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more about #rallying more comments → günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: maybe ross brawn should expand his racing empire to rally...... hmmmmmm.... more » Mobius: Clearly, sharing a track with others and not smoking is too much for a Finn to bear. more » Pessimippopotamus: Finns belong on gravel. more » FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I am sure we will see him again. He just is too talented to be ignored. I know he is not the most charming driver on the track but so what? I do like... more » drewdrawsLA: He'll probably enjoy himself more and is still being paid $15m by Ferrari for walking away. I'd say that's a good deal. more » Xelmon: That's a lot of money... At the same time, he went into a sport that's still interesting. Go Kimi! more » Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe): If I understand correctly, since Ferrari ended his contract prematurely, he was set to receive a certain amount of money from them - less whatever sal... more » Elhigh: Could just walk. Or take the bus. I understand the subways are also very good, if you're close to a station. If you're just in it for the money, co... more » scroggzilla raids again: Chatter around rallying blogs has indicated that Kimi would be driving for Fiat/Abarth, whose return to the WRC has been rumored for a while now. more » teh POD: I think we have a new Stig. more » voodoojoo: Well I'll be danged! more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: As kick-to-the-jaw awesome as the Group B beasts were, the rear-drive machinery that preceded them (Escort RS, Ascona 400, 131 Abarth, Sunbeam Lotus, ... more » Novaload: Wow. I wish my commute was like that. #kenblock more » Heavern2: Gosh that sure did look like fun. I'm going to build something like that in my backyard. I'm going to start this Saturday morning. I'll have beer if a... more » englishwhitetrash: is the Jalop proletariat: Excellent vid! How did they get a UK plated Escort Mk2 in the states though? Even with no sound (at work) I can still quite clearly hear what that en... more » -
#formulaone
BREAKING: Kimi Räikkönen Leaves Formula One
After failing to find a car for 2010, Ferrari’s world champion has announced that he is to leave F1 for rallying. More » -
#rallying
Ken Block, Chris Atkinson Spank A Vintage Ford Escort In Woods
What do you get when you combine one Rally America star, one factory WRC driver, and one of the coolest two-wheel-drive rally cars ever built? A bunch of grown men giggling, that's what. Strap in, kiddies. More » -
#motorsports
And Now For Some WRC Cars Not Crashing
WRC is not solely about epic crashes. Sometimes, in spite of health and safety standards inspired by Mogadishu city life, the cars do manage to stay on the road. More » -
#carcrash
Lucky Rally Duo Survive Wrath Of Mother Nature
European rally driver and co-driver, Rajd Elmot and Osuch Szczepanski, saw their car impaled by a branch during the 2009 Rajd Elmot-Krause race. They didn't realize how luck they were until they watched this in-car camera footage afterward. More » -
#accidents
Driver Flips Rally Car 17 Times On His Birthday, Lives
In-car camera and track-side footage shows Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland in a Ford Focus WRC flip his car in a corner and roll 500 feet a hillside during last weekend’s Rally de Portugal. More » -
#pictureoftheday
Let's See Captain Sullenberger Land This
Take a rallying Ford Focus RS, add one part Mikko Hirvonen, one part Jarmo Lehtinen, toss over frozen Norwegian roads and serve cold. More » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $39,500 For A 1984 Renault R5 Turbo?
We're on a four-straight Crack Pipe roll, with 68% of you directing the $37,995 Ferrari Mondial to take its sorry self to Booth Number Two. Will today's car be the one to break the streak? More » -
#rallying
BMX Legend Dave Mirra Snags Rally Win, Joins Subaru Rally Team USA
BMX Legend Dave Mirra is X-gaming over to join Subaru Rally Team USA in a 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI after snagging his first rally win in New Hampshire at the 2009 Team O'Neil Rally. More » -
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#iceracing
Minnesota, 1960: Corvairs Battle For Ice Racing Supremacy With Caravelles And 356s!
My grandfather was quite the rally and ice-racing fanatic back in the 1950s and 1960s (running mostly Porsche 356s and Saab 93s) and now I've got a couple of his 8mm movies, shot in 1960. More » -
#racing
56 Teams Battle For The 1958 Alpine Cup: Coupe Des Alpes!
An Alfa Giuletta duking it out with a Volvo 544 on a 2,450-mile race across the Alps in 1958? Well, sometimes there are more important things than slaving for The Man on a Monday afternoon! More » -
#gumball3000
Gumball 3000 Rally Still Heading To North Korea, Bringing Tony Hawk, "Jackass" Cast And David Hasselhoff
Despite last year's deadly early ending, Gumball 3000 founder "Mad" Maximillion Cooper's dropped yet another press release announcing his intentions to include North Korea as a one-night stopover on this year's "10th Anniversary" Gumball 3000 rally. But now he's also providing a list of attendees he plans to bring on his little merry-go-round-the-world adventure. Expect to see such luminaries as the entire crew of MTV's "Jackass," Tony Hawk and David Hasselhoff brought on for the ride. Good god, will the madness ever end? Full press release below the jump. More » -
#chooseyoureternity
PCH, Vintage Baja Racer Edition: Peugeot 404 or 1957 Baja Bug?
The recently-exhumed Lancia Scorpion takes the win over the electrical-system-challenged Merkur XR4Ti by a 60/40 ratio in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll, preserving Italy's status- for now- as a PCH Superpower. And, speaking of PCH Superpowers, we have some unfinished business from Wednesday; it seems that a German car managed to beat a French one (albeit by a margin thinner than a typical Hell Project owner's wallet), which casts some doubt on France's status as the world's lone PCH Omnipower. Was it a fluke, caused by the Peugeot's Chevy running gear? Let's see how another Peugeot-VW matchup plays out today, with a couple of sand-in-your-teeth desert heroes vying for your vote! More »
