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  • Team O'Neil and Ford Racing team up for the Fiesta Rally Experience

    The Fiesta Driving School will supply 43 Fiesta Movement vehicles for rally instruction.

  • Nicole "Coco" Austin
    Coco Shows Us Where The Rubber Meets The Road

    Yesterday, our colleagues at Jalopnik ran a piece about J.F. Musial helping Ice-T change a tire on his Aston Martin Vantage during the Amp Energy Bullrun. Ray Wert added: "That same tire...blew again today outside Iowa City on the way to Omaha. The man is having an unlucky couple days when it comes...

  • Kimi Raikkonen and Ken Block side by side at the Rally Portugal SSS.
    Ken Block Faces Off With Kimi Raikkonen At WRC Portugal Super Special

    America's dorifto golden boy takes on the ex-F1 Finn in the stadium at Portugal.

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    X Games Adding SuperRally For 2010

    The SuperRally is effectively a form of European rallycross.

  • MINI Takes The States rally
    MINI Fans To Rally Across The U.S.

    MINI has announced a new “MINI Takes The States” rally, which will kick off this August and allow thousands of fans to celebrate owning their iconic cars with fellow enthusiasts by joining a caravan across the country to Denver, Colorado. The rally will see participants drive through a total...

  • Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C
    Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C Gains 2010 FIA Group N Homologation

    When Subaru pulled out of the World Rally Championship in late 2008, leaving factory driver and former WRC Champion Petter Solberg and the rest of the team in the lurch, many were shocked, if not surprised. Since then, some have wondered if the rally relevance was going to wane as the product line...

  • Rally in the 100 Acre Wood 2010, photos by Vance Green

    We're back from our half-week in gravel-road nirvana at the 2010 Rally-America 100 Acre Wood.

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    100 Acre Wood: Parc Expose Photos And Day 2

    We ran through the darkness last night surprising ourselves at our pace.

  • 2010 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood
    100 Acre Wood: Practice Course Done; Next Stop, Parc Expose

    Motor Authority heads to Parc Expose in advance of the Trespassers Wil.

  • 2010 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood
    Motor Authority Heads To The 100 Acre Wood

    Rally racing in Salem, Missouri with Rally-America is on the Motor Authority docket this weekend.

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    Genesis Coupe sets new RWD Time Attack record at Pikes Peak

    Setting a new world record in any form of motorsport requires an incredible amount of skill, engineering and preparation - all the more so when its your own record that you're beating. But that's just what Hyundai has done this past weekend at Pikes Peak. Driving a specially prepared Hyundai...

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    Mach 2 Racing Ford RS200 planning 1,150hp assault on Pikes Peak

    Racing up the 12-mile, 156-turn, Pikes Peak hillclimb course to the summit of the 14,110 foot mountain is a dangerous, daring business left only to the most serious of drivers and teams. To even approach the world-record pace of 10:01.408 minutes set in 2007 is to approach the limits of human...

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    Ford's Fiesta small car is just beginning to make its mark in the U.S. with a trial-run for social-media types ahead of its expected American debut early next year. To help get the car's identity - if somewhat loosely interpreted - out to its target audience, Ford is taking on ESPN's X Games with a trio of rally-prepped Fiestas. The X Games will run from July 30-August 2 in Los Angeles. Behind the wheel of the three Fiestas will be the famous Swedish driver Kenny Brack, driving for Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution, and also ROCKSTAR Energy Drink drivers Tanner Foust and Brian Deegan. “The...

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    2010 Dakar Rally set to return to South America

    Earlier this year the Dakar Rally was held in South America rather than its traditional North African setting due to terrorism threats against the event. For 2010, this trend will continue, with organizers of the Dakar Rally confirming that South America will once again replace Africa as the site...

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    Mitsubishi UK unveils 403hp Evolution X FQ-400

    They've been called budget supercars for years now, and the latest crop of factory hot-rods are seriously infringing on that performance territory. Take Mitsubishi's new FQ-400 special for the UK, unveiled today: 3.8 seconds 0-62mph puts it on par with the Corvette ZR-1, Nissan GT-R, Lamborghini...

  • MML Sports Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Group N Rally car
    MML Sports unveils Mitsubishi Evo X Group N rally car

    Rally racing has taken some of the hardest hits of all of the major motorsports during the ongoing economic and automotive downturn, but being down doesn't mean being out. MML Sports today unveiled their Group N Mitsubishi Evolution X rally car, to campaign for the World Rally Championship...

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    Tesla roadster goes 241 miles on a single charge - while rallying

    One of the biggest criticisms of electric vehicles is the limited driving range they offer when compared with conventional diesel and petrol powered cars. However, the belief that driving an electric vehicle will leave you stranded after a couple dozen miles is starting to lose credibility, fast...

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    Stillen building Nissan GT-R for Targa Newfoundland rally

    Epic rally racing has lost some of its luster in the world scene, though rallies like the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and Carrera Panamericana were once the premier motorsports events in the world. One place where that spirit lives on is in the Targa Newfoundland. This year, one of the entrants will...

  • 1997 subaru wrc impreza 002

    A piece of motorsport history is up for grabs via Prodrive's new carsales site. Subaru's first-ever Impreza World Rally Car (WRC) is on sale for an asking price of £85,000 ($121,813). That might seem like a lot for a stripped-out, heavily used track/rally stage-only Subaru Impreza, but with the McRae/Grist names on the window and the actual racing heritage of this car, it's likely a fair price. The chassis number indicates just how special the car is: PRO-WRC-97-001. In addition to being raced by Colin McRae, Pierro Liatti and Kenneth Erikkson also piloted the car through gravel, tarmac and...

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    Mitsubishi withdraws from rally racing

    The world of motorsport is facing some of its toughest times in memory as major carmakers pull out of their highest-level programs. The latest to leave the rolls is Mitsubishi's highly successful rally program, which will close operations indefinitely to keep costs down. Twelve-time winners of the...

  • Volkswagen Race Touareg 2
    Volkswagen claims first and second place at 2009 Dakar Rally

    Volkswagen has taken the top two spots at this year’s Dakar Rally, which incidentally was hosted in South America due to terrorist threats in the event’s usual homeland of Northern Africa. This year also saw a diesel vehicle take victory in the automobile class for the first time in the...

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    VW prepping Race Touareg 2 for 2009 Dakar Rally

    This year's Dakar Rally was at first delayed, then relocated to South America due to terrorist threat. The first-ever iteration of the historic race to take place in South America, it will start in Buenos Aires January 3, 2009, and Volkswagen will be at the line with its new Race Touareg 2, built...

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    Renault Sport Clio R3 racing range gains new Access version

    Though the brand isn't sold in the U.S., Renault is known the world over for its Renault Sport brand and rally-bred hot hatches. The Clio Renault Sport R3 Maxi is one such vehicle, and now the French company has developed a lower-cost Access version to make entry into rally racing even easier...

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