News By Topic: Rally/Off Road Racing

FIA RALLY: Ford's amigos ready to tango in Argentina

Apr 28, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 28, 2001 After four European rallies in the opening three months of the FIA World Rally Championship season, the Ford Martini team makes its first long haul journey of the campaign next week with the drivers still waiting to sample the pure gravel road ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Bloomington Speedway Car Show

Apr 24, 2001

April 23, 2001 BLOOMINGTON, IN - Mike Miles and the rest of the Bloomington Speedway crew hope that Sunday's car show at Lowe's on Whitehall Pike is indicative of what they can expect from the weatherman this season. It was a sunny day; and the temperature was near ideal. Race cars and fans showed up in force. Drivers, ... Continue reading

RALLY: Ford Focus to star in Rally of Germany

Apr 18, 2001

April 18, 2001 FORD FOCUS TO STAR IN RALLY OF GERMANY BERLIN - Ford announced today (Tuesday) that it will be entering two Ford Focus RS WRC rally cars on the ADAC Rallye Deutschland in July. Ford's French ace Francois Delecour will pilot his regular 'RS' branded car while Austrian star Raimund Baumschlager will drive ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Sainz stays on points trail for Ford in Spain

Mar 25, 2001

March 25, 2001 Ford Martini drivers Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya emphasised their status as the most consistent pairing in the FIA World Rally Championship by claiming their fourth points scoring finish in as many events on Spain's Catalunya Rally which ended today. The Spanish duo finished sixth in their Ford Focus RS W ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava, Introduction

Mar 23, 2001

March 23, 2001 The world's top rally drivers are poised to enjoy a change of conditions on the fourth round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship, the Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava, which starts from the Spanish seaside resort of Lloret de Mar tomorrow. After torrential rain turned the last round in Portugal into ... Continue reading

SCORE: Only the strong survive in their quest for True Grit and Milestone Awards

Mar 20, 2001

March 20, 2001 TORRANCE, Calif. - Although the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 was short in comparison to the two other Baja California off-road races, this year's rugged 208.8-mile event claimed more than half of the 89 off-road competitors who were eligible for the 2001 Toyota True Grit and Milestone Awards. As it has fo ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava

Mar 19, 2001

March 19, 2001 Fourth round of the 2001 FIA World Rally Championship. This is a momentous event for two reasons. Firstly the arrival of Citroen as a registered contender in the FIA Manufacturers Championship, secondly the first round of the FIA's new cost limiting Super 1600 championship. CHARACTER OF THE EVENT The fir ... Continue reading

Tuthill Wins First SCCA International Rally in 13 Years

Mar 18, 2001

The press release below is also available in a formatted Word97-Word2000 document. If you would prefer to receive our press releases in that format, please send your request to: kspitzner@scca.org. DO NOT reply to the list. For immediate release 17 March, 2001 SCCA® ProRallysm Championship - Round 2 - Cherokee Trails ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Ford anticipates Spanish calm after the storm

Mar 17, 2001

March 17, 2001 Just 12 days after the finish, the Ford Martini World Rally Team switches from the mudbath that was the Rally of Portugal to the Catalunya Rally, hoping the bad weather which blitzed the Atlantic coast does not cross the Iberian peninsula to the Spanish Mediterranean for the first all-asphalt event of th ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Rally of Portugal: Makinen Wins

Mar 12, 2001

Tommi Mäkinen celebrated his 100th FIA World Championship rally start in style by winning the third round of this year's series, the Rally of Portugal, which finished near Porto this afternoon. The Finn was made to fight hard for his 22nd victory at this level, though: Carlos Sainz snatched the lead on today's penulti ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: TAP Rallye De Portugal, End of Leg Two

Mar 11, 2001

Appalling weather conditions have again played their part on the second day of the TAP Rally of Portugal, third round of the 2001 FIA World Rally Championship. Several leading stars including Harri Rovanperä, Freddy Loix and Markko Martin have been forced to retire through accidents and mechanical problems. However, f ... Continue reading

FIA: TAP Rallye De Portugal, End of Leg One

Mar 10, 2001

Drivers and organisers have had to battle against the weather on today's first full leg of the third round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the TAP Rally of Portugal. Several weeks of rain had left stages in extremely muddy condition and event chiefs were forced to cancel two repeat runnings of tests in the afterno ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: TAP Rallye De Portugal Preview

Mar 3, 2001

CHARACTER OF THE EVENT Round three of 14 in the FIA World Rally Championship, Round two of six in the FIA Teams' Cup. After two highly specialised events this year, this event is widely regarded as the first representative round of the World Championship. Held on gravel roads in Portugal, ranging from rocky sections in ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: End of Leg 3, Rovanpera wins the International Swedish Rally

Feb 12, 2001

Harri Rovanpera secured his first World Rally Championship victory by winning the International Swedish Rally. Rovanpera eventually won by 27 seconds from Thomas Radstrom after Tommi Makinen rolled 2.7km in the final stage. In previous days, running at the head of field had been a penalty as the following cars benefite ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: The International Swedish Rally, End of Leg 2 Report

Feb 11, 2001

Four drivers have fought for the lead during the today's second leg of the International Swedish Rally, second round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Carlos Sainz, Harri Rovanperä, Thomas Rådström and Tommi Mäkinen have rarely been separated by more than 30 seconds, but Rovanperä fought through during the earl ... Continue reading