I still remember the last time the WRC was broadcast here in the states. The championship was banished to the wee hours of the morning on Speed TV, ousted by more NASCAR coverage than should be humanly possible. I would blow off assignments and take up camp on the couch, viciously defending the remote from [...]
There are as many forms of motorsport out there as there are walks of life on this planet, but for me few come close to matching the marvel of rally. And among those that take it to dirt, gravel, snow and tarmac, nothing says rally like the WRC. Recent years have seen the championship lose [...]
Petter Solberg is one of my original rally heroes. When I first got sucked into the WRC, my friends and I would pull pirated videos of the championship offline just to see that badass rally blue Subie tearing it up down gravel and snow stages. Well, it looks like even rally gods are subject to [...]
It’s a dark day, Fiends. Yesterdays post about the nasty rumors surrounding Subaru’s withdrawal from WRC left us some tiny glimmer of hope that it just wasn’t true. Today, Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru’s parent company) announced it has no intention of campaigning in the 2009 FIA WRC. As Jonny pointed out yesterday, Subaru is rally [...]
This is only a rumor right now. But if true it’s especially odd because to many rally fans, Subaru is the World Rally Championship. But, well, life is wacky. According to Autoblog via a very oddly translated Finnish site, Subaru will announce tomorrow that due to the horrendous financial situation the whole word is embroiled in, [...]
Sad news from the world of rally: Suzuki has announced that it has no intention of campaigning in the 2009 World Rally Championship. As you might have guessed, all fingers point to “economic conditions” as reason for the withdrawal, though we have to venture the company’s performance in competition might have had something to do [...]
Looks like being a WRC champ isn’t enough to keep Sebastien Loeb’s competition appetite satisfied. The French pilot recently tested with team Red Bull in Barcelona and managed to keep pace with regular competition drivers. Loeb’s currently 34-years old, and while that makes him long in the teeth compared to other F1 pilots, he maintains [...]
We’re big fans of Suzuki’s SX4. All wheel drive performance for an absolute rock-bottom price tag and serious WRC cred make for an undeniable combination. Suzuki rolled out a few SX4’s for this year’s SEMA, including the turbo version you see up top. The company folks at the booth didn’t feel like dishing any specs [...]
I got the rally bug pretty late, watching Colin McRae deal defeat to the competition for Ford BP back in ’99. It was a whole new world of racing bliss for me—tear-assing through real world roads in a Ford that didn’t suck. McRae’s flare on the track sucked me into WRC full force, just as [...]
Team Citroen Total landed the top two podium positions at Rally Germany this weekend, putting Sebastien Loeb ahead of Mikko Hirvonen in overall points. The one-two win also bumped Citroen ahead of rival Ford in the manufacturer’s championship, leaving Hirvonen in a tough spot behind the Frenchman. Dani Sordo landed a full 8 championship points [...]
