You can also see how we got on, on the Telegraph Website

 

Rally Your Armchair! … World Cup Rally 2001 on TV

In addition to extensive national-newspaper coverage, the revival of the 1970s-concept for a long-distance endurance rally for near-standard production cars received more than three hours of television coverage for the recent London-Sahara-London World Cup Rally.

And it's far from over…if you have missed it, here is the next batch of TV coverage: If you have a Sky dish, you'll have heard of "Men and Motors". There is a series of programmes dedicated to the recent London-Sahara-London World Cup Rally coming up:

Programme One: Saturday 12th January, 9.0pm, repeated Thursday January 17th: Archive footage of past World Cup marathons; Stirling Moss flags off the recent event from Brooklands, the first of four French competitive-sections.

Programme Two: Saturday January 19th, 9.0pm, repeated Thursday, January 24th, 10pm; Into Spain, four spectacular test-sections - those who have never rallied on gravel before provide much entertainment! Then into Morocco.

Programme Three: Saturday January 26th, repeated Thursday, January 31st. The first desert test over 75km long, "simply the hardest, toughest drive I have ever done" - Barbara Armstrong.

Programme Four: Saturday, February 2nd, repeated Thrusday, February 7th: Into the desert, with more long tough sections, cars are starting to suffer…so are the crews…

Programme Five: Saturday, February 9th, 9.0pm, repeated Thrusday, February 14th: From the desert into into the flash-floods, torrents of water and mud, real Safari style! Into Porgugal, for Arganil and Fafe…stings in the tail from the classic Portugese Rally sections…

Programme Six: Saturday, February 16th, 9.0pm, repeated Thursday, February 21st. Final gravel and tarmac test sections, Barbara Armstrong's engine blows up on the last road section… can a tin of bodyfiller patch a hole in the side of the block? Final look back at a memorable 20 days rallying.

 

Previous Press Coverage

Saturday Telegraph on 22 September 2001

Interviews on Wessex FM on Tuesday 25 September 2001

www.telegraph.co.uk 27 September 2001

Bridport News 28 September 2001

Lyme Regis News 28 September 2001

Saturday Telegraph 29 September 2001

Interview on BBC Radio Suffolk 29 September 2001

You can see us off from Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey on Sunday 30 September 2001 at 10:00am

Newmarket Weekly News 1 October 2001

Cambrige Evening News 1 October 2001

Motorsport News 3 October 2001

Saturday Telegraph 6 October 2001

Motorsport News 10 October 2001

Cambridge Evening News 10 October 2001

Newmarket Weekly News 10 October 2001

Chichester Obserber Thursday 11 October 2001

Cambridge Evening News 12 October 2001

You will see us return on Friday 19 October 2001 at around 6:30pm at Brooklands

Saturday Telegraph on 20 October 2001

April 2002 Edition of Classic & Sports Car magazine

(if anyone saw us in Blackmore Vale Magazine, Dorset Echo, Western Gazette, or happened to record any of the Sky and Channel 5 showings we and our sponsors would love to see a copy)

Click here for our March Press Release

Click here for our June Press Release

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