The finest rally drivers of their time driving their wildly behaving cars in the most spectacular event of them all - Rally of 1000 Lakes in Finland. Auriol, Kankkunen, Alen, Vatanen and Biasion all take their turn in the rollercoaster of a special stage Ruuhimaki - commented by Harri Pontinen and the winner of the ´89 RAC Rally, Pentti Airikkala.
The finest rally drivers of their time giving spectators their money´s worth in a spectacular special stage at the heart of Jyvaskyla - the head-quarters of rallying. Commentary by Harri Pontinen and Juha Kankkunen´s former co-driver Juha Piironen.
Live coverage from the legendary Ruuhimäki stage in Rally Finland 1999 driven by the 4-time World Champion Tommi Mäkinen - whole stage covered (on-board, helicopter shots and so on)
A short review of the 1000 Lakes Rally 1985 in Finnish. The battle between the Peugeots, Lancias and Audis is commented by that year´s winner and World Champion Timo Salonen.
A great 8-min review of the Rally 1000 Lakes 1991 originally shown by the legendary Finnish motorsport show Ruutulippu. Spectacular driving, lots of incidents and lots of legends on the wheels of the cars. Those were the times.
Part One of the World Rally Championship Season 1986 featuring the monstreous rally cars ever seen in this level. Events starting from Monte till the tragic rally in Corsica.
A short review of the 1000 Lakes Rally 1986 in Finnish. Because of the tragedies earlier in the season this was to be the last chance to see the beasty GroupB cars racing in the event that was also known as the Grand Prix On Gravel.
A legendary Finnish motor sport reporter gives Markku Alén´s GroupA Celica a go at a Dutch rally-cross circuit in 1992. And then in the end Markku shows how it´s done properly.
In the opening stage of Rally 1000 Lakes 1997 in the heart of Jyväskylä a Danish driver Karsten Rikhardt driving a GroupN Mitsubishi tried to take the corner at the end of a long straight way too fast, went off the road and hit a group of spectators. One spectator died and a lot of others were injured.
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A great 8-min review of the Rally 1000 Lakes 1992 originally shown by the legendary Finnish motorsport show Ruutulippu. Spectacular driving, lots of incidents and lots of legends on the wheels of the cars. Those were the times.
A British rally crew of Julian Roderick and David Holmes having an absolutely horrendous accident during the Rally 1000 Lakes 1984 in Finland. A total of nine people were taken to hospital, but amazingly it wasn´t a fatal accident.
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Special stage 1 Laajavuori Live from the Rally 1000 Lakes 1985 - commentary by the one and only Matti Kyllönen.
A review of the Rally 1000 Lakes in 1981. Brilliant footage including the best drivers of their time, great jumps and slides - and the masters behind the wheel.
