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Rally, omg.

Before we talk briefly about Michèle Mouton’s achievements, I just want to say that rally racing is my favorite.

Rally & Baja

The origins of auto racing in the last 120 years are interesting to me. This video about Michèle Mouton rally racing with the Audi Rally team and the events of the ‘70s and ‘80s was even more interesting to me. Growing up I rarely heard about Rally racing, except maybe the Baja racing going on at the time.

Oh, boy, Baja.

By far, my favorite auto sport to watch or talk about is Rally (sitting just in front of Formula 1). Rally, one of the harshest versions of motor racing, but in fact, they’re all dangerous. This one, though, is more dangerous for the audience who dares lean out to see.

Also, speaking of Formula 1, I had a chance to walk the Monaco Gran Prix course in Monte Carlo back in 2000. Amazing.

RC

By the way, closer to home, I recently purchased my first RC (radio-controlled) race car — if only to battle my oldest son against his RC car — and it was a difficult choice. If only because the Audi Rally Quattro model turned out to be so rare and expensive. So, ultimately, I went with the classic Mini (another post about that soon).

Video

Back to Ms. Mouton, watch this:

Audi & Michèle Mouton

What I didn’t know until today, was that Michèle Mouton was such an incredibly fast race car driver and set records all over the industry, including at Pike's Peak(wikipedia), one of the more crazy tracks for anyone to ‘race’.

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But most notable to me, was her racing with Audi, which lasted several years, driving the legendary Audi Quattro A1, A2, S1, and S2 rally cars.

Here’s a video about her accomplishments:

Hall of Fame

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/my-pikes-peak-michele-mouton

Congratulations, Ms. Mouton, on being inducted into the Hall of Fame and doing so much for the sport, and for representing the women of racing.

Legend. You win the prize.

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