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car crash
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 »
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Comment by wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx is out of town for a week trying to find a computer: This happened once to me. I died. It really sucks, but I'm getting used to it. I have all the Pontiacs... 13 Responses | Other threads
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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 »
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By Peter OroszComment by AngryChineseDriver -- R.I.P., Audi R8 Decepticon: Holy shit, five minutes and already 5+ comments. Do we really LIVE on Jalopnik?? haha 20 Responses | Other threads
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picture of the day
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 »
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Comment by layabout returns: I'll be watching the highlights later on,another sport in decline so make the most of it. Although private rallys are... 9 Responses | Other threads
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nice price or crack pipe
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 »
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Comment by Feds: CRACK. PIPE. Unfortunately the killer of this car is available from the very same dealership: [www.princetonlotus.com] Why would you spend another $7000 to go... 23 Responses | Other threads
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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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By Ray WertComment by wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx is out of town for a week trying to find a computer: So badass. I want to race rally, just one, before I die. ...but knowing me, that would probably be the last thing... 5 Responses | Other threads
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ice racing
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 »
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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 »
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Comment by ptmeyer84: WOW! Great find Scrozilla! Ok, I am not very keen on my European iron, so could someone who hates their job... 10 Responses | Other threads
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gumball 3000
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 »
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By Ray WertComment by something_unique_and_descriptive: From the sounds of it, not all of the people name dropped will be in this one, it was just... more » | Other threads
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ove andersson
Ove Andersson, Rally Hero: 1938-2008
Ole Andersson, the Swedish-born racer best known for his Toyota-based European rally teams, died yesterday when his 1957 Volvo crashed during a vintage rally event in South Africa. Mr. Andersson began his racing career as a driver in 1963, and by the early 1970s he was running his own team, racking up plenty of podium time (including the 1975 Safari Rally, which he won at the helm of a Peugeot 504). It's a tough blow for all of us to lose this master of rally hoonage, who piloted such Jalop-approved machines as the Celica, Alpine, and 504. [Reuters, The Guardian]
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Comment by dr.chophoppers coz mr. wont cut it: Vila i ro, Påven. I always imagined heaven was much like a classic rally set in an exotic locale, anyhow. more » | Other threads
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choose your eternity
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 » -
racing news
2008 Subaru Impreza WRC Comes Together In Front Of Our Eyes
We've always been big fans of the yellow and blue, and the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRC entrant is no exception. And if you were curious, there's a decent amount of work needed to take your stock 2008 WRX and convert it into a rally monster. See above. After all that work it's nice to see the result isn't this, though the Impreza could use 800-inch chrome rims. [SWRT]
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Comment by JBinMN: One of the reasons the work so bursty is that 8 out of 10 of those guys are named Graham...... more » | Other threads
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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 »
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Comment by P161911 now with M POWER!: I've always thought a big 1970's or 80's American SUV would work pretty good. Just add big block power. I'm... 1 Responses | Other threads
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retro
Minnesota, February 1967: Let's Go Racing!
Those crazy Minnesotans aren't going to let a little 20-below weather stop them from taking their Saabs and MGAs out for some racing, you betcha! My grandfather, a proud St. Paul native, was serious about rally madness and ice-racing lunacy back in the 50s and 60s, and he'd probably still be doing it today at age 91 if his eyesight were a little better and he still had the ol '356 (or the Corvair... or the Dauphine...). He's handed over some of his racing memorabilia to me, including his Curta Peppermill and some of his old Twin Cities Sports Car Club newsletters. Here's the February 1967 TCSCC newsletter, which shows how those tough-guy Minnesotans pretended they weren't freezing their nodules off in ludicrous weather conditions. Uff da! Yeah, it's not as cool as the 8mm movie film I have of actual races, but I haven't had a chance to get them digitized yet. More »
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Comment by professorjonathan: How nice of them to race in honor of my being born on 18 February 1967! Clearly, they postponed... more » | Other threads
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Comment by bjorn240: The mansqueak was me. You try looking up out of the notes at 80mph just to see a side of... more » | Other threads
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racing
Waving to the Masses: Driver POV From Rally de Wallonie 2005
There's nothing like a good rally driver-POV video clip to kick a lazy Tuesday into the troposphere. This, from Belgum's Rally de Wallonie in 2005 shows a Porsche GT3 996 being piloted by a driver unafraid to wave back at the crowd following tricky cornering maneuvers. That's what we call rally spirit. Oh, and no crap Euro synth pop to ruin the whole thing. [Thanks to Travis for the tip.]
