Rally
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An Alpine rally racer is back, this time on the new A110 sports car frame.
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All in the family: How Petter and Oliver Solberg are creating a rally dynasty
Rally world champion Petter Solberg and his son are aiming for more as one career ends and another begins.
Aaron Cole -
Ford's legendary rally racer, the Escort, turns 50
There are only a handful of cars that have reached legendary status thanks to their participation in rally racing, but perhaps chief among them is the Ford Escort. And this year marks the nameplate's 50th anniversary as the original made its debut in 1968. Immediately, the car found success in...
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Here's how a World Rally Car's center differential works
One of the great bits of tech that remains from the glorious era that was Group B rally racing is the center differential. With it, race beasts from the likes of Audi, Peugeot, Ford, and Lancia all battled for all-wheel-drive supremacy on the greatest rally stages the world over. The need for...
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What's the difference between street and rally car driveshafts and CV joints?
Driveshafts, or propshafts, and constant velocity (CV) joints are crucial to the proper and safe operation of a vehicle. They are necessary to move a car forward and make it turn. But what sort of equipment is needed for a race car? In this video, Wyatt Knox and Tim O'Neil himself from Team O'Neil...
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Porsche rally team installs an engine and transmission in 11 minutes
Any rally race is brutal on a vehicle. Constantly changing terrain, high speeds, and steely eyed competitors conspire to wreak havoc on a vehicle. The East African Safari Classic Rally is one such bit of motorsport, but it ups the challenge by restricting the field of entry to classic racing...
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When someone mentions Group B, enthusiasts' minds immediately recall thoughts of monstrous racers with insane amounts of horsepower, wild body kits, and incredible danger. Danger. That's the one reason why Group B was not long for this world. Donut Media dedicated a whole episode to the history of Group B rally racing, tracing its rise, and quick fall from popularity. The group, started in 1984, became so popular because regulations were nearly inexistent, unlike Group A. The cars needed to have two seats, could not have an open roof, and a minimum weight calculated by engine and tire...
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Volkswagen reveals Polo GTI R5 rally car
Prior to pulling out of the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2016 season, Volkswagen had been developing a new rally car based on the sixth-generation Polo hatchback. Rather than let the design go to waste, as well as the experience gained from 4-straight WRC titles (from 2013-2016)...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Mini John Cooper Works Buggy revealed for 2018 Dakar Rally
Mini and the X-Raid Team will head to the 2018 Dakar Rally with not one, but two rally racers. The Mini John Cooper Works Rally will return, but the all-new John Cooper Works Buggy also will tear up the terrain. Mini revealed the Buggy rally racer Tuesday and noted its rear-wheel-drive layout...
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Rally driver avoids cliff tumble thanks to sturdy guardrail
Engineers all over the world just felt a pang of near panic, but then the immediate soothing calm that comes from knowing their work matters. This time that feeling came as a result of a cliff-side guardrail doing exactly what it's designed to do. In fact, this guardrail might've been worked a bit...
Jeff Glucker -
Eine Kleine Forestmusik: 770-HP Audi Sport Quattro S1
Grab your afternoon coffee, pop on your headphones, and tune out your boss: this is your next two minutes. Or, if you’re like us, your next ten minutes, after you hit repeat four times. Five cylinders, a trainload of boost, and one iconic rally car took on the Verzegnis-Sella Chianzutan rally...
Nelson Ireson -
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Driven Flat-Out On Mountain Hillclimb Is Pure White-Knuckled Amazing: Video
Take a few million dollars and then proceed to attempt to throw it off a mountain at 100-plus-miles-per-hour, and then see how many people call you crazy. Do exactly that in a car worth a few million, and see how many people call you a hero (and mumble about your insanity under their breath). ALSO...
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If you need any more reason to watch the video above than Walter Röhrl and a pair of 600-hp Audi rally cars, you might want to reassess your life. DON'T MISS: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Runs 1/4-Mile On Performance Data Recorder: Video Also joining the fun, piloting the Audi S1 EKS RX, rallycross car is team owner and rally driver Mattias Ekstrom. Röhrl, of course, pilots both the new car and the Ur-Quattro S1 of Group B fame and the car he once piloted in World Rally Championship competition. The Audi S1 EKS RX features a 2.0-liter, 600-plus-horspeower engine driving all four wheels...
