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Professional Hoonage: A History Of Rally Jumps
Ok, enough of all this drunken amateur Leap Day hoonage. I mean, I've got nothing against
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Weekend Race Preview
We're taking your advice from last week and including a broader range of races for your reading pleasure. Although the pickins are kind of slim; the season is winding down, and there aren't any F1, Champ Car, or ALMS races this weekend. But here are some of the things we do have to look forward to: More »
2:45 PM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By burstein
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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.
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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.
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Subaru to Reveal WRC Concept Impreza in Frankfurt
If you were concerned about how the new-gen Impreza would look in WRC spec, look no further than Subaru's WRC concept. The company released shots today of its WRC Concept, which will appear at the Frankfurt Auto show next month. It'll be the focus of a display that'll include the new, Euro-model Impreza and Tribeca. Lower and squatter than the production car, the WRC Concept reduces the awkward effect of the new Impreza's high, crash-test-worthy door design. The kids'll dig it.
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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.
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Crowning The King Of 1986: Audi Quattro S1 vs Ford RS200 vs Lancia Delta S4 vs Peugeot 205 TI6
If you've read Jalopnik for longer than 20 minutes, you just knew we were going to stick a "Killer B" in our Fantasy Garage. And why wouldn't we? Created by the FIA in 1982, Group B offered manufacturers a way to show off all their engineering prowess, achieve racing victories and reap the subsequent publicity windfalls, all without the need and expense of launching a full production model. Very low homologation numbers (200 streetable cars in this case) meant that for a modest investment — especially when compared to Group A with its minimum 5,000 production cars mandate — a company could claim some serious rewards. Group A also had more stringent restrictions in terms of power, weight, materials and overall cost, not to mention a four-seat rule that in essence prohibited mid-engine machines. Group B was essentially unlimited, especially in terms of power. More »
12:00 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
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Latest by DarthJader: OMG what a difficult decision, each one is awesome in its own right. Do I go for the one I'd most like to own? The one that gave the competition a swift kick to the cock and sent them reeling? more »
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Colin McRae Shows off New Rally Car at Goodwood
Rally legend-in-waiting Colin McRae's own rally car, the R4, made its public debut in racing trim at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK this weekend. The car was first seen at last year's Goodwood event, and McRae says it's suitable for rallying rallycross, ice racing and circuit racing, in addition to general non-street hoonage. McRae designed the R4's chassis along with and Dave Plant of motorsports development firm DJM. No word on when (or for whom) the R4 will see competition, though a good bet is the Race of Champions next year. But first, a good flog is likely in the offing; McRae says he's yet to drive it more than 20 miles. (Specs after the jump.) [Photos by Tom Newis] More »
czech this out
A Very Brisk Fabia: New Skoda Rally Car
Though we can read neither Dutch nor Czech, we can still ascertain this new Skoda Fabia rally car's vitals by a combination of online translator, parsing of universal symbols and scratching our heads over the letter ΕΎ. It's a new rally monster, a joint project between Czech spark-plug company Brisk and the UK's Prodrive, dubbed RS 01 WRC. The 2,200-pound Fabia employs VW/Audi's corporate 2.0 TFSI engine, only tweaked up to 500 hp at 7,800 rpm and 443 lb-ft of torque at 3,700 rpm. Zero to 62 mph comes up in 2.7 seconds, which should make it quite a hit on the gravel. No word on potential rally-team clients, but we wouldn't mind seeing one of these buggers in traffic. Did someone say 500-hp Rabbit? More »
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Sometimes when you're rallying through the countryside, you underestimate a corner and make a mistake that ends your day. Sometimes that day ends with a broken car, sometimes it ends with a trip to the hospital. Enjoy one of each. More »
Moment of Zen: A Graceful Arch
Sometimes when you're rallying through the countryside, you underestimate a corner and make a mistake that ends your day. Sometimes that day ends with a broken car, sometimes it ends with a trip to the hospital. Enjoy one of each. More »
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Norway Rally Update, Final
It was a sweep for Ford Foci in the Norway rally, as Finn Mikko Hirvonen prevailed at the end of Leg 3 earlier today. In second was BP-Ford teammate Marcus Gr nholm. Some rally folk had speculated Ford would pressure Hirvonen to throw the race for Gr nholm, to give his fellow Finn the extra Championship points. But such talk went silent when Hirvonen retained the lead and claimed victory in the end. The
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Norway Rally Update, Second Leg
With Frenchman Sebasti n Loeb down eight minutes after ditching into a snowbank early in Leg 2 of the Norway Rally, the racing day became a Finn-to-Finn shootout. In the end, Marcus Gr nholm and co-driver Timo Rautiainen were short 19.3 seconds to countrymen Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen. Apparently it's been quite the battle, particularly special stage 13, during which Gr nholm ended a hair under 0.3 seconds behind Hirvonen. The Solberg brothers Petter and Henning battled for third, with Petter ending Leg 2 9.9 seconds ahead. [NOTE: Get your Google Earth map of the Norway Rally here.] More »
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2007 Norway Rally Update, First Leg
It was the second week of driving on ice and snow for WRC drivers, as the first Norway Rally kicked off in the lake region of Hamar. At the first day's end, it was Finn Mikko Hirvonen (1:24:39.0) leading with a 15.5-second advantage over Ford teammate Marcus Gr nholm after eight special stages. France's Sebasti n Loeb again drew the spotlight by placing third, one spot behind his 2007 season nemesis, whom he leads by two points. Local talent Petter Solberg placed fourth in his Subaru. Leg 2 Preview: Loeb's out. He hit a snow bank during SS12 (the ski jump stadium stage), and it took him 8 minutes to get free. More »
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