New Zealand Ashley Forest Rally Sprint

Stumbled upon this while searching for something else. Really neat bit of old tv coverage here from the semi-final and final of the 1985 Ashley Forest Rally Sprint. It came down to a 4-car battle between Malcolm Stewarts ex-works Audi Quattro, Neil Allports Mazda RX7, Kim Austins Holden 308 V8 powered Chevette (complete with auto trans), and Trevor Crowes Oldsmobile V8 powered Toyota Starlet OSCA racer. A real mix of Kiwi built specials and high-end rally machines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhzZ...eature=related

And for anyone who has the time, the entire top 32 from the 1984 event is also currently online!

Hay Steve we had some grate times was there 4 times evan more fun in the pub after Jamie A

Ha ha ha, yeah I bet you did too Jamie. It was a great event, that somehow produced an even playing field between the backyard specials and the big dollar rally machines. Made for some spectacular creations.

I have a copy of the 1982 televised event that I plan to convert from PAL VHS and put it up on Youtube soon. I will post the link when I get it done.

Regards,

Peter Farrell

Peter, whats your youtube channel called?

Peter, I'd love to see that!

I just dug the tape out of a box of archived race stuff. It turns out I have 1982 and 1983 Ashley Forest Rallysprints. I competed in both. I remember Reg Cook won in his Datsun Sunny Shellsport car against Tony Teesdale in his Engine Rebuilders RS 1800.

I will try to find a PAL to NTSC conversation shop within the next couple of weeks, convert it to mpeg and share this record of history with you guys.

Peter Farrell

Peter, thanks so much, that'll be great to see.

Barry Robinson was my hero, he really got that chevette going, nice to see something different from the usual heap of escorts.