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question of the day
What Would You Convert Into A Rally Car?
The photos today of the Ferrari 308 GTB rally car combined with the VW Thing (which rallied against the Allied Forces) got us thinking again about rally cars. Anything can be a rally racer, whether AWD/FWD/RWD or even 6WD. From the diminutive Kia Rio to the insane Suzuki Escudo, anything can be rallied. Anything... More »
leap day celebration
Professional Hoonage: A History Of Rally Jumps
Ok, enough of all this drunken amateur Leap Day hoonage. I mean, I've got nothing against
question of the day
What Would Make The Best American Rally Car?
Snow, slush, ice, mud, tornadoes and windstorms have led to less-than-stellar driving conditions in many parts of the country. It's not even safe to be driving a giant wiener. When the driving conditions get bad in this country we generally turn to trucks and sport-utlitly-vehicles for help. But there's a magical place, a place called "the rest of the world." And people who live in this mysterious land see a muddy road and think Ford Escort instead of Jeep Wrangler, Peugeot 205 instead of Chevy Tahoe and Renault Clio instead of Ford F-150. These are the people with the Spirit of the Rally. More »
novelties
What do you get when you cross a baker and a ninja? A dead baker. Never cross a ninja. What you see here is all the proof you need that rally fans are the most hardcore racing fans out there (Oh, you say you camped for a day outside the Texas Motor Speedway in your 38-foot luxury RV? It just doesn't measure up to spending the night with two of your friends cramped into a LeCar on a freezing night along the Vistula just to see your favorite rally drivers, four seconds at at time). A driver spins his hatch towards the crowd and this fan transforms into a ninja to avoid getting crushed. [DPCCars]
Ninja Rally Fan Avoids Peril, Plots Revenge
What do you get when you cross a baker and a ninja? A dead baker. Never cross a ninja. What you see here is all the proof you need that rally fans are the most hardcore racing fans out there (Oh, you say you camped for a day outside the Texas Motor Speedway in your 38-foot luxury RV? It just doesn't measure up to spending the night with two of your friends cramped into a LeCar on a freezing night along the Vistula just to see your favorite rally drivers, four seconds at at time). A driver spins his hatch towards the crowd and this fan transforms into a ninja to avoid getting crushed. [DPCCars]
