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| The Porsche 911 SC of Pierre Chauvin and Kevin Peccolo. Nice looking colour scheme rather reminiscent of the 1970 LM24 winner but this one didn't finish the rally. |
For lovers of historic rally cars, the great thing about the Bordeaux Aquitaine Classic is that it sports a large field of VHC cars (Vehicules Historique Competition). In 2024 there were 19 cars at the start of which 9 finished the rally. Perhaps, the entry wasn't as good as in 2022 when 25 cars started of which two were Lancia-Abarth 037s, but a good entry nonetheless. Originally expected to have 12 stages of approximately 130km competitive time driving, the event was cut short at the end of the ninth stage due to bad weather. A national rally they also had a permit for foreign drivers to take part and thus there was one Belgian entry - always nice to see a Ford Escort Mk1.
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| The VHC cars waiting for the depart of the rally in Castillon-la-Bataille. |
Our day started seeing most of the VHC cars getting ready to start the rally in Castillon-la-Bataille and then we saw them all again on Special Stage 3. All of the cars are shown in this blogpost, either above or below. The special stage sran through the Bordeaux vineyards.
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Early leaders of the VHC rally were Alain Lemonnier and Eric Bentolila in this lovely Lancia Delta Integrale 16S.
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| The winning Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4 of Vincent Esteve and Anne Pointet. They led from Special Stage 4 onwards. |
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| In second place was this Citroën Visa 1000 Pistes of Mathieu Herran and Fabien Janssens. |
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| Final place on the podium went to this lovely looking BMW M3 E30 of José and Jean-Philippe Lamic. |
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Fourth were Bruno and Karine Chaudet in this Porsche 911 SC. They were the first of the Classic as opposed to VHC cars.
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Fifth were Michel Beziat and Bastien Girard in this Ford Sierra 4x4.
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Sixth was this Peugeot 205 Rallye Louis Quetier and Dimitri Pilet.
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| Seventh was this Porsche 2.8 RSR driven by Joël Vicaire and Michel Perrin. |
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Eighth were a team frm Belgium, Angelo Desaeyer and Marc Sevrin in this Ford Escort RS1600 Mk1.
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| Final finisher was this VW Golf GTi 1 1600. It had crashed on one special stage on day 1. |
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John Etherton affirme son droit d'auteur à l'ensemble des photos sur ce billet de blog. Cependant, vous pouvez poster des photos ailleurs sur le web à condition de créditer le photographe, John Etherton, et ce blog, Rouenlesafx@blogspot.com, et de fournir un lien vers cette page.
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| We saw this Mazda 323 Turbo 4WD depart onto the rally but unfortunately it crashed on the first stage. |
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This Lancia Delta Integrale 16S retired with mechanical problems on Day 1 having led after the first three special stages.
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| This Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4 retired with mechanical problems, rejoined the rally and then retired again. |
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| This Opel Ascona B 1921cc didn't start the second day of the rally. |
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This BMW 323i didn't finish the rally.
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| This Volkswagen Golf didn't finish the rally. |
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| This Lancia Delta Integrale had mechanical issues on Day 2. |
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| This Lancia Delta HF crashed on Special Stage 9. |
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| This Porsche 911 SC left Parc Fermé and thus wasn't classified, |
Very good quality of cars for a local rally and some nice photos in the Bordeaux sunshine!
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