Two years ago we video'd the Tour Of Cheshire historic car rally, and in 2024 we were keen to repeat the experience. We heard through the grapevine the date for this year's event, and decided to focus on the Oulton Park rally stages (four runs in all for each car) as there are plenty of spectator opportunities around the venue.
The always slippery surface of the purpose-built rally course at Oulton is a real test for any car and driver, young or old, and the increasing rain as the morning progressed only made things more tricky - for drivers, and also for ourselves trying to keep our cameras dry(ish). Only a good going over with a hair dryer once back home revived one of our cameras which had ingested more water than was good for it.
Classic rally cars are always fun to watch, so many of the cars have very distinctive sounds too - for example the Datsun 280Z with its wonderful straight six engine (similar sound tracks for the Triumph 2000, TR6, 280SL, and MGC).
Other highlights for the 2024 Tour of Cheshire included a superb Ford Model A, a Triumph TR3A with no weather equipment in place, an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint and Alfetta saloon, Ford Cortina GT Mk1, various Escorts and Minis, Austin A40 Mk2, Volvo Amazons, Porsche 911, Talbot Samba, plus hot hatches from VW and Peugeot, to name just a few. Even though the weather was appalling at times, we managed to grab some footage so hopefully this one will be of interest to classic car fans.
Did you compete in this year's Tour of Cheshire? Have you tried your hand at classic car rallying? Which of the classic cars shown would you take home?
I'll include a link to the '22 Tour of Cheshire at the end of this one, and also a recent HERO Challenge car rally.
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22 авг 2024