In Part One I shared with you some photos I took of Current Era cars, used for various forms of racing, that were on show at the Race Retro show 2019.
Now I want to share with you some photos that I took of the many Rally Cars and Vintage Racers that were on display –
Rally Cars
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – The 1980 RAC Rally winning car driven by Henri Toivonen with navigator Paul White. A Talbot Sunbeam Lotus won the 1981 World Rally Championship.
Peugeot 205 T16 Group B, winner of the World Rally Championship in 1985 and 86
Ford RS 200 Group BLancia Delta HF Integrale Subaru Impreza STi WRC Austin 1800 “Landcrab” that nearly was a 1970 World Cup Rally Car. Built by BMC Special Tuning Department.
Hillman Imp Ex Works Rally car (Hall of Fame)
Opel Manta 400 – Russell Brooks won the 1985 British Rally Championship in one of these.
MG Metro 6R4 Group B
Vintage Racers
Riley Ulster Imp one of the successful Riley Team cars in the 1934 Le Mans race later bought as a 21st Birthday present for Mike Hawthorn (Hall of Fame)
1932 Aston Martin Works Car (Hall of Fame)
1925 Bentley 3litre Le Mans entry (Hall of Fame)1927 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre (Hall of Fame)
1928 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre (Hall of Fame)
1935 Aston Martin Ulster one of only 24 built (Hall of Fame)
Buggati Type 35B
So that’s it from the 2019 Race Retro. I hope that you enjoyed looking at the photos as much as I did being there to take them.