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Comment by tocsa120ls: Awesome! How someone makes it through a rally without dying, that's however a complete mystery to me :) Once sat... more » | Other threads
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racing
Group N Spec Mitsubishi Evo X: To Be Course Cars for WRC Japan
Tis the season for the new Mitsubishi Evo X to invade our consciousness like a reoccurring yen for BBQ-flavored potato chips. Whatever your vice, Mitsubishi's latest news is its latest evo, in Group N rally spec, will be pressed into duty as course cars for the upcoming WRC rally stop in Hokkaido, Japan later this month. The cars are fitted with a full roll cage, purpose-built running gear, brakes and close-ratio gearbox from Ralliart. The new Evo will be properly homologated for FIA World Rally competition (naturally), with the first rally models to hit the international circuit by the second half of 2008 or early 2009. Click through for press release. More »
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Comment by sweeper240: The EVO looks great, MUCH better than the new WRX... I hope that the general public answers with... more » | Other threads
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in memoriam
A Tribute to Colin McRae
With the magnitude of this weekend's loss becoming clearer with each passing news story, we kept busy by cutting together some footage from Colin McRae's career into a Jalopnik tribute clip. We only wish there could be more.
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Comment by ElChupacabura: The new 0-60 Magazine has a recent article about Colin, it's a great read. He is truly amazing. My heart... more » | Other threads
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transcontinental policeway
Polizei on the Londino
Herr Roy and his compatriot Mister Ross are off to galavant about the Old Country again, this time in an unmarked, mystery-Polizei vehicle (we're guessing that it might be a Continental GTC, but have no conformation from Ross nor Roy on that at this point). The event? The Londino, a transnational treasure-hunt/tour of sorts where men and women of a certain stature travel from London to Portofino merely on a series of hints. If one of the tasks is to bring back Jeff Ott, a la Paul Curran's legendary Benicia treasure hunt immortalized in Cometbus, we'll poop. We'll poop twice if they actually pull it off. [Team Polizei]
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Comment by Turboner: @Evil Rick Wagoner: I took a date to see that movie. Worst. Mistake. Ever. Didn't get laid, didn't even FEEL... more » | Other threads
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policing south jersey
Herr Roy Goes to E-Town
During Alex Roy's long association with Jalopnik, we've come to regard his M5 as something of a piece of folk art; a snot-beat, pricey machine that's likely done more of what it was designed to do than just about any other E39 built. Herr Roy, of course, is a showman, and while his steed of choice is generally considered one of the finest cars of the last three decades, it's still a seven-year-old blue sedan. But somehow with the addition of antennae, stickers and Albanian goat-track dust, it becomes something else. It's almost a parody of the CSL Batmobiles in a way, but just as deadly in its own right. Alex and our pals Jeff Musical, Emil Rensing and Rob Ferretti took the M5 and a few other chips of the Bruce block down to Englishtown for the VW/Audi show at Waterfest over the weekend. It was bad enough that Roy showed up in a Bimmer. Worse? Rensing brought his F430. [Team Polizei]
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Comment by Ray Wert: @yourk: J.F., it's OK. At least one of us knows your name. more » | Other threads
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armed with a lancia
Some Stratos Goodness
The Lancia Stratos, of course, is one of the most completely, totally and amazingly stupid-rad cars ever built. We have no idea what the narrator is saying besides "Lancia, "Stratos" and "Bertone," but in the end, it matters not. Just look at the goldurn thing and feel warm, fuzzy and altogether too happy that humanity managed to build such a device. Also, scope the Stratos show car in motion. Jeepers!
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monster 'zook!
