A rollercoaster ride through the forests of New South Wales, with the added difficulty of having to switch from asphalt back into gravel mode – Volkswagen used the shakedown ahead of the Rally Australia to prepare for the tenth round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN) was the fastest Volkswagen […]
Sweden’s PG Andersson has confirmed he will compete at round nine of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, which will be staged at Estering in Germany from 20-21 September. Andersson’s participation means he becomes the 100th driver to have entered the headline Supercar category in World RX this season: a remarkable achievement […]
Six-time American rally champion David Higgins will return to Red Bull Global Rallycross at the series’ Seattle round, held at DirtFish Rally School in Snoqualmie on September 26-27. Higgins will enter the event in a DirtFish Rally School sponsored 2014 Subaru WRX STI prepared by Vermont SportsCar. Higgins competes full-time for Subaru Rally Team USA […]
Norway’s Petter Solberg took a sensational victory at today’s World RX of France, round eight of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy. The result marks the third win of the season for PSRX driver Solberg as the former WRC Champion extends his lead at the top of the overall World RX standings. […]
Emma Gilmour just missed out on her quest to reach her first Global Rallycross Championship final at the Florida round at the weekend.Racing at the Daytona International Speedway on a track nearly double the length of the average GRC circuit, Dunedin’s Gilmour was fifth in the last-chance qualifier, one spot off the final. […]
Skateboard legend and burgeoning Subaru rallycross driver Bucky Lasek drove fast and smart while overcoming the Florida heat to finish in third place at this weekend’s Red Bull Global Rallycross round at Daytona International Speedway. The podium finish is Lasek’s second this season at the wheel of his Vermont SportsCar-prepared 2014 Subaru WRX STI rallycross […]
Those attending the Red Bull Global Rallycross at Daytona International Speedway this weekend may be watching one of the top motorsports series of the future.Several former Formula One and NASCAR drivers are involved in the unique tour, which pits muscled-up compact cars on a course that has asphalt, dirt and a jump that sends competitors […]
Petter Solberg dominated the seventh round of the World Rallycross Championship at classic Canadian street venue Trois-Rivieres and in the process became the 2014 season’s first repeat winner.Norwegian former World Rally Championship star Solberg had been fastest in heats three and four and earned pole for his semi final and then the final. He was […]
This is the Porsche 997 RGT(picture below) which Richard Tuthill will drive at WRC Deutschland later this month. Stéphane Prevot will co-drive. Tuthill – best known for his classic Tuthill Porsches at events like the East African Safar Classic – believes his team is the first to make a proper rallying 997 to the FIA […]
ws The GP3R will host the seventh round of the World Rallycross Championship at the Trois-Rivieres street circuit and will see all four heats.Friday 8 August will go down in history as the day the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy staged its first event outside of Europe as part of the annual Grand […]
Three-time European Rallycross champion Sverre Isachsen will race at the seventh round of the World Rallycross Championship in Trois-Rivieres in Canada next week.The Norwegian will drive the Subaru Rally Team USA Impreza that he uses in the American-based Global Rallycross Championship, where he finished second last time out at Charlotte to Gymkhana star Ken Block, […]
Emma Gilmour had a rough ride at The Dirt Track in Charlotte, with mechanical issues hampering her Rhys Millen Racing Veloster Turbo’s performance most of the weekend. She missed out on a place in the final but learned more about the car set-up.“Despite our mechanical problems limiting our seat time I am enjoying the racing […]
Emma Gilmour’s race craft skills have been sharpened this weekend, with the talented Kiwi showing her claws and rubbing panels with the top guns at the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship’s (GRC) fourth round in New York. A confidence boost associated with some new-found speed in her Rhys Millen Racing Hyundai Veloster Turbo rallycross car […]
The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team is coming home with a first place trophy and some bodywork that needs fixing. Tanner Foust and Scott Speed were two of the fastest cars on the track throughout the fourth round of the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship in New York. However, rough starts and tough competition had the […]
Ex-Formula One star and BBC F1 commentator, David Coulthard, attended the third round of the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship, as an ambassador for Cooper Tire – leaving Norway last month with a new-found appreciation for the sport. Whilst in Hell, near Trondheim, 13 time Grand Prix winner Coulthard also managed to catch up with […]
Swedish driver Timmy Hansen finished second in the sixth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Mettet in Belgium, scoring the first podium for Team Peugeot-Hansen 208WRX Supercar. Developed by the experienced Hansen squad, the 208 has consistently proven front running pace over the first five events of the season but bad luck had […]
Double DTM Champion Mattias Ekstrom has clinched his first-ever FIA World Rallycross Championship victory after a flawless drive in the Audi S1 Supercar at the fifth round of the World Championship presented by Monster Energy. Ekstrom is the fifth different winner and fourth different manufacturer to win in this year’s World RX. The EKS RX […]
The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team heads to the Nation’s Capital this weekend, June 21 -22, to compete in the third round of the Global Rallycross Championship at the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds. The Volkswagen Rallycross DC event marks the first live motorsports event in D.C. in over a decade. The 10 Turn, .49-mile track features […]
Officials from Red Bull Global Rallycross today revealed the entry list for Volkswagen Rallycross DC — the third round of the 2014 GRC season to be held at the RFK Festival Grounds June 21-22. Supercar competitors hail from eight countries and include such stars as recent X Games gold medalist and former NASCAR and Formula […]
Latvia’s Reinis Nitiss has won World RX of Norway, round three of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, after a near-perfect performance at the wheel of his Ford Fiesta Supercar. The 18-year-old now leads the Championship over Norway’s Petter Solberg who finished runner-up in front of a delighted home crowd. World RX […]
Speed Cruises To X Games Gold As Doran Is Robbed Of Bronze With so much excitement in the quarter finals, the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship had a hard act to follow for the semi finals.Semi final 1 would see Ken Block line up with Austin Dyne, Nelson Piquet Jr, Liam Doran, Brian Deegan and Ricky […]
A RECORD number of cars descended on the Kent-based circuit over the weekend including 37 flame-spitting Supercars, and a full class of TouringCar and Super1600 cars plus the supporting RX Lites Cup. Wildcard entrants Tanner Foust – a two-time Formula Drift Champion – and reigning British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan were also part of […]
Top names have entered historic event LYDDEN HILL is steeped in rallycross history: the sport’s inaugural race was staged at the track back in 1967. Introduced by Robert Reed – who was a producer on ITV’s World of Sport programme at the time – the sport quickly grew to become a staple on TV in […]