Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally
More than living up to its name, Sno*Drift Rally is the only winter rally on the RallyCar calendar and sees ambient temperatures as low as 0-degrees during night stages.
More than living up to its name, Sno*Drift Rally is the only winter rally on the RallyCar calendar and sees ambient temperatures as low as 0-degrees during night stages.
The all-wheel drive class was led by Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Ford Fiesta and Tanner Foust’s X-Games/Rallycross Ford Fiesta.
To most people, wheels are not a disposable wear item. Your OEM set should last a lifetime and your aftermarket wheels three, right? As we can prove – it all depends.
Take a closer look at the Cusco All-Japan Gymkhana Championship Lancer Evolution. It’s immediately obvious that their style of gymkhana is different from ours. While ours is all about entertainment, big smoke, drifts, and staying sideways, the Japanese form looks like pure autocross with a couple smoke-less spin turns thrown in.
Everything else was left stock. With just 3 hours of sleep after prepping the car last minute, we made the trip out to Buttonwillow. With 100-degree+ weather out, it was a tough weekend.
Prior to X-Games 16 in Los Angeles, we caught up with Team BF Goodrich. Here we go on board with Andrew Comrie Picard and his 600hp Lancer Evolution 9 rally car.
With larger air intake restrictors allowed, ACP’s Evo IX generated almost 600hp with a built engine and 114-octane equivalent ethanol racing fuel. ACP doesn’t make use of the special ethanol fuel during regular rally events
We speak with Andrew Comrie-Picard “ACP” about his Rally America championship efforts and then go on board with ACP’s 600hp Evo 9 in a dirt course outside Irwindale Speedway.