Hoontastic XL7 Seeks Pikes Peak Pwnage
Mister Rod Millen, Monster Tajima has your 1994 Pikes Peak Hill Climb record in his sights and he's picked one of the most astonishing Suzukis this side of a turbine-powered Gixxer to make his run at your 10:04:06 time. Featuring a whole bunch of race-spec equipment, not the least of which is its twin-turbo, thousand-horsepower GM V6. We're ascared of this machine. Incredibly ascared. [Suzukisport via Autoblog]
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Comment by Adam: @sandwich_pants: DiRT has licensed cars and flipping/crazy damage plus hillclimb events... get it, it's awesome. Also, I want this car. ... more » | Other threads
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street car, rally car, f1 car
Clarkson vs. Herbert vs. McRae
Here's an obviously old bit we'd never run across before — Clarkson arranges three Ford products on the starting line at Silverstone — a Cougar, Colin McRae's WRC Focus and Johnny Herbert's Stewart F1 machine — and gives himself a flying head start with Herbert leaving in the tail-end position. Watch and get stoked. -
rolling thunder, thor!
Volvo is Latin for 'I Roll'
Somehow we think that when the good people at SKF launched the Volvo brand eighty years ago, this sort of rolling wasn't exactly what they had in mind. Nevertheless, the stout Swede handles this spill with aplomb.
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Comment by ET had a Cartruckgasm: @TurboBrick: If your tire iron is the same as mine, it could very well be considered as being made from... more » | Other threads
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adventures in audiovisual disconnect
Two-Stroke Screaming Song of the Saab
The best thing about two-stroke Saab rally cars, besides the Scandanavian dung-beetle styling, is that they sound like they're moving at roughly five to eight times the speed of light when they're well, not exactly going that fast. More »
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Comment by sfx2000: 2 strokes rock... I had a 75 Daihatsu HiJet "K" van with a 360cc twin when I was living in... more » | Other threads
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check out all its majesty
The Majesty of the Safari Rally
When we were at the Detroit Auto Show last January, we marveled at the Lancer GSR that'd carried Jogander "The Flying Sikh" Singh to victory on the '74 Safari Rally, wondering how on earth somebody would bomb across Kenya in such a machine. But bomb to victory he did, as have many others since 1953. Sit back, relax, gape in awe and play spot-the-Stratos. More »
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Comment by evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: It's a damn shame they don't run this event any more. Just fantastic stuff. Besides playing spot-the-Stratos, I also spotted the... more » | Other threads
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...and then you touch down
It's the Ken Block Monster Air!
A bit over six months ago, we ran a shot of Ken Block's 171-foot insane-o Subie-leap for the Stunt Junkies television programme. After watching this clip, we would not want to be the man's spine. Even if you've already caught the episode, this flight — exceeding the Wright Brothers' first powered trip into the air by 51 feet — is totally worth watching again. More »
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Comment by lascauxcaveman: Camera work criticism aside, the passenger seatbelts floating upward in zero-G were a nice touch. more » | Other threads
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gentleman's pursuit
Jalopnik Flickr Finds: Motor Racing in Angola, Africa
Building a race track in Angola seemed like a smashing good idea back when dashing playboys and ne'er do wells cashed in on the benefits of colonialism by way of fancy motor cars. Racing around public Angola roads and the purpose built street circuit was a welcome sunny holiday from the usual drab weather euro-fare. Engine overheating was a minor annoyance compared to eventual decolonization. Ensuing civil war has prevented the return of motor racing to the sandy dunes, but the imagery from the past lives on thanks to a photoset from Nite Owl. More »
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By Mike BumbeckComment by fitzpjc: some of those cars in the later pictures are likely still there, hidden away after he Portuguese abandoned ship in... more » | Other threads
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what can you do?
