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.
Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team recently debuted the Fiesta RS World Rally Car. The biggest change is the new 1.6-liter turbo engine, which produces 300hp and 332 lb/ft of torque.
Ford’s newest World Rally Championship (WRC) competitor, the 1.6-liter turbo Fiesta RS, is set to debut this week with FIA homologation approval. Ford WRC drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala will enter the Fiesta RS in its first WRC round in early February, Rally Sweden.
Based on the production Mini Countryman, the MINI WRC is a 1.6-liter turbocharged, all-wheel drive rally car. Prodrive is also responsible for the custom valving, specs, and setup of each Ohlins 3-way damper setup.
From Prelude to STI, we gather up 10 of the most interesting cars to have shown their faces at the 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift rally in Atlanta, Michigan.
Video action highlights from the 2011 running of the RallyCar (formerly known as Rally America) Sno*Drift rally race in Atlanta, Michigan.
The cars are prepped (Subaru Rally Team USA took up residence inside a nice, enclosed, classic garage on a main street in town), tech’d, and ready to race – literally sitting in parc expose as I write this
J-WRC Abbring chose to do donuts around his team using his bio-methanol 300hp near stock Z rally car.
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Filled with 500-600hp cars, Gymkhana Grid had more than a few nicely built competitors. Here are just 10 of our picks from the crowd.
The all-wheel drive class was led by Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Ford Fiesta and Tanner Foust’s X-Games/Rallycross Ford Fiesta.
With 247hp, a six-speed transmission, Recardo seats, big brakes, a new body, and a global platform, the 2012 Ford Focus ST had the booth abuzz at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show.
What do you do when you’re multi-million-view Internet famous, successful, and one year older? In Ken Block’s case, you throw a party and geta custom Ford Fiesta cake from your friends.
Inside Ken Block’s Gymkhana Three Ford Fiesta during some pre-video release testing at Hollywood Park. Watch as Block gives a ride to Formula Drift star Daijiro Yoshihara.
For the third video, Block takes on L’Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery in France, which has a distinctively European feel to it and some massive banking. Block even demonstrates the banking’s steep 51-degree incline by standing on his Fiesta at an angle.
Taking place over four days, the Prodrive engineering team drove the car over tarmac, dirt, and other loose surfaces. The Countryman World Rally Car is now scheduled to go to Portugal for a week of gravel testing.
The invasion of the 500hp all-wheel drive rallycross cars continues in the US. Following up on an exciting run at X-Games 16, rallycross hit the New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) for the first ever RallyCar Rallycross competition.
With millions upon millions of views online, the gymkhana stunt videos from rally racer Ken Block have put the sport’s name on everybody’s mind. While it may have been the case that gymkhana was a mystery to American gearheads just a few years ago, it’s out of the shadows now.
Competition whittled down to the final four: Foust, Deegan, X-Games rookie Samuel Hubinette, and Subaru drifter/rally racer Stephan Verdier. As the four cars lined up at the top of the Coliseum, anticipation was high for a thrilling race.
With TV bragging rights on the line and no standardized rulebook to worry about, most of the turbocharged, all-wheel drive cars were making near 600hp.