Posts Tagged ‘North America rallying’

"First, I want to express my appreciation to Doug Havir for establishing and building Rally America," said J.B. Niday, "Bill Fogg and his team bring great, new talents and resources to Rally America, as well as fresh ideas and perspectives." Full story

The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood is based in Salem, Missouri and is well known for its fast and flowing stage roads. The best teams from all over North America and beyond gathered to contest over 120 competitive miles spread throughout the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. This year crews were challenged with unusually damp conditions after heavy rainfall on the Thursday before the ... Full story

The Super Production class was created in 2009 by RallyCar to offer a compromise between the top-tier Open class and the more restrictive Production GT class, giving teams options for key modification allowances in an effort to make competition more affordable and competitive. This includes but is not limited to: allowing vehicles to be updated or backdated within a body style of the model, fitting ... Full story

The hot competition always heats up Sno*Drift's frigid temperatures. Returning for the 2011 season is the Subaru Rally Team USA with BMX Legend and X Games star, Dave Mirra, and a new driver familiar to longtime rally fans, Britain's David Higgins. Higgins is the 2004 British Rally Champion and the replacement in the seat left vacant by action sports star Travis Pastrana, who announced last ... Full story

"Winning the Rally America Championship was a real big deal for us considering that we are a team of just five people with a single car," L'Estage continued. "We never expected to be in contention the whole year. We were just going to run a limited selection of Rally America events, but we found ourselves at the top of the standings and fortunately found the ... Full story

"Ford Motor Company has always supported customers and enthusiasts who enjoy their Ford products in performance settings," said Jamie Allison, director, Ford North America Motorsports. "Ford Racing's partnerships with Miller Motor Sports Park for the Mustang Driving Experience and recently with Team O'Neil Driving School for the Fiesta Rally Experience have been at the forefront of this effort. The Fiesta Sport Trophy championship is the ... Full story

This weekend's double-header was a successful finale to RallyCar's inaugural wheel-to-wheel season, boasting record entries and spectator attendance. Hosted at the New Jersey Motorsports Park, the Rallycross was an international affair with five top overseas competitors challenging America's best. The AWD A-Final saw four Americans up against three proven European drivers and was preceded by an intensely fought B Main race. In the B Main, ... Full story

Sverre "The Viking Warrior" Isachsen takes a dominant win on the pen-ultimate round of the 2010 RallyCar U.S. Rallycross Championship. Isachsen won the All-Wheel Drive final in his 2008 Ford Focus named "Stina" with a time of 3 minutes 23.9 seconds, finishing five seconds ahead of Toomas Heikkinen in the 2010 SAAB 93 Aero Sport. The AWD A Main was forced to re-start twice before ... Full story

Top action sports stars Travis Pastrana, Dave Mirra and Tanner Foust will return to New Jersey Motorsports Park November 6-7 for an exciting double-rallycross weekend. There will be double the dirt, jumps and door-to-door racing for this final rallycross weekend of the year, with qualifying, multi-car heats, and exciting main races on both Saturday and Sunday when the Third Round of the Championship is split into ... Full story

All the great results and event highlights from the inaugural 2010 RallyCar rallycross season are coming to broadcast television this fall as featured content on NBC’s World of Adventure Sports. Full story