

czcams.com/video/Tlnxs_oblkM/video.htmlsi=PMExGVi1fzGACKFe&t=151 One of the first outing of the infamous Celica GT-four ST205 . So were Toyota cheating yet?

Must be nice ...

Some of the footage was not on the Isle of Man, but on the Great Orme Stage, Wales.

Enjoyed my ride, a precursor to navigating in Canberra the following month.

Thank you MotorsportmemoriesAustralia for posting this classic video of Australian rally memorabilia. Although Channel Nine Sport excelled themselves with their video of this rally (boy but I wish they had had access to 4K digital video cameras back in 1991), I still wonder if it's possible to get a copy of this vid where the commentary doesn't often go up to "the threshold of pain". :-D Regardless of that, bless you Darrell, wherever it is that you are now.