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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.
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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 [...]

Subaru Rally Team USA defers Block questions

I sent an inquiry to Subaru Rally Team USA’s PR guy regarding the rumors surrounding Ken Block’s future with the Vermont-based team. Specifically, I asked if Block was signed on to contest the 2010 season with SRTUSA. Chris Yandell responded:
No comment other than check out the KB interview from LSPR that Rally America did (on [...]

ESPN interviews Codemasters’ Matt Horsman

You’ve probably never heard of Matt Horsman, but he’s an important guy. As a lead developer for video game maker Codemasters, Horsman was responsible for ensuring the gameplay for the upcoming rally-themed game DiRT 2 was as dynamic and realistic as possible. From the videos I’ve seen so far, I can’t say there’s ever been [...]

Subiesport struggling?

Subiesport, one of the country’s last print publications covering rally, seems to be in a bit of trouble. The magazine is in the midst of a relaunch, but there have been longer-than-usual delays in getting out issue 26. The mag is typically published every other month and has a 6 issue / 12 month subscription [...]