Rally America
Video clip of the 1986 Rallye du Mont Blanc which Didier Auriol won in the “33″ export MG Metro 6R4
Below is rare video footage of the 1986 Rallye du Mont Blanc in which Didier Auriol (co-driven by Bernard Occelli) won driving the RED prepared, 33 Export sponsored, MG Metro 6R4.
Auriol completely dominated the French championship that year with the 6R4 and won no fewer than 5 rounds of the series in 1986. His main rivals in the championship that year were Francois Chatriot, who was piloting the Diac… Continue reading
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Rally America Awards 2008: Dave Mirra wins Rookie of the Year
The 2008 Rally America Series has concluded, but rally fans will always have the season’s many memorable moments ranging from Andrew Comrie-Picard’s X Games 14 end-over-end flip to the introduction of Subaru Rally Team USA’s new rally car. All these great moments were recapped by Managing Director, J.B. Niday, at Rally America’s end-of-the-year awards breakfast and the Series’ trophies announced.
The Rally America year end awards include Rookie… Continue reading
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Last Ditch Racing Clinch 2008 Rally America Eastern Championship!
Last Ditch Racing clinched the 2008 Rally America Eastern Regional Championship in commanding form, taking top spots in both the Overall and Open Class rankings. Driver/owner John Cassidy and Co-driver Dave Getchell pulled off the best season of their careers so far.
The team maxed out their points total by winning three Eastern Regional rallies outright — the icy Team O’Neil rally in New Hampshire, followed by the… Continue reading
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Press-on-Regardless (POR) SCCA Pro Rally Championship 1985 utube video: Rod Millen wins in his Mazda RX-7 4WD
The 1985 Press on Regardless Rally, based in Houghton Michigan, was won quite comfortably by Rod Millen in his rotary engined Mazda RX-7 4WD (unlike the FISA homologated Group B RX7 which was 2WD).
Millen’s main rival John Buffum suffered a myriad of problems, with his BF Goodrich Audi Sport quattro, to claim second and was over three and half minutes behind Millen at the finish. Clive Smith was 3rd in a Toyota Corolla… Continue reading
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Ken Block YouTube video doing Gymkhana Practice in a Subaru Impreza WRX STi
Image: Crawford Performance
The video below shows Subaru Rally Team driver Ken Block doing Gymkhana Practice in a 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi.
Gymkhana is a kind of US version of autotesting. It involves driving around open spaces, manoeuvering in between cones/slaloms and memorizing complex courses.
Ken Block Gymkhana Practice:
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms[/youtube]
Ken Block is currently taking part in the “grow a mo” charity moustache growing event which is held every November or “Movember”.
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Rally America LSPR 2008 report, photos and video of Ken Block, Alex Gelsomino, Travis Pastrana and John Buffum
Image: ©willyweyens-rallyworld
Travis Pastrana had John Buffum sitting with him
Piotr Wiktorczyk rolls over during the Lake Superior Performance Rally 2008
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=52XX6e4FooI[/youtube]
LSPR highlights
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-B5l26aH0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGVXT7Yhh8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iEZSWIGPcT0[/youtube]
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