rF2 Lada VFTS @ Hampton Downs - Thu 21 Jan 2021

[Yves Larose]

Man! I planned to make a livery based on the Lada a Norwegian used in rally for years as a factory(!) driver for Lada.
Sadly the FB page "Norwegian car-racing/rallying history" has been taken down due to the typical a-hole trolls, so all pictures are gone. Only one black and white pic from the front remains (that I am able to find)

Poop.

What is the main sponsor of the livery, maybe i can help you find it

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

What is the main sponsor of the livery, maybe i can help you find it

Good luck!

 

[Bumble]

Sign me up please

 

[Daniel R.]

Good luck!

That's really a hard one, learnt a lot about the guy, but no colored pictures of the car...

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

That's really a hard one, learnt a lot about the guy, but no colored pictures of the car...

Fun(?)-fact. The guy is from my small hometown. Good friend of my dad (lada connection?) even visited me(!) when I was a little kid, as he was one of my childhood motorsport heroes. I almost didn't dare to say hi... haha!
Multiple podiums in Jänner rallye with Lada though, and a top driver in European RX for some years as well.

 

[max1966i]

Denis, I'd like to join you nice fellows.

 

[poozik0]

Some videos from championships in this cars in rF1 which were few years ago
This channel https://vimeo.com/user5464357
and https://vimeo.com/user8194620

 

[Denis Betty]

Sign me up please

Denis, I'd like to join you nice fellows.

Hi Guys.
Adding you now.

 

[Stig Bidstrup]

My father owned an Lada when I was a kid I just remember him swearing at it a lot . Lets see what that was all about. I am in please.

I took my first girlfriend on date dinner in my fathers Lada in the mid 80s.
And Ole s father where a Lada dealer this is starting to get creepy

 

[Kresh]

I took my first girlfriend on date dinner in my fathers Lada in the mid 80s.
And Ole s father where a Lada dealer this is starting to get creepy

The Lada Connection

My father bought a Lada Samara after the old one, that is the car I learned how to drive with when I was 14

The old one was more like this one we driving on Thursday only it had round headlights.

 

[Jack Smith]

@Jack Smith one Lada Molson Canadian livery delivered to you

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Download link

To use liveries in game:
Choose a car in game(remember the number on the car). Click tuning/customize, and "create dir".
Find the created folder in: Steam\steamapps\common\rFactor 2\UserData\player\Settings\Lada_VFTS \(number on car) Unpack zip-file. Paste the dds files there, and choose it on tuning/customize in game. Voila!

Thanks Yves ....

 

[Yves Larose]

If anyone want to use it

Download link

To use liveries in game:
Choose a car in game(remember the number on the car). Click tuning/customize, and "create dir".
Find the created folder in: Steam\steamapps\common\rFactor 2\UserData\player\Settings\Lada_VFTS \(number on car) Unpack zip-file. Paste the dds files there, and choose it on tuning/customize in game. Voila!

 

[Daniel R.]

...Is that to offensive or political or whatever....could not resist....

 

[Roland]

My only Lada connection I can think of is that one of my mates' dad had such a Lada 2105 as they were called over here.
When we were teenagers this car has brought us to all kinds of bars, discotheques and obscure parties, and always back home safely afterwards.
Other than it being red and having a mediocre stereo at best, I don't remember much else about it...

Sign me up please, Denis. Although this VFTS version may be a little more sideways than I can handle . But if nothing else, it will be some useful practice for the asphalt sections in the upcoming RDRC S9

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

But if nothing else, it will be some useful practice for the asphalt sections in the upcoming RDRC S9

Only if you consider H3's

 

[Roland]

Only if you consider H3's

Oh Yes I did. And I tested all of them (but the Ascona as it's RHD).
However my teammate (who mainly drives ACC) wants nothing of it

He has met me more-or-less halfway though as we're now going for an OLD 4WD car. I think he'll go with the Lancer as it has flappy paddles a seq. gearbox, I'm leaning towards the Delta though..

BUT .. back on topic: I did find a second B/W lada pic. still no colours though

https://www.facebook.com/RallyFlashBack/photos/a.525621344225293/2536683049785769

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Oh Yes I did. And I tested all of them (but the Ascona as it's RHD).
However my teammate (who mainly drives ACC) wants nothing of it

He has met me more-or-less halfway though as we're now going for an OLD 4WD car. I think he'll go with the Lancer as it has flappy paddles, I'm leaning towards the Delta though..

