Group B - Riding Balls of Fire

Group B - Riding Balls of Fire

The Wildest Years of Rallying

2016•1h 40m•8.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(2)

Thirty years after the end of Group B rallying, film-maker Helmut Deimel has launched his latest film on rallying’s wildest era. For “Riding Balls of Fire”, the Austrian legend behind the hugely popular “Evolution of Rallying” has gathered together the finest archive footage of the 500 bhp Group B supercars in their prime. Watching this film really shows the extreme pace of evolution of the cars and the sport in the three short years from 1983 to 1986.

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Production

Highspeed Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Paul Hollingdale

Narrator

Walter Röhrl

Walter Röhrl

Self

Michèle Mouton

Michèle Mouton

Self

Hannu Mikkola

Hannu Mikkola

Self

Henri Toivonen

Self

Harri Toivonen

Self

Markku Alén

Self

Dieter Basche

Self

Miki Biasion

Self

Stig Blomqvist

Self

Cesare Fiorio

Cesare Fiorio

Self

Christian Geistdörfer

Self

Roland Gumpert

Self

Juha Kankkunen

Self

Timo salonen

Self

Rudi Stohl

Self

Jean Todt

Jean Todt

Self

Ari Vatanen

Ari Vatanen

Self

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