Rally Portugal opened with a Super Special Stage last week held in a local arena. One of the more interesting battles featured Ken Block in Monster World Rally Team Ford Focus RS vs. former Formula 1 Champion Kimi Raikkonen in his Redbull Citroen C4. The 2 World Rally Championship rookie drivers battled out 2 trips around the course and ended in a tie!
According to Kenny Habul Greenwich, CT, this is a great start for Block in WRC Rally Portugal, unfortunately the rest of the event didn’t go so well for him.
Ken Block and Kimi Raikkonen race around a Super Special Stage at WRC Rally Portugal. Watch the video.
If you’ve played Dirt 2, you know what SuperRally is, although it is not called SuperRally in the game. SuperRally, also referred to as Rallycross in Europe, is very much like motocross, except with cars instead of motorcycles. It differentiates itself from the other X Games rally event by having multiple cars on the same course at the same time, which could lead to some crazy action.
If you are looking to purchase a motorcycle, you may want to consider motorcycles for sale from a private dealer. When you look at motorcycles for sale from a private dealer, you will find that the selection is much larger than if you look at motorcycles for sale from a dealer that has many motorcycles for sale. This is because a private dealer can buy their inventory at wholesale prices, which means that they can sell a wider variety of bikes, at lower prices. You will also find that these types of dealers specialize in certain styles of motorcycles and most likely will have a much smaller fleet than would be found in a dealership that has a large inventory of motorcycles for sale. Private sellers can offer price cuts as much as 50% on motorcycles for sale from their own inventory to help you save money. If you are new to riding and only hold a motorcycle learners permit, buying from a private seller can be a cost-effective way to practice and gain experience before upgrading to a full licence.
Travis Pastrana competes in his Subaru STi at the 2009 X Games
Usually I wait to do a wrap up for the WRC event just before the coverage is shown on Discovery HD Theater, but it looks like the U.S. will not be getting any coverage of Rally New Zealand on television. Coverage for Rally New Zealand does not appear on this month’s Discovery HD Theater schedule and an inquiry for an air date resulted in a reply stating that Rally de Portugal would air in the middle of June. So it looks like Discovery HD Theater will not be airing Rally New Zealand at all. So, I might as well write my wrap up now..
Jari-Matti Latvala edged out Sebastien Ogier for victory at WRC Rally New Zealand
It was a good weekend if you were driving a Mitsubishi EVO at the Rally America Oregon Trail Rally held in The Dalles, OR and not such a great weekend if you weren’t. Three EVOs swept the podium with ACP (Andrew Comrie-Picard) taking 1st place in his NOS Energy Drink EVO, followed by William Bacon in 2nd and Rally America points leader Antoine L’Estage in 3rd.
ACP took the win at this year's Oregon Trail Rally
Discovery HD Theater has moved its coverage of the WRC to Saturday mornings, beginning at 8 AM Central. Rally of Turkey coverage will be shown this Saturday (5/8), with all 4 segments (preview, Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3) shown back-to-back.
Sebastien Loeb Flies his Citroen rally car to his 3rd victory of the year at Rally of Turkey
Travis Pastrana wrapped up his 2nd Rally America victory of the year at the Olympus Rally in Washington State. The Subaru Rally Team USA driver set the fastest time on 8 of the 13 stages to easily secure the victory over the Rockstar Energy Mitsubishi EVO X of Antoine L’Estage. Pastrana said, “This rally was hard from the start. It was definitely the most intense field that we’ve had, unfortunately a lot of guys went out on the first day. It was a really technical course, more so than we expected!”
Travis Pastrana wins the Rally America Olympus Rally in his Subaru Rally Team STi
The Ferrari 599XX recently set the record for production cars by posting a 6 minute 58 second lap time. Although i have a hard time with this being considered a ‘production’ car, it is amazing nonetheless. Enjoy the video of the record breaking lap time.
The long rumored BMW 1-Series M version was recently spotted being tested on the Nurburgring. It looks like the car may actually go into production sometime in the next year. It will be interesting to see what the specs for the final version of the car. Rumors have swirled of 350HP with a M suspension, fatter tires and bigger fender flares. Only time will tell what the car will actually be.
That’s right it is official (according to Top Gear)… there will be an American version of the hugely popular Top Gear series (BBC) that is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. The History Channel will begin airing the first 10 episodes this fall. The hosts for the American version will be Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood.
Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood set to host American verson of Top Gear
After giving a preview of the Gymkhana 3 2011 Ford Fiesta yesterday in a video posted on youtube (see Gymkhana Teaser Video and Reveal), the car was revealed last night in San Francisco.
Ken Block and his 2011 Ford Fiesta (Gymkhana version)
