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Dakar Stage 12 Canceled Due To Heavy Rain

Dakar Stage 12 Canceled Due To Heavy Rain

Dakar organizers made the decision to cancel the first half of Stage 12 on the night of January 17, due to safely concerns. The predicted heavy fog in the early morning, when the bikes start, was a concern, preventing the race-control helicopter to secure the safety of the stage, and heavy rain had caused the rivers to ... Continue reading

TEAM O’NEIL RALLY SCHOOL TO OFFER RALLY CAR RIDES ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018

TEAM O’NEIL RALLY SCHOOL TO OFFER RALLY CAR RIDES ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018

DALTON, NH JANUARY 2018 – On Saturday, February 17, 2018 from 10am-2pm guests can visit the Team O’Neil Rally School facility in Dalton, NH to sit in the co-driver seat and get sideways and airborne on some of the school’s 6 miles of private, purpose-built rally roads. It’s an opportunity for many people to liv ... Continue reading

The Croatian Rally

The Croatian Rally

Some of the best driving roads in Europe, including Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Croatia with stunning scenery and luxurious hotels, all combine to make this a stunning journey of a lifetime. We have, as always selected the finest cuisine, hospitality, hotels and roads that Europe has to offer, for a truly memora ... Continue reading

RALLYE AICHA DES GAZELLES DU MAROCA - A Unique Adventure for the Modern and Courageous Woman

RALLYE AICHA DES GAZELLES DU MAROCA - A Unique Adventure for the Modern and Courageous Woman

The Gazelles’ goal is to drive the shortest possible distance to reach a series of predefined checkpoints. Free to choose their own route, they face a challenge each day: to study the map and the day’s geographical coordinates, analyze the risks and difficulties of the terrain and choose the shortest path. They hav ... Continue reading

Volkswagen GTI Goes Rally: VW Gives Sneak Preview of New Polo GTI R5

Volkswagen GTI Goes Rally: VW Gives Sneak Preview of New Polo GTI R5

The GTI for rallying: With the Polo GTI R5, Volkswagen returns to rallying under a new guise. In the second half of 2018, Volkswagen will make the 270 hp rally version of the Polo available to professional teams and aspiring drivers to enable them to compete in championships across the globe – including the FIA World ... Continue reading

Ram Power Wagon Wins Rebelle Rally "Bone Stock" Award; Team 4 Corners Finishes Second Overall

Ram Power Wagon Wins Rebelle Rally "Bone Stock" Award; Team 4 Corners Finishes Second Overall

For the second consecutive year, Ram has won the Bone Stock Award in the Rebelle Rally. ... Continue reading

NEW GROUNDSPEED VOYAGER MT TIRE TO DEBUT AT SEMA 2017

NEW GROUNDSPEED VOYAGER MT TIRE TO DEBUT AT SEMA 2017

NEW GROUNDSPEED VOYAGER MT TIRE TO DEBUT AT SEMA 2017 ... Continue reading

All-new Honda Motocross Model Revealed at Loretta Lynn’s MX

All-new Honda Motocross Model Revealed at Loretta Lynn’s MX

In a special unveiling event with top Honda amateur motocrossers during the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn's Ranch, American Honda unveiled the all-new 2018 CRF250R. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest July 10-16, 2017: New Accord Hello; VW Touareg Buh-Bye; Ford Woodward Dream Cruise; Haartz Tops; EV's Up and Down; Most Stolen; Recalls Of Course

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest July 10-16, 2017: New Accord Hello; VW Touareg Buh-Bye; Ford Woodward Dream Cruise; Haartz Tops; EV's Up and Down; Most Stolen; Recalls Of Course

If you are a car and driving fan like we all are here at The Auto Channel, you can easily "catch up" or put these stories in context by searching the past 25 year's millions of (Google Total Indexed: 5,583,389) pages of automotive news, automotive stories, articles, reviews, archived news, video, audio, rants and raves ... Continue reading

ROBB HOLLAND CHOOSES E85 ETHANOL-FUELED KATECH STAGE 3 C7 Z06 PACKAGE FOR PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB

ROBB HOLLAND CHOOSES E85 ETHANOL-FUELED KATECH STAGE 3 C7 Z06 PACKAGE FOR PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB

Our Katech engine will be tuned to run E85, which will give us more horsepower than on regular pump gas. What's interesting at Pikes Peak is that engines struggle to cool because at 10,000-14,000 feet, the air is very thin and dry. The inherent cooling capabilities of E85 will substantially help keep engine temps down. ... Continue reading

Acura NSX and TLX to Race Up Pikes Peak; New TLX A-Spec Makes Racing Debut

Acura NSX and TLX to Race Up Pikes Peak; New TLX A-Spec Makes Racing Debut

Acura will field a pair of Acura TLX sport sedans in the 95th running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 25, joining the NSX supercar that will return following last year's victory. The TLX GT, driven by long-time Acura race car driver Peter Cunningham in his Pikes Peak debut, will compete in ... Continue reading

Land Rover Begins Off-Road Driving Competition For Six-Day Peruvian Adventure

Land Rover Begins Off-Road Driving Competition For Six-Day Peruvian Adventure

Today, Land Rover begins an off-road competition giving consumers a chance to win one of four spots on the Land Rover Experience Tour Peru 2017 where they’ll drive the new Land Rover Discovery on an extreme six-day off-road expedition through the Peruvian mountains, jungles and desert. Trials will be