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Rally Driver Rolls Car, Continues On To Win Anyway: Video
If there’s one thing that illustrates the indomitable spirit it takes to win in racing, it’s the scenes of a rally driver and co-driver overcoming a late barrel roll into the woods to save the overall win. MUST SEE: Red Bull F1 Car Goes Technicolor With Tire-Melting Infrared Burnout...
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Toyota GT86 CS-R3 Rally Car To Make WRC Debut In Germany: Video
This is the Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT86 rally car, and it’s amazing. It will make its debut in WRC competition at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, August 21-24. Built by Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), the new GT86 CS-R3 rally car is the realization of last year’s announcement that it...
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Inside Subaru's Climb To The Clouds (Video)
Pikes Peak might get all the media attention, but the 'Climb to the Clouds' held over 7.4 miles of asphalt up New Hampshire's Mount Washington is even older, celebrating its centenary this year. While the first attempts took over 24 minutes to complete in steam-powered vehicles, recent competitions...
Antony Ingram -
13-Year-Old Finn Rally Driver Scares Hilarious Passenger: Video
It’s been five years since we last checked in with Kalle Rovanpera. Back then he was wheeling a ratty rally car in preparation for a career in the WRC. Fast forward to 2014 and the mighty Kalle is no longer a mere 8 years old, and he’s well on his way toward WRC stardom. His passenger...
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This Furious, Insane On-Board Video Will Make You Want To Rally: Video
If you’ve never been to a rally, find one and go to it. You’ll love it. If you don’t know why you will, watch this video. The driver is Mads Ostberg, the car is a Citroen DS3 WRC, and the insanity is the setup dial-in for the Rally Portugal. Of course, the danger for any...
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We’ve all done it, but some of us are better at it than others. Making car sounds with your mouth is an elemental part of being an enthusiast. This guy makes some truly amazing car sounds. ALSO SEE: Dubai Police Cars Are The World's Fastest: Video Live from the grounds of Rally Australia (via Road & Track), with a panel of three Volkswagen rally drivers, Daniel “The Human Soundmachine” Jovanov does a blind sound test on four cars, including a Red Bull F1 car (the turbo V-6 version), a Lamborghini Gallardo, a Volkswagen Polo WRC car, and a Subaru WRX Group N rally car...
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Loeb And Peugeot Pikes Peak Car Set For Record Goodwood Hill Climb Run
Sébastien Loeb is undeniably the living master of all things unpaved, and, as he proved at last year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, he can chuck a car around just fine on asphalt, too. Now, he's aiming for the top of the charts at the Goodwood Festival of Speed's famous hill climb...
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Travis Pastrana Returns To Rally America With Subaru At The 100 Acre Wood: Video
Subaru has dominated the last three seasons of Rally America competition thanks to the speed and consistency of David Higgins and his co-driver Craig Drew, who've already started off the season with a win at the Sno*Drift rally in January. Now, Higgins is rejoined by former championship winner...
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Ken Block Joins FIA World Rallycross
Known for his Gymkhana series, but a serious rally race driver at heart, Ken Block is expanding his competitive schedule this year to include World Rallycross. Racing his Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta, Block will join ex-F1 and NASCAR driver Jacques Villeneuve on the World RX circuit...
Nelson Ireson -
NBC Sports To Air Rally America National Championship, With Some Delay
NBC Sports will air coverage of all eight Rally America National Championship events.
Stephen Edelstein -
Red Bull Snowareg Is A Snow-Thrashing Touareg On Tracks
The Volkswagen Snowareg has been bringing snowy joy to the world for more than a year, but now that it's wearing Red Bull livery and thrashing about in the frosty forests of Sweden, that can only mean one thing: rally! ALSO SEE: This 963-HP, 196-MPH Mitsubishi Colt Is Totally Bonkers: Video The Red...
Nelson Ireson