can't not be rallying can it!? The escort is quite possibly more famous and more well known for it's rallying career than it is on the black stuff.
"decent rally cars will always make good bases for tarmac cars, but never vice-versa"
just look at McRae's mk2 at castle combe, totally mullered everything, including the dedicated circuit racers
(oh and i'm buzzin' about rallying now, just got in from the Tempest )