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Handbrakes and Hairpins: Issue 106 – This week’s issue of H&H is out now. In this week’s issue, you’ll find articles on Michelle Mouton and Volkwagen’s Dakar efforts. Quality, as always! Thanks Evan for putting this out!
Ford’s S2000 car revealed next week – We posted the super secret “spy” video today, but here is a [...]
Despite a poor showing in the individual portion of the Race of Champions, Travis Pastrana and Tanner Foust did well in this year’s Nation’s Cup by making it to the semi-finals (where they lost against eventual winners Germany).
Check out the highlights below.
Video courtesy Race of Champions
Audi is planning to enter an autonomous rally version of its popular TT road car at next year’s Pikes Peak hill climb. The car is being developed by Volkswagen’s Electronics Research lab, Stamford University and Sun Microsystems according to Autocar.
The goal is to create a realistic driving experience from a machine that would react the [...]
Here’s a ‘not-so-secret’ spy video of the new Fiesta S2000 testing. There aren’t a ton of shots of the car (you can hear it better than you can see it), but it looks promising. I can’t wait for the official unveiling next Wednesday (11.18.09).
I sure hope we start seeing Fiestas on the stages in Rally [...]
Volkswagen Race Touareg at Dakar Rally – VW will take five teams to South America for this year’s running of the Dakar Rally. The German manufacturer is looking for a second consecutive Dakar victory.
The third most successful WRC manufacturer: Citroen – Despite Sebastien Loeb dominating rally this decade, Citroen are only third on the FIA [...]
Subaru Rally Team USA’s Travis Pastrana has endorsed the upcoming Race 4 Change at the East African Safari Rally Classic. The event, which takes place in the last week of November, is aimed at eliminating global poverty through microfinance.
Billed as one of the toughest rallies on the planet, EASRC will run more than 5000 [...]
The 2010 edition of New England Forest Rally is set to take place July 16th and 17th next year. The rally, a fan favorite, will once again be hosted at Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine.
The 2010 Rally America schedule will be shorter than those run in previous years, as the series goes from nine [...]
Ekstrom crowned Race of Champions winner – A solid drive and a wonderful finish saw Mattias Ekstrom claim his third Race of Champions title. The Swede beat out Germany’s Michael Schumacher for the win.
Ojibwe Forests Rally photo contest winners – Congratulations Erica Hensley for taking home the top honors from Rally America’s Ojibwe Forests Rally [...]
Both Travis Pastrana and Tanner Foust, the American contingency at this year’s Race of Champions in Beijing, China, failed to make it out of today’s opening group stages. Foust was in Group A while Pastrana was in Group B.
Tanner had a strong showing yesterday, taking the Americans to the semi-final heat against the eventual event [...]
Mark Fox wins Rally America’s 2009 Jeff Moyle Memorial Rookie of the Year Award – Congratulations to the National Guard rally driver and his team for taking home this year’s rookie of the year honors. Fox drove an inspired season and even found the podium in his first season.
Win Loeb’s title-winning race wear on WRC.com [...]
There are literally a dozen drivers that have the opportunity to win tomorrow’s Race of Champions finale. Here’s the driver line-up:
Michael Schumacher
Sebastien Vettel
Jenson Button
Andy Priaulx
Tom Kristensen
Mattias Ekstrom
Mikko Hirvonen
Marcus Gronholm
Chad Reed
Mick Doohan
Yvan Muller
Guerlain Chicherit
David Coulthard
Giniel de Villiers
Tanner Foust
Travis Pastrana
Clivio Piccione
Emanuele Pirro
Ho-Pin Tung
Han Han
A bunch of these guys have what takes to ace tomorrow’s test. My money [...]
Congratulations to Team Germany for winning the 2009 Race of Champions Nation’s Cup. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel went up against team Great Britain, Jenson Button and Andy Priaux, in the final’s this afternoon and came away with the win.
This marks the third consecutive year that Schumacher and Vettel have claimed the Nation’s Cup. Germany [...]
This is ridiculous. It looks fun, but I bet it’d roll really easily. There’s another insane creation from the shoe mogul after the jump.
Raikkonen requests rallying clause – It looks like Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen is seriously considering moving to rally after leaving Formula One. Kimi has contested a few rallies and wants the option to continue doing so should another F1 team sign him after his contract expires at the end of the season.
Rally Master Pro (iPhone) – [...]
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