Rally Results

Dakar Argentina-Chile 2009 Day 3: Al-Attiyah wins his second stage as Sainz continues to lead

Nasser Al-Attiyah was second fastest on the Day 3 stage, from Puerto Madryn to Jacobacci, of Dakar 2009 to move up to second overall behind leader Carlos Sainz.

Al-Attiyah had been 3 minutes ahead of Sainz at one point in the stage but the BMW X3CC driver lost time towards the end to finish 35s up. Sainz in the VW Race Touareg now leads the… Continue reading

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Dakar 2009 Stage 2 Results: Carlos Sainz takes the lead in the Volkswagen Race Touareg

Carlos Sainz won today’s second stage, between Santa Rosa and Puerto Madryn in Argentina, to take the lead of the 2009 Dakar driving the VW Touareg.

Sianz’ team-mate Giniel De Villiers moved up to second place in the overall standings to cap off a good day for VW. Stephane Peterhansel climbed to 3rd after a better performance today in the Mitsubishi Pajero.

Yesterday’s… Continue reading

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Jänner-Rallye 2009 results and videos: Raimund Baumschlager scores dramatic win

Raimund Baumschlager (Evo 9) won the Austrian Janner Rally in dramatic fashion after Andreas Waldherr retired his VW Polo S2000 on the penultimate stage after dominating the two day event.

Waldherr retired with suspension damage after hitting a rock when in control of the rally and was left completely devasted. Baumschlager, meanwhile, claimes his third victory on the event. Second place went to Hermann Gassner Snr (Evo 9) with his son Hermann… Continue reading

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Maiden City Motor Club (M.C.M.C) Turkey Run 2008 Results: Sean Devine is the winner

Photo supplied courtesy of William Neill / Neillpics.co.uk

Sean Devine (pictured above) driving his Subaru S11 WRC won the M.C.M.C  Turkey Run Multi-Use Rally held in Aghadowey, Northern Ireland on Monday 29th December 2008.

Devine was the winner by 1 second from Brian Dowey’s Escort Cosworth, after a day long battle. Third was Brian Muldoon in a Subaru WRC with Donegal’s Seamus Leonard fourth in his Subaru S9. Gerard McFall rounded off the top… Continue reading

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Prodrive pays tribute to the Subaru World Rally Team at Autosport Show

Prodrive will be attending the Autosport International show at the NEC in January and will pay tribute to the Subaru World Rally Team.

On The Prodrive stand next to the main Autosport stage will be the latest Aston Martin Racing cars, the Vantage GT2 and the Vantage GT4; the new group N rally car, the Prodrive Impreza N2009; the Alfa Brera S, which was engineered for Alfa Romeo… Continue reading

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Lombard RAC Rally 1980: Henri Toivonen becomes the youngest WRC event winner in the Talbot Sunbeam-Lotus

Henri Toivonen became, at 24, the youngest winner of a world rally championship event (that is if we regard 1973 as being year zero, otherwise Simo Lampinen would still hold the record even today by winning the 1963 1000 Lakes aged just 20) on the 1980 Lombard RAC Rally driving the Talbot Sunbeam-Lotus.

Some say he was fortunate, being gifted the rally after the punctures that befell Anders Kullang’s… Continue reading

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