BUT .. back on topic: I did find a second B/W lada pic. still no colours though

https://www.facebook.com/RallyFlashBack/photos/a.525621344225293/2536683049785769

Awww! There's so many that aaaalmost went H3. Haha! Hindsight.. should probably gone for H2 or GT. Oh whatever! I guess you'll just have to let your friend play with his floppy.. ehh, flappy!

Oooh, I don't actually need color pictures. However would like to have pics that showed more sponsors.
Also, there it was Castrol, on my pic it was STP. That doesn't even help determine the colors on the stripes! Haha

 

[Roland]

That's really a hard one, learnt a lot about the guy, but no colored pictures of the car...

Yeah, me too..

Apparently the man has worn out more than one LADA, as he also drove this car in 1975 (not this event, the pic is from 1974):
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-rallycars/19.jpg

this is another one of his from 1976:

https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/image/medium/208089/208089_760213S+Engseth+hb+0605.jpg

1977:
https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/image/medium/160613/160613_770113Janner+Engseth+042hb.jpg

1979:

https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/image/medium/165851/165851_790111Jaenner+Engseth+hb+0171.jpg

Sorry, I get carried away a bit.. I'll stop hijacking the thread now..

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Yeah, me too..

Apparently the man has worn out more than one LADA, as he also drove this car in 1975 (not this event, the pic is from 1974):
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-rallycars/19.jpg

this is another one of his from 1976:

https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/image/medium/208089/208089_760213S+Engseth+hb+0605.jpg

1977:
https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/image/medium/160613/160613_770113Janner+Engseth+042hb.jpg

1979:

https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/image/medium/165851/165851_790111Jaenner+Engseth+hb+0171.jpg

Sorry, I get carried away a bit.. I'll stop hijacking the thread now..

This is Lada-history! Frigging frustrating that there's a huuuuuuuge McKlein-mark on many pics

To add a bit more to the guy. He was indirectly the reason why rally got banned in Norway.

So, back in 1970, Per Engseth was driving a VW Beetle. On a TV-broadcasted stage (!) they had moved the finish-line 300m, which made the stage 300m shorter, all to get better TV-pictures. However. The drivers were never informed. While the TV-cameras didn't follow the cars after the finish line, Engseth didn't realize the finish had been moved and with the very short braking-area after the finish, he was unable to stop the car and went off, hitting a spectator-car. The car he hit was actually the first ever Honda imported to Norway.
While the TV-cameras didn't catch the incident, the newspapers did, and a tabloid-paper blew it up the next day "The pictures TV never showed!". That caused a committee to be formed who would look at this, they were quite positive in regards to rally, and never thought it should be banned. However, the minister of Transport at the time was of the opinion that if rallies were to be held in Norway there had to be guards every 50m of the stages. Which was basically a ban.
It would take 10 or so years before the next rally would be held i Norway, it was held inside a military field in Elverum (My and Per Engseth's hometown). But the first proper rally wouldn't be held until 1984! However, there were some "test-rallies" from 82 and up until 84.
This is also the reason why Rallycross got so big in Norway, many rally-drivers moved to RX.

EDIT: I'll have to contact his cousin (which incidentally is my mom's old boyfriend - small town, eh?) and ask him if he has any pictures as well.

 

[Daniel R.]

This is Lada-history! Frigging frustrating that there's a huuuuuuuge McKlein-mark on many pics

To add a bit more to the guy. He was indirectly the reason why rally got banned in Norway.

So, back in 1970, Per Engseth was driving a VW Beetle. On a TV-broadcasted stage (!) they had moved the finish-line 300m, which made the stage 300m shorter, all to get better TV-pictures. However. The drivers were never informed. While the TV-cameras didn't follow the cars after the finish line, Engseth didn't realize the finish had been moved and with the very short braking-area after the finish, he was unable to stop the car and went off, hitting a spectator-car. The car he hit was actually the first ever Honda imported to Norway.
While the TV-cameras didn't catch the incident, the newspapers did, and a tabloid-paper blew it up the next day "The pictures TV never showed!". That caused a committee to be formed who would look at this, they were quite positive in regards to rally, and never thought it should be banned. However, the minister of Transport at the time was of the opinion that if rallies were to be held in Norway there had to be guards every 50m of the stages. Which was basically a ban.
It would take 10 or so years before the next rally would be held i Norway, it was held inside a military field in Elverum (My and Per Engseth's hometown). But the first proper rally wouldn't be held until 1984! However, there were some "test-rallies" from 82 and up until 84.
This is also the reason why Rallycross got so big in Norway, many rally-drivers moved to RX.

EDIT: I'll have to contact his cousin (which incidentally is my mom's old boyfriend - small town, eh?) and ask him if he has any pictures as well.

Great story, thanks for sharing