As an Aussie holidaying in Europe, Lansdown someone found himself servicing for Subaru on the 1992 1000 Lake Rally – an event that really put Colin McRae’s name up in lights.
The young Scotsman rolled his Subaru before the rally even began, and then did it twice more in the rally.
Lansdown was one of the men charged with fixing the battered Legacy as McRae did his best to destroy it.
A year later, the Victorian was assisting the team at Rally Australia when Possum Bourne crashed heavily on the first forest stage, a crash that claimed the life of co-driver Rodger Freeth.
In a revealing interview, Lansdown talks in depth about both events and how the Bourne crash, in particular, changed how rally cars were built into the future.
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Trevor Lansdown -
Colin McRae's battered Subaru Legacy on the 1992 1000 Lakes Rally. -
Trevor Lansdown (right) about to attack McRae's Subaru with the heavy artillery. -
McRae's Subaru was held together with whatever the team had available. -
Trevor Lansdown featured in many videos of the car being repaired. -
Inside the Prodrive set-up before the 1000 Lakes Rally in 1992. -
Subaru's trucks lined up in Finland prior to the 1992 1000 Lakes Rally. -
Lansdown later worked with Cody Crocker in ARC rounds.
