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  1. 12-26-2005, 03:18 PM #16
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    More Chevrolet Chevettes:

    1. '81 5-doors shown in fleet service
    2. '81 5-door with another Chevette used in the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show
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  2. 03-24-2006, 12:27 PM #17
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    Vauxhall Chevette 2300HS
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  3. 03-24-2006, 01:04 PM #18
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    oooh nice one ag84 ... Pentti Airikkala on the 1977 Lombard RAC Rally.
    "A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
    oooh nice one ag84 ... Pentti Airikkala on the 1977 Lombard RAC Rally.
    How come the steering wheel on the left side?
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  5. 03-26-2006, 08:27 AM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
    oooh nice one ag84 ... Pentti Airikkala on the 1977 Lombard RAC Rally.
    Erm Thats the 1977 Circuit of Ireland

    Some pics I have VVV First 3 are brochure scans, second 3 are my pics from Rallyday at Castle Combe 2004
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  6. 03-26-2006, 08:31 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by smxi
    How come the steering wheel on the left side?
    Coz he preferred left-hookers.
    "A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
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  7. 03-26-2006, 08:33 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by GroupB
    Erm Thats the 1977 Circuit of Ireland
    Is it ? Cheers.
    I saw it on the RAC, thought that was the only British event it did that year.
    '78 was a busier year for DTV
    "A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
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  8. 03-26-2006, 08:43 AM #23
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    For anyone interested, a classic car magazine (probably Classic Car Monthly ) is running an article on the Vauxhall Chevette HS versus the Lotus Talbot Sunbeam!

    I think I may get it...

    EDIT: It could be UK only. Maybe.
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  9. 03-26-2006, 08:44 AM #24
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    I thought DTV competed a full season in 1977. What was the year Pentti won the Welsh International?
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  10. 03-26-2006, 03:19 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by GroupB
    I thought DTV competed a full season in 1977. What was the year Pentti won the Welsh International?
    It was '77 !!! I got my years mixed. 77 was a full season assault in the UK. I was thinking only the DTV assault on WRC in 1980 would have been ireland/wales. "brainfart"
    Airikkala, Pentti (FIN)

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    Pentti Airikkala is probably one of the least known drivers to ever win a WRC event. Most of his career was spent in Great-Britain where he was a regular competitor in the national Rally Championship. His knowledge of the British roads enabled him to score an upset victory at the 1989 RAC Rally at the wheel of a factory Mitsubishi Galant VR4. Prior to that, he had been a factory driver for such diverse makes as Isuzu, Renault, Opel, Ford or Lancia. He his well remembered in Britain for his great performances at the wheel of the Vauxhall Dealer Team Chevettes at the end of the 1970s. Since retiring from the sport, Pentti runs a rallying racing school in England, appropriately named “Left Foot Braking”! 1965 - First rally on a Volvo PV544.
    1973 - 3rd Arctic (Renault 12 Gordini). DNF 1000 Lakes (Opel Kadett Sedan).
    1974 - 16th 1000 Lakes (Vauxhall Viva).
    1975 - 5th Arctic, 6th Hanki, 20th RAC (Vauxhall Magnum Coupé). Won Jim Clark Memorial Rally.
    1976 - World Rally Championship (Ford Escort RS1800) : 2nd 1000 Lakes. RAC British Rally Championship (Ford Escort RS1600) : 2nd Welsh, 4th Scottish.
    1977 - 2nd RAC British Rally Championship (Vauxhall Dealer Team Vauxhall Chevette 2300HS) : 2 wins (Welsh and Manx), 16th RAC.
    1978 - World Rally Championship (Vauxhall Dealer Team Vauxhall Chevette 2300HS) : 3rd 1000 Lakes.
    1979 - RAC British Open Rally Champion : 3 wins (Ulster, Scottish and Circuit of Ireland). World Rally Championship : 3rd Sweden, 7th RAC (Dealer Team Vauxhall Chevette 2300HS).
    1980 - World Rally Championship (Vauxhall Dealer Team Vauxhall Chevette 2300HS) : 6th Sweden. Won televised Texaco Rallysprint. Hoped to do a complete European Championship season, but lack of money prevented him from doing so.
    1981 - 9th World Rally Championship (Ford Escort RS2000) : 3rd Sweden, 4th RAC, 5th 1000 Lakes.
    1982 - World Rally Championship (Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo) : 3rd 1000 Lakes.
    1983 - World Rally Championship : 5th 1000 Lakes. British Rally Championship (Lancia Rally 037).
    1984 - British Rally Championship. DNF 1000 Lakes (Nissan 240RS).
    1985 - British Rally Championship. DNF RAC (Vauxhall Astra GTE).
    1986 - British Rally Championship. 16th RAC (Vauxhall Astra GTE).
    1987 - British Rally Championship (GM Dealer Sport Opel Manta 400) : 1 win (National Breakdown), 2nd Welsh, 5th Ulster.
    1988 - World Rally Championship (Lancia Delta Integrale) : 4th RAC.
    1989 - World Rally Championship: 1 win (RAC). 5th British Rally Championship with 86 pts (Mitusbishi Galant VR4).
    1990 - World Rally Championship (Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4) : 11th San Remo.
    1998 - 5th of the Nikon Rallysprint at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (Daihatsu UK Ltd. Daihatsu Cuore Avanzato).
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    Rallying HSs and standard production versions.
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    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    Russell Brookes in the 1983 Hünsruck Rally and Pentti Airikkala in the 1980 Costa Brava Rally.
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