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Mazda RX-8 SP Goes E85 at Targa

Mazda RX-8 SP Goes E85 at Targa

Mazda Australia will use ethanol blend fuel to power its turbo rotary Mazda RX-8 SP at the upcoming Targa Tasmania rally ... Continue reading

Racers Get Revved-Up in Las Vegas for the Mint 400 - VIDEO ENHANCED

Racers Get Revved-Up in Las Vegas for the Mint 400 - VIDEO ENHANCED

LAS VEGAS - March 26, 2010: The rugged 400 mile race was started in 1978 as a promotion for the Mint Hotel in Las Vegas. Billed as the "Great American Desert Race," the brutal course quickly skyrocketed to fame as racers braved the rough roads of the Moapa Indian reservation and treacherous trails like the infamous Roc ... Continue reading

New Generation Mazda3 MPS to Make Global Rally Debut

New Generation Mazda3 MPS to Make Global Rally Debut

Mazda Australia will unleash its brand new Mazda3 MPS race car on this year's Targa Tasmania, marking the global rally debut of the company's acclaimed New Generation performance model. ... Continue reading

Torah Bright, Gold Medal Winner and Go-Kart Driver Wants to Race Rally Cars, Any Volunteer Instructors in TACHland?

Torah Bright, Gold Medal Winner and Go-Kart Driver Wants to Race Rally Cars, Any Volunteer Instructors in TACHland?

VANCOUVER, Feb 18, 2010; The Reuters Olympic web site features an interview with Olympic champion Torah Bright, the interviewer said that he heard that Torah said that if she wasn't a snowboarder she'd want to be a rally car driver? TB: I love to drive cars and I've always wanted to learn how to drive and would love to ... Continue reading

Evans Raring to Go

Evans Raring to Go

Australian Rally star Eli Evans had his first outing in the Honda Civic Type R and declared himself ready to go for the 2010 ARC championship. ... Continue reading

Citroen Junior Team in the Spotlight for 2010

Citroen Junior Team in the Spotlight for 2010

For its second consecutive season in the FIA World Rally Championship, the Citroën Junior Team will enter two Citroën C4 WRCs. ... Continue reading

Jean Todt and WRC

Jean Todt and WRC

In his opening address at WRC launch on 2nd February, FIA president Jean Todt talked of his passion for the WRC, his optimism for the forthcoming 2010 season and his determination to ensure a bright future for the sport in general. ... Continue reading

High Desert Trails Rally, April 17th, 2010

High Desert Trails Rally, April 17th, 2010

"HIGH DESERT TRAILS - APRIL 17th, 2010" Rally competitors, husband and wife team of Kristopher & Christine Marciniak, will be once again running a regional rally on the CRS calendar for 2010. The High Desert Trails Rally will be a fun, affordable event. The rally will be held in Ridgecrest, California on Saturday, Apri ... Continue reading

Citroen, Loeb and Sordo Gunning For More Titles in 2010

Citroen, Loeb and Sordo Gunning For More Titles in 2010

The Citroen Total World Rally Team will start Rally Sweden (11th-14th February), the first round of the 2010 FIA World Rally Championship, with their motivation at an all-time high ... Continue reading

Amarok Successfully Completes Dakar Rally Endurance Test

Amarok Successfully Completes Dakar Rally Endurance Test

A fleet of 35 new Volkswagen Amarok pick-ups successfully fulfilled their role as support vehicles to the winning Volkswagen motorsport team and the official organisers, ASO, in the gruelling long-distance Dakar Rally enduring extreme temperatures, altitudes and terrains with no problems at all. ... Continue reading

Meeke and Nagle off to Brazil

Meeke and Nagle off to Brazil

Peugeot UK's Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle will fly to Sao Paulo next month for the Rally Curitibia Brazil, the next round of the IRC Series, after an eventful 2010 Monte Carlo Rally. ... Continue reading

Prodrive Releases New Impreza Group N

Prodrive Releases New Impreza Group N

Prodrive has launched the Impreza N2010, its latest FIA specification group N rally car. ... Continue reading

Two Times Three: Volkswagen Trio Leads Stage and Overall Standings

Two Times Three: Volkswagen Trio Leads Stage and Overall Standings

Volkswagen provided an impressive example of the power and performance of its TDI technology on the twelfth and longest Dakar Rally stage: All three Race Touareg were more than ten minutes faster than their nearest challengers on the day's 476 kilometre long stage and continue to hold a convincing lead in the overall s ... Continue reading

Kimi Raikkonen Drives The Citroen C4 WRC For The First Time

Kimi Raikkonen Drives The Citroen C4 WRC For The First Time

Kimi Raikkonen got his first taste of the Citroen C4 WRC earlier this week, at a private gravel test track close to the team's Satory workshops. This initial shakedown allowed the Finn to start getting used to the car that he will drive in the 2010 FIA World Rally Championship. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Still Lead - Al-Attiyah Reduces Deficit to Sainz

Volkswagen Still Lead - Al-Attiyah Reduces Deficit to Sainz

Volkswagen defended its lead on the eleventh of the 14 stages in the Dakar Rally ... Continue reading

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