Rothmans World Rallying 5

Please note this example has a gift dedication in the front end pages.

Rothmans World Rallying annual books have, since their introduction in 1979, become the leading reference book for this fast-expanding sport. With an emphasis on the events counting towards the world championship, the travelling by the authors has led to connections which provide information from countries where many people never knew rallying existed! For annual number 5 (covering the 1982 season) there are reviews and results for the: Monte Carlo, International Swedish Rally, Rallye de Portugal, Kenya and the Safari Rally, France with the Tour de Corse, Greece and the Acropolis Rally, Rally of New Zealand, Rally of Brasil, Finland and the 1000 Lakes Rally, the Rally Sanremo of Italy, the Cote d’Ivoire Rally on the Ivory Coast and finally the Lombard RAC event in Great Britain. Many innovations have been introduced in response to demand; considerably more colour images has been included, whilst further stage-by-stage data from the world championship rallies has also been added. There is European and International Championship for Rallies – Results, and National championship activities in each country where rallying exists has been reported for the first time, but probably the most innovative change is the listing of world-class drivers' records, giving results for every World Championship rally entered — not just those which led to success, with competitors like Rauno Aaltonen, Attilio Bettega, Jochi Kleint, Tony Pond etc….. Special features include an introduction to the Sports Relations department of Adam Opel, who this year prepared the Rothmans cars used by Walter Rohrl and British Open champion Jimmy McRae. David Sutton, for years the doyen of private team operators, gives his thoughts on his career and the sport he serves and the strange phenomenon of 1982 is investigated — the year of the prototype rally cars. There is a look at new rally cars: BMW M1, Lancia Rally 037, Opel Manta 400, Toyota Celica, Rover 3500, VW Golf 16S, and rally car specifications. There is a look at the results record for the World Championship for Rallies of 1976 and 1977 and finally a look in retrospect at 1982.