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This is the victorious Audi Quattro S1 E2 that was driven during the 1985 Olympus Rally by 1983 World Rally Champion Hannu Mikkola.
The Quattro was introduced to the World Rally Championship in 1981, the first four wheel drive car to compete and would revolutionise the sport. The car would win its second event in Sweden with Mikkola at the wheel and deliver Drivers Championships for Hannu Mikkola in 1983 and Stig Blomqvist in 1984. Manufacturers titles for Audi came in 1982 and 1984.
The Quattro appeared in a number of guises including the original A1 and A2 models. The new Group B regulations for 1984 would see the arrival of the short-wheelbase Sport Quattro S1 and ultimately the Sport Quattro S1 E2 shown above.
With Group B rally cars obtaining almost Formula 1 levels of power, it took a fatal accident in the 1986 Rally of Portugal for the authorities to make a stance and Group B was outlawed for 1987. Thus ended the rally career of the Group B supercars.
Between 1981 and 1985, the Quattro would win a total of 23 world championship events.
Pictured in January 2005 at the Autosport International show at the NEC in Birmingham.
I think L'Estage won for best drifting with Matthew Marker a close second. Not very many drivers did much drifting around the spectator corners. It was pretty crazy seeing a car literally a few feet from you and pointed in your direction, sliding sideways.
This photo was taken during Stage 4 (Brooklyn E). This photo and more are available for purchase on Smugmug.
No filter was used to shoot this image of sunlight streaking through a dust cloud at the 2012 Olympus Rally.
Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz race down a narrow Washington logging road at the 1985 Toyota Olympus Rally. This is the finish of stage 6, "Lake Nahwatzel."
Photo taken with a Nikormat FT, Nikkor 200mm f4 lens, Kodak Tri-X film. Scanned from my original black and white negative.
This was my favorite car from the rally. It was definitely the oldest car in the race.
This photo was taken during Stage 5 (Brooklyn W). This photo was taken during Stage 4 (Brooklyn E). This photo and more are available for purchase on Smugmug.
David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew took 1st place in the Olympus Rally last weekend in a 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
This photo was taken during Stage 5 (Brooklyn W). This photo was taken during Stage 4 (Brooklyn E). This photo and more are available for purchase on Smugmug.
#36 Scott Kovalik / Jason Roy
Evolution Rally Sport
2003 Mitsubishi Evolution
Olympus Rally 2014
Stage 12: Nahwatzel
Welshman David Higgins and his co-driver Craig Drew finished first in the abbreviated 2011 Olympus Rally with the Subaru USA Impreza.
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28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
Shot from spectator point "A" during the 2010 Olympus Rally out of Ocean Shores, WA. This was the first rally event I've ever attended, and despite being slightly unprepared for the weather I still had a blast.
Here you can see G. Barton (US) and M. Moyle (US) pulling away from a tight pendulum through this hairpin corner. There were a trio of guys standing next to Victoria and I mocking nearly everyone who came around the corner, shouting phrases such as "Here comes Jeff Gordon," and "Get it girl! GET IT GIRL!"
#96 Garth Ankeny / Russ Kraushaar
Trackside Motorsports
1969 Saab 96
Olympus Rally 2014
Stage 12: Nahwatzel
Wyatt Knox and Olie Holter in the Knox Racing MazdaSpeed 3 were the first two-wheel-drive finisher in the 2011 Olympus Rally, capturing the MaxAttack! title.
Ken Block's 2012 Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V. and Garth Ankeny's 1969 Saab 96 lined up for scrutineering at the 2012 Olympus Rally. All Star Ford, Olympia, WA.
Matthew Marker, driver of Rally Car #65 2006 Subaru WRX, passed away this past Saturday after crashing during Stage 6 of the 2011 Olympus Rally about an hour after we saw him race on Stages 4 and 5. Christopher Gordon, his co-driver was not seriously injured during the accident. More info: www.rally-america.com/news/936/
This photo was taken during Stage 4 (Brooklyn E). This photo was taken during Stage 4 (Brooklyn E). This photo and more are available for purchase on Smugmug.