Work is almost complete in turning Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium into a race track for The Race of Champions – one of the first major events to be held at the venue since the Olympic Games last year.
Full release after the jump.
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Race of Champions track nears completion
Links of the day: Prodrive back in WRC?
Prodrive quiet on WRC future – After Subaru’s withdrawal from the FIA World Rally Championship, Prodrive has been searching for a way to get back into the game. According to Autosport, technical director David Lapworth is hinting at a possible return but isn’t giving many details. The rumor is a BMW / Mini program.
Race of [...]
Marcus and Mikko together again
Two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm will return to competition next week when The Race of Champions takes place in the Bird’s Nest Stadium, Beijing – the first time the event has taken place outside Europe in its 22-year-history.
The Finnish star, who won rallying’s premier crown in 2000 and 2002, will compete in The Race [...]
Links of the day: USRC 2009 results
Disappointed Hirvonen reflects on title loss – BP-Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen came within one point (and one faulty hood-pin) of winning the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship’s driver’s title. Unfortunately for the Finn, reigning champion Sebastien Loeb had an inspired drive at the season-ending Wales Rally GB and in the process claimed his sixth consecutive title. [...]
WRC in the States?
International Sportsworld Communicators (ISC) is looking to expand the FIA World Rally Championship to fifteen events starting in 2011, according to an article on eWRC.cz. This year, the series ran twelve events. The calendar will expand to thirteen rounds next season.
In an interview with Motorsport Aktuell, a German racing publication, ISC boss Neil Duncanson confirmed [...]
Sno*Attack to reward 2WD competitors
Sno*Drift, the opening round of the 2010 Rally America Championship Series, recently announced the creation of a special incentive program for 2WD entrants. Sno*Attack will group all the drivers in 2WD rally cars into a single group. Competitors will be driving for a share of a $2,500 prize fund.
1st 2wd overall – $750 minimum
2nd 2wd [...]
Foust heads East
Tanner Foust is on his way to China for next week’s Race of Champions, according to a recent Twitter post from the former Formula D champion. Foust joins Subaru Rally Team USA’s Travis Pastrana as the American contingency racing for national and individual glory in Beijing.
Tanner Foust is heading to Beijing to represent Team USA [...]
Links of the day: RA hypes ‘positive changes’
Rally America wraps successful fifth season – Here’s Rally America’s official report from the 2009 season. Oregon Trail Rally and the Rally of the 100 Acre Wood were both awarded with ‘Rally of the Year’ honors. RA claims that reducing the number of events in the 2010 calendar is a ‘positive change’ while they hype [...]
Poll – Will you follow ROC?
The end of the motorsport calendar marks the return of one of my favorite yearly events, the Race of Champions. This year ROC will be held outside of Europe for the first time. Beijing’s Bird Nest, China’s Olympic Stadium, will play host to this year’s event and will feature the top driving talent from around [...]
Lawless / Sharkey win International Rally New York
Tom Lawless, the 2005 United States Rally Champion, with the Irish co-driver Brian Sharkey (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9), emerged as the winners of the International Rally New York 2009, a two-day test where the result was in doubt until almost the final mile.
Going into the second day, an accomplished Finnish crew of Jani Paasonen/Mika Rajasalo [...]
Readers disagree with Rally America
After a week of voting, readers have soundly voiced their opposition to the changes in the 2010 Rally America schedule. Almost all of you voted against the shortening of the calendar.
Do you agree with Rally America’s decision to shorten the 2010 calendar to just six events?
# No (88%, 15 Votes)
# Yes (12%, 2 Votes)
A total [...]
Links of the day: Loeb closes in on another title
International Rally New York entry list – Here is the entry list for this weekend’s International Rally New York. Ken Block is on hand this weekend in his RWD Ford Escort MkII.
Loeb the leader after thrilling opening day in Great Britain – A victory in Great Britain would secure Sebastien Loeb’s sixth consecutive FIA [...]
Fiestas at Tim O’Neil
I’ve been following the Fiesta Movement for a while now. Ford gave out 100 new Fiestas for six months to 100 new media-savvy “agents” who would blog, tweet and create viral videos of their adventures with the new car. Ford killed it with this marketing effort.
Here are two “agents” at the Team O’Neil Driving School [...]
Jean Todt wins FIA election and I die a little inside
Well, Ari Vatanen lost the bid to become Max Mosley’s successor as the head of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the sanctioning body for Formula One and World Rally Championship, today.
Amid accusations of intimidation and unfair voting practices, Todt handily won the election, 135-49. The FIA says that 12 votes were dismissed because they [...]
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