{"id":558,"date":"2008-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"remembering-group-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/remembering-group-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Group B"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">25 years ago today the FIA banned Group B rally cars. The cars looked spectacular, sounded incredible, were immensely fast and powerful and were equally dangerous. A number of competitors and spectators were unfortunately killed which inevitably was the catalyst to the class being cancelled. Despite the tragedies, Group B is&nbsp;indisputably&nbsp;considered the golden era of rallying.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To re-live some of the sights and sounds of Group B we&#8217;ve compiled a couple of the best video clips the internet has to offer: First up we have the late, great Colin Mcrea on the Donegal rally driving the 400bhp V6 Metro 6R4. If you watch nothing else, check out 3mins 55 seconds into the video: <\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object width=\"320\" height=\"266\" class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/3.gvt0.com\/vi\/G1uc9DH3BQM\/0.jpg\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/G1uc9DH3BQM&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/G1uc9DH3BQM&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most powerful and probably the most iconic Group B rally car ever, the Audi Sport Quattro. 2.2 Litre, 5 cylinder Turbo circa 500bhp: <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object width=\"320\" height=\"266\" class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/1.gvt0.com\/vi\/QvrIMFxN4XE\/0.jpg\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QvrIMFxN4XE&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QvrIMFxN4XE&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">This clip includes pretty much all cars from the era, the Lancia 037, s14 Delta, Audi Quattro, Peugeot 205T16, Metro 6R4, Ford RS200, Nissan 240RS and probably some others i&#8217;ve missed:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object width=\"320\" height=\"266\" class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/2.gvt0.com\/vi\/0sJVZO9xUB4\/0.jpg\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0sJVZO9xUB4&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0sJVZO9xUB4&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">The last clip is a very nicely edited film, no sounds but some great footage:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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