Group B - Riding Balls of Fire

Nov 21, 2016

1h 40m

★ 8.0

The Wildest Years of Rallying

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Highspeed Films

Group B - Riding Balls of Fire Trailers

Cast

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