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WELCOME TO THE RALLY GROUP B SHRINE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KNOWLEDGE

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE OWNER

Greetings Group B fans,

It is with a heavy heart that I must announce the planned closure of the Rally
Group B Shrine website at the end of the year unless you give assistance. This
amazing 190+ page encyclopedia of Group B history that we worked so hard on will
be gone!

I’ll be blunt: the organisation has never received the proper financial support
from Group B fans and related rally communities since its beginnings in 2014. In
fact, we haven’t had more than one or two yearly donations in the past 4 years,
not to mention that every fundraiser failed miserably and, besides reactivating
cookie-based ads, we are far short of paying the annual website hosting fees.

We’re also not counting other expenses related to supporting Group B events on
the ground and helping other projects such as restorations and media productions
– most of which we volunteered to do because we are passionate about Group B
history and didn’t feel like a paycheck should be attached to it.

As such, I never had a choice but to plunder my personal funds to keep the
operations going and, quite contrary to what some of you may think, I am FAR
from being rich. In fact, all of my life savings are now sunk and I sadly cannot
continue without risking losing my personal assets. All of this despite working
on many jobs and the Shrine for a combined 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, for
the last 20 years without a single day’s vacation… yet I’m still almost 4 years
behind on updating and improving the website plus other related projects such as
my solo efforts in North America (the rest of the team is in Europe). The
breaking point has been reached financially, emotionally and physically (we’re
not getting younger).

I believe that most of the problem lies within the sense of entitlement that
99.9% of people have about the information that they find online, without
thinking for a second that what they are reading AND enjoying on their screens
has come from years of hard work and sacrifice. Yes, that’s probably you, but
most won’t have read this far.

The organisation has many times also been victims of poachers that have stolen
our content and claimed it for their own – endless battles that monopolised the
entirety of our time for a long while. This means that the quality product that
the Rally Group B Shrine represented is now very much diluted. Furthermore,
events and media projects also take a lot of effort; these things don’t simply
sprout out of the ground for you to sit back and enjoy. Yes, I’m still talking
about YOU, the reader.

The Rally Group B Shrine organisation itself will most likely soldier on behind
the scenes and we’ll be looking into setting up a premium service for our
offerings in the next year or two. Although on a personal note I am very
saddened to attach a price to history and knowledge… but you have left us with
little choice!

That being said, I must thank our little team of passionate people that, besides
the strife that life puts us through on a daily basis, have given time and
effort to the Rally Group B Shrine’s cause this past decade. With luck, we can
look to greener pastures ahead.

YOU can still show your appreciation of the immense efforts we have put in by
donating with the links below… but you won’t if the past is any indication –
prove me wrong!



We do however wish to thank the handful of kind souls that have supported us
throughout the years.

–Jay Auger
Rally Group B Shrine owner, chief editor and main author

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Since 2014, the Rally Group B Shrine is entirely dedicated to correctly
preserving the history of the motorsport of rallying’s “Golden Era” (1982~1986)
and to keep it alive through education; un-hyped and unbiased. The end goal is
to provide an “official” online encyclopedia of the period so that the
knowledge, anecdotes and stories of the people involved in Group B are never
lost to time. The website currently features 190+ pages of information and is
still expanding. You can easily browse the “encyclopedia of knowledge” by using
the menu bar above (PC), or by clicking on the top right menu tab ≡ (mobile).
Even long time fans of Group B will learn something new here!

The Shrine is not just an encyclopedia but a small team of dedicated people that
helps to promote almost everything Group B around the world, including media
projects such as documentaries, responding to demands for information, assisting
car restorations and lending its support to historical rally events. If you
enjoy the website then you are heartfully invited to donate so that we can
remain online and continue our mission. No amount will be too small! Your help
will fund the Shrine’s interminable work; past, present and future, plus giving
the people who made Group B history a proper legacy. Please support the Shrine
via the PayPal donation system.

–Jay Auger
Rally Group B Shrine Owner, Main Author and Chief Editor




WELCOME TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE GOLDEN ERA OF RALLYING


***FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN***

The Rally Group B Shrine mainly relies on the generosity of good people to fund
its operations. If you enjoy the website then please donate so that it can
remain online, free to all. (learn more)


WEBSITE NEWS

 * – WEBSITE TO CLOSE DOWN UNLESS POSITIVE ACTIONS ARE TAKEN! September 12, 2023
 * – ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival 2023: The Group B Rally Cars May 30, 2023
 * – ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: A Year of Anniversaries May 30, 2023
 * – FILM CROWDFUNDING / Go Like Hell – The Battle for the 1986 World Drivers
   Championship (Trailer Included!) May 27, 2022
 * – ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival 2022: 10th anniversary of the Eifel Rallye
   Festival from July 21 – 23, celebrating 50 years of the World Rally
   Championship February 2, 2022
 * – Colin McRae Rally Challenge at Knockhill / JULY 2-3 2022 February 2, 2022
 * – URGENT: The Shrine Needs YOU! December 28, 2021
 * – fifteen52 Joins the Rally Group B Shrine’s Cause July 13, 2021
 * – 2020 Shrine Retrospective January 18, 2021
 * – 2019 Shrine Retrospective January 2, 2020













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