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^Mick^
28-01-2002, 11:04
Makinen wins his appeal and declared the winner of the Monte rally.
He is now the most successful rally driver ever.
Magrah
28-01-2002, 12:51
Goodo! Did anyone see the Swedish Rally preview over the weekend? It ceases to amaze me how they can travel at about 70-80mph on snow and ice! Well they do get paid fortunes to do it.
^Mick^
28-01-2002, 12:53
yeah i saw it last night (this morning)
I was surprised how skinny the tyres are.
FF_Mark
28-01-2002, 14:15
They need to be skinny so they can dig into the snow and get some grip, a wide tyre would just sit on the surface and slide around.
RICKB
28-01-2002, 15:32
"Justice"
Magrah
29-01-2002, 08:24
Yeah, the tyres have little spikes on them also which get ripped of during the stage, don't look very nice those skinny tyres though!

A couple of years ago I went to see a mate in Gillingham as he had about 5"s of snow. Thought the old 4x4 would cope, err think again i was all over the place!
Panza
29-01-2002, 12:16
Well, actually they have HUGE spikes in them. Copared to normal studded tires I think they stick out about 10 times furter. And they don't have to be light-metal like road spikes.