Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years (2012)

Name: Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years
Genre: Documentary, Sport
Released: 2019-01-24T20:53:45+01:00
Rating: 3.17

Documentary | 60 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Sport

Duration: 60 minuten

Alternative title: Rallying: The Killer Years

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Richard Heap and John L. Matthews

Starst: Denise Cooke, John Davenport and Tony Pond

IMDb score: 7,8 (134)

Releasedate: 1 April 2012

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Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years plot

"Rallying's Craziest Years"

In the mid-1980s, a controversial group of B rally cars caused a furore, but were banned after a series of fatal accidents. The Group B cars were the most spectacular cars in rally history. They even rivaled Formula 1. The producers made their cars more powerful and faster and the pilots raced the roads with real contempt for death. But the toll was high and the list of fatal accidents long. The public took part in this deadly game by standing in the most dangerous places along the track. In 1986, Portuguese champion Joaquim Santos ended up in the crowd, killing three and injuring dozens. Barely months later, Henri Toivonen and his co-pilot Sergio Cresto were burned alive after crashing into a ravine. It was also the death knell for the Group B cars.