Beat on the Berlina 2000
While looking for a parking space in order that we could make a stop atRockaway Beachour favorite store full of robots and the like, we spied this well yet exquisitely worn Alfa Romeo Berlina. Melee and other badges indicate road rally action. The miles look as if they have been, and will continue to be a heap of fun. Bonus points for the blue tape racing stripe. More »
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By Mike BumbeckComment by Turboner: My old neighbor had one of those, stripped, caged, celled, and all track-tasty prepped! It was a hoot just... more » | Other threads
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near to the east, in a part of ancient yugoslavia
Morley Family Releases Statement Post-Gumball Verdict
The Morley family has a released a statement of facts regarding the Macedonian trial of Nicholas Morley, which seems to jibe with what we've sussed ourselves about what went down the day before the 2007 Gumball 3000 came apart at the seams. According to the original accident investigator on the scene, as well as an investigator from nonprofit British organization TRL, Morley was traveling at or under 47 mph and would have had 1.6 seconds in which to stop from the point that Vladimir Cepuljoski pulled out in front of his Porsche. The full statement after the jump. More »
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Comment by Turboner: @no_slushbox: It seemed almost plausible until the "not a millionaire" part. I'm not a millionaire, let's do the Gumball... more » | Other threads
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beefcake! manta!
Isle of Manly, Isle of Manta
Besides siring the legendary Colin, Jimmy McRae was quite a rally artist in his own right. His weapon of choice? The Opel Manta 400. The course? The Isle of Man. Rally geeks and Mantafarhrer unite! More »
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gumball 3000
Trial Of Gumball 3000 Driver Expected To Wrap Up Today
Despite the family of the victim reportedly forgiving driver Nick Morley for causing the deaths of Vladimir and Margit Cepuljoski, the trial is soldiering on, pitting defense forensics expert against prosecution forensics expert. According to Macedonian internet news agency makfax,"Court's expert Mile Popovski, whose report served as a basis for the indictment, reiterated his findings that Morley exceeded the prescribed speed limit thus causing the accident in which Chepunjoski spouses were killed.
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from the former yugoslav republic of macedonia
Gumball 3000 Driver Forgiven by Victims' Family
The UK's Daily Mail is reporting, with typical Fleet Street flair, that the Cepuljoski family has forgiven Gumball 3000 participant Nicholas Morley, who as y'all likely recall, crashed into a MkII Golf driven by Vladimir Cepuljoski that had pulled out in front of his TechArt Porsche 911, resulting in the death of Cepuljoski and his wife. According to a statement released by the family during Morley's trial:"We ask this court to release young Nicholas. It was ill-fate that made our son and father make that fatal mistake and join the main road without stopping his vehicle. We have experienced a terrible tragedy, but we feel that it would be another tragedy to keep this young man in prison. We think he has suffered enough and his conviction would offer no comfort to our grief."
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rally on 'roids
Rally Ho! Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Today is day four of this year's Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, and participants are winding their ancien régime racers along the foothills of theGrand TetonsAltay range. They're heading along a dusty trail from Erenhot, China to Sainshand in southeastern Mongolia, on a route that would choke a Lamborghini to within a kilometer of its life. Thanks to the intrepid colinjmbrown, we can get a look at some of the old iron horses as they were preparing to set off on the nearly 12,000 mile trek. If they don't meet with some catastrophe or other, the cars will pull into Paris's Place de la Concorde on June 30. Here's hoping they have plenty of yak dairy products and axle grease. More »
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Comment by brandonvalentine: @Drive-thru: The last Peking-to-Paris race was won by a Willys Jeep, but there's no Willys entry this year. The... more » | Other threads
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bullrun
The Clamp Came Down in Georgia: Bullrun Lunch at the Cop Shop
Pal of the Jalop and the first woman ever to be arrested on Bullrun, Annabelle Frankl was taping and riding shotgun when a whole gang of the the ralliers (including their #144 Z06) were pulled over with the drivers taken off in the paddywagon. While Annabelle and Nick aren't paddies (rather Brits of Hungarian extraction), Miss Frankl went and picked up some burgers with all beef patties for the jailhouse rockers. Vomitation was not reported, although we imagine there was a bit of nausea involved. Traffic stop before the jump, aftermath after. More »
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Comment by Al Navarro: @Davey G.: I confess to not being all that familiar with the various rallies, but want to add that I haven't... more » | Other threads
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holiday in mongolia
The Mongol Rally!
