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The challenger for Martin Holmes' World Rallying series enters the market. Published by same stable as Autocourse, famous racing annual, Rallycourse sets tough challenge. Contributors include editor Mike Greasley himself, Steve Fellows, Peter Newton, Jeremy Walton, Peter Foubister and Graham Robson. It shows that all writers are professional journalists though some have quite flamboyant style.
Overall, compared to World Rallying -series Rallycourse is bigger book with more color photos and besides pictures, bigger size also allows for more text and rally reports are second to none, especially if compared to Holmes' rather brief reports. As an added bonus, there are top-5 results from all special stages but entry list does not have entrant or competition number for the drivers, results are for top-10 with no class winners if outside top-10 nor is retirement list as comprehensive as in World Rallying.
Unfortunately, a lot of the pages are used up by advertisements which often makes reader to have a feeling of reading a magazine rather than a book. Also, there are lots of small details wrong, like Jochi Kleint is consistently misspelled as Klient, index has chapters in wrong order and so on. These can be forgiven as features of the first edition but where Rallycourse and World Rallying differ, one does wisely to believe the latter.
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Walter Rohrl
Biography and interview of Walter Rohrl (by Steve Fellows), going through Walter's early days and interesting twists with Mercedes signing before moving on to current 1982 season and it's battles. Walter also assesses his rivals, praising scandinavian drivers and dismissing Mouton as a threat - true to his style.
The Top Ten
Editor's opinion of who were the top ten drivers in 1982.
World Championship Review
Review of the 1982 season by Peter Newton.
Group B: What does it all mean?
Despite the title, article by Jeremy Walton examines the new Appendix J rules in general (Groups A, B and N) and even has a british view of the rules implementation in form of Ford Escort RS1700T expectations.
The Audi quattro: Quattrophobia
Jeremy Walton examines the revolutionary Audi quattro and it's development and competition history. Especially interesting part is towards the end where tale is told how Audi first approached Hannu Mikkola and eventually won him over.
Michele Mouton
Peter Foubisher's one-and-a-half-page interview with Michele Mouton, concentrating mainly on her time and experiences at Audi.
The 'Works' Fulvias
Graham Robson's rather technical article about official factory Lancia Fulvia entries 1965-1974, including development advances and competition notes of the said years.
Jimmy McRae
Peter Foubister talks with Jimmy McRae about his championship winning 1982 Open Rally Championship season.
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Foreword by Walter Rohrl.......................5
Introduction...................................6
Walter Rohrl..................................10
The Top Ten...................................17
World Championship Review.....................28
Group B: What does it all mean?...............36
The Audi quattro: Quattrophobia...............46
Michele Mouton................................52
The 'Works' Fulvias...........................60
Successful Current Rally Car Specifications...65
World Championship Rallies....................73
European Championship........................176
Jimmy McRae..................................181
Rothmans RAC Open Rally Championship.........183
Pace Autosport Championship..................191
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Facts
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Published in England (1982)
by Hazleton Publishing
192 pages
ISBN: 0-905138-23-6
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