Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012: Historic racers

One of the big appeals of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is that you get to see racing cars that often spend the rest of their lives sitting in a museum or tucked up in someone’s heated garage. But better still, everyone of them gets blasted up the hill as fast as possible and against the clock – there’s no better way to experience these gems than in the white-heat of competition.

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Sun, Jul 1, 2012 13:00 BST

1974 Lancia Stratos

Possibly the prettiest rally car ever to hit the special stages, Lancia’s Stratos had a mid-mounted 2.4-litre V6 and even though it was a looker it had the toughness to compete, taking the World Rally Championship from 1974 to 1976. Fiat’s focus then switched to its 131 as a competition machine, but privateer Bernard Darniche proved life in the old dog by winning the 1981 Corsica Rally in this example.
1974 Lancia Stratos

Possibly the prettiest rally car ever to hit the special stages, Lancia’s Stratos had a mid-mounted 2.4-litre V6 and even though it was a looker it had the toughness to compete, taking the World Rally Championship from 1974 to 1976. Fiat’s focus then switched to its 131 as a competition machine, but privateer Bernard Darniche proved life in the old dog by winning the 1981 Corsica Rally in this example.

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