Hot Rods versus Rallycross at Long Marston 1976 

Ford Anglia, for me the best looking hot rod of all time, used to watch them at Hednesford in the early 70's, great to watch, thanks for the vid.

Well I never knew that there were Rallycross events at Long Marston, fantastic stuff! Thanks for posting 👍🏻

Every time I see a video like this, I think, "Isn't Formula 1 shit?"

Wow, this took me back! Respect for Barry Lee, but as I was living in Sutton, Surrey in those days we always rooted for local lad George Polley in his 306 Anglebox. At one stage we had three top drivers from Sutton in matching BP/Custom Car livery and the fantastic support from the crowd as they entered Wimbledon stadium was brilliant. George Polley, Graham North and Phil Powell, what a team!

Those were the days just great Motorsport ! It just ain't like that anymore!!

this brings back memories of these 2 racing on oval cicuits in the 70's along eith another favourite of mine mick duffy collard ,and i see the polley name continues to do well on the ovals with dave polley in f2's

That Anglia is a rocket!great driving!

And Lee says this and Polley says that - brilliant. I got all nostalgic when I saw the winfield advertising hoarding too.

George , simply the best...

Reminds me of those good old days at the Arlington.

I got to sit in George Polley's car when I went to a race I think it was at Aldershot, great memories, drinking hot soup and the smell of Castrol R what a mix...

this looks like a pretty interesting race event!

Fantastic stuff excellent

That was EPIC!

proper racing cheers

Last year, Downham Autos in South London, sadly closed down. Ah.

I saw Barry Lee do a couple of laps at the old Hackney Speedway...Awesome!

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excellent

Arlington Raceway in Upper/Lower Dicker(yes its a village btw lol) My dad used to mechanic for a sstock and banger team when i was a wee laddie

I guess Americans define hot rods differently from Brits. I don't see a hot rod in here. But then if you show me a platter of cookies I wouldn't see a biscuit, either. But then again, whatever those cookie things are, they're always delicious. Come to think of it, these hot rod things are amazing!

The 2 Dislikes must be Rallycross Fans :)

😜£25 prize money LOL

Track more suited to hot rod cars. £25 each heat 4 heats

Wheres the hotrods just see rally cars

£25 prize money! lol You'd pay that just to spectate these days! Classic footage.

Further conclusive proof that you don't need 4wd and turbos to maintain the spectacle of Rallycross !!

Watched this so many times,fantastic !!!!!! Excellent footage,the real deal 😆😆😆

George Polly is still my No 1 Hot Rod driver long live 306, I used to watch him at Wimbledon in the '70's what fantastic nights they were, thanks for this posting it gave me lots of good memories from that era.

Absolutely brilliant stuff. Leepy getting back to his roots and Polley beating him. Lovely!! Alan Humphrey

and Lee says and Polly says and Lee says and Polly says.

love the upper-class tweedy chap doing the commentary. 'Frightfully exciting, what!'

When I was a child I used to watch hot rods on 'World of sport' in the 80's. Always used to root for George Polley. If I remember correctly, at that time he was driving a Toyota Starlet.

Escort Mk 1 (62) would be fetching over £50k at today's rates, prob old ex works car 😫 see on ebay today AVO mk1 Mexico for £45k.......

superb.. never know they did thinks like this... keep them coming

Gimme that Anglebox George any condition, I don't mind, just gimme!

Now a bleedin housing estate 😔😔😔😔😔😔

Now thats racing

Chevy c est suisse désoler

Que bien el Anglia . Mas firme de suspensión y mas maniobrable

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my dad raced with barry lee and george polly and u can watch my dad on vid tht is hot rods vs super rods northhampton brafield hes tim foxlow 144.

As a US'er could someone educate me on why these are reffered to as hot rods specifically? Whatever the meaning I doubt it would translate to us, but that's ok, these little rockets are killa!

I bought Dave fuels car after Ian Warren had it and we found out it was either No. 1 or No. 3 of the ford production line, wonder where it is now. Mark Lloyd

george you were brilliant then, as you were in the 80's and 90's when i knew you. fantastic archive stuff, congrats to you for posting it

Yer our cars tend to go round corners!

Cracking bit of racing, bordering nail-biting ! Polley and the Anglia seem much quicker on the black stuff and pull away, but Lee and the Escort pull a bit back on the loose.

Learning a Pitt maneuver would be cool. Tip the back of a rivals car spin them and stall them.

brilliant !

Absolutely ACE!!! Go on Polley!!!

Smashing footage..

what a great race!

Excellent stuff