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  1. 02-06-2007, 04:44 PM #1
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    Walter Rohrl at Work

    A couple of decades ago...

    http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/video.php?illustration=55

    Amazing footwork & car control - wacky spectators.

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  2. 02-06-2007, 06:04 PM #2
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    GREAT video.... and really good music... thanks

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    I just wish they hadn't fast-forwarded it
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    Great stuff, the man is the master! Can you imagine watching this kind of footage in high-def on a big screen with all the good sounds in Dolby Pro Logic?? Maybe someday!!
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    Now, dem's some happy feet...

    But I hafta say; those spectators are nuggin futz...
    I'd be up on a hill - heavily mined with large rocks...

    great video!

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    GREAT!

    Gruppe B was crazy..
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    Toivonen's fatal crash was effectively the end of Gruppe B rallying. This is footage of Henri's fatal run (Lancia Delta S4 turbo + supercharged). Not sure if it's the camera position or what, but it really shows how close to the edge of disaster every turn was .... Toivonen was generally considered by his peers (including Rohrl) as the fastest of the fast, mainly due to the fact that his regard for self-preservation was significantly lower than most humans. Gruppe B had really become, by that time, only a game of who was the craziest. The 2nd link is amateur footage picking up where the first one blanks out and is of Henri's unfortunate leap off the cliff.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkLH56Jx6qI&eurl=

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3fSlE2jdI&eurl=
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