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Old 24 Feb 2010, 17:52 (Ref:2639856)   #24
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Just had a look at the '86 RAC entry, which has to have been the biggest number of 6R4s ever to start a single rally, at international level at least. I count no less than 13!

4. Tony Pond/Rob Arthur: Works/Computervision (C95KOG)
10. Malcolm Wilson/Nigel Harris: Works/Computervision (C99KOG)
14. David Llewellin/Phil Short: RED/Computervision (D750PDM)
15. Jimmy McRae/Ian Grindrod : DRA/Rothmans (C749LFM)
17. Per Eklund/Dave Whittock : Konrad Schmidt/Clarion (N-CM467)
19. Marc Duez/Willy Lux : Works/Belga (C868EUD)
20. Harri Toivonen/Neil Wilson: RED?/Unipart (C98KOG-works or RED-run car?)
23. Tony Teesdale/Greg Horne: Teesdale/Repco (MT8217-New Zealand entry)
34. Alastair Sutherland/Peter Watts: CBC Motorsport (C869EUD- works-loaned car?)
35. Willie Rutherford/Bryan Harris: RED/Sanyo/Comet (C998LCA)
36. Ken Wood/Peter Brown: Wood/Golden Wonder (261GWC)
37. David Gillanders/Ken Rees: Gillanders Motors/Austin Rover Fleet (C670JSU)
58. Geoff Fielding/John Robinson: RED/Sanyo/Comet (C288JFM)

The 'official' entries (Pond,Wilson, Llewellin,McRae,Eklund,Duez,Toivonen) all appeared on the entry list as 'Austin Rover World Championship Team', irrespective of which team ran the actual car.
Even this armada couldn't couldn't match Pond's 1985 result, but they monopolised the lower end of the top 10- Pond 6th, Eklund 7th, McRae 8th and Llewellin 9th. Wilson was 17th hving lost a lot of time- don't remember whether it was mechanical problems or an 'off'. Neither Duez, Toivonen or any of the privateers made it home

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