We sense the tension around here regarding pricey rallies like Bullrun and Gumball, but here's one everyone down the the spirit of tha Jalop should be able to get behind. The recipe? London to Mongolia, pick your own route, the relatively-inexpensive entry fee benefits charity, cars are limited to 1 liter of engine displacement, and you're encouraged to sleep in your car. Herr Roy, start shopping for Isettas now — we hear Rawlings has got a Reliant Robin with a lift kit and 33-inch tires in the works. Tispol to have fit. More »
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Comment by no_slushbox: @Rishi: I looked it up and both the DAF and FAF are under 1 liter. Also, with rubberband final... more » | Other threads
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lenny bruce is not afraid
European Authorities to Crack Down on Rallying
Following the death of a Macedonian couple earlier this month on the Gumball 3000, European cops are urging a ban on Gumball 3000, Carbon Black and Cannonball Europe. Tispol-affiliated officers plan to share information about the rallies and their routes with each other in order to stop the events, much in the way German Police officers halted the Gumball in Germany. It'll be interesting to see what effect the coordinated effort has on this summer's Cannonball, scheduled for July, as well as its impact on rallies run in the United States. If we needed any more evidence that the Golden Age of Rallying is kaput, Tispol's clampdown is it. More »
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Comment by ecobore: Don't see how anybody can BAN it outright. After all, that would mean banning ANY group of people taking... more » | Other threads
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mg for you and me
Wacky Hatch! MG Metro 6R4
We admit it. We never met a gonzoid hyper-rally car we didn't like. And while we're complete and utter suckers for purpose-built, design-the-thing-and-homologate-it-later machines like the Ford RS200 and Lancia Stratos, any car with the stones to compete in Group B earns our respect. As such, we've never had a whole lot of love for the Austin/MG/Whatever Metro, but the 6R4 is entirely different pot of meat. Built by Williams, it featured a hybrid construction of plastik und schteel, a midship-mounted V6 instead of a turbo mill with fewer cylinder and well, is simply one of the most gonzoid hatchbacks ever built. We would be proud to call it friend, even if its roadgoing relatives were an affront to the dignity of British motoring, as well as its progenitor, the fabulous Mini. More »
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here beats the heart of alfredino ferrari
Lancia Stratos: A Wedge, Not a Sphere
There is on only one rally car that could possibly compete with the RS200 for our affections. That, of course, is the mighty Lancia Stratos. The Ferrari-Dino-powered beastie was capable of pumping out over 550hp from its turbo'd mini-prancer, and well, Christ — just look at the thing. Now look at it on the Monte Carlo and Safari Rallies. More » -
the rs stands for radical spanking
Oh Yes, It's the RS200
Okay, it never won Le Mans. It didn't even do all that well in Group B, as the FIA killed what may stand as the manliest class ever to exist in the history of motorsport before FoMoCo engineers really got the machine exactly right. But just look at it! It's a fabulous kitbash with a body built by freaking Reliant of all people. Plus, even though it was heavier than other cars of the era, you can tell by watching the footage that it still weighs like eight pounds. And somehow, while the ferocious Bruceosity of the 959 cannot be fronted upon, the RS200 is still cooler. More »
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Comment by Evander: @EuropaBambaataa: Actually that was one of a few reasons why group B was banned. 30 injuries and 3 deaths in... more » | Other threads
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they could've won the russo-japanese war!
KAMAZkaze! Tatar Hoon Trucks Galore!
Dakar rally trucks never cease to amaze us. Neither do vehicles from the former Soviet Bloc. In that spirit, we present to you footage that involuntarily made us giggle. Seeing a beefcake brick drift a dirt-road corner like that indicates the driver's testes must sport an atomic number somewhere in the transuranic range. That said, given the rigors of Dakar, we're not entirely sure their half-life is exactly within the realm of accurate prediction. Oh, and avoid the soundtrack of this vid. Pick a song of your choice with a high BPM quotient, mute the clip and enjoy. We recommend Black Flag's Nervous Breakdown. Or something by Boyzone. Anything but this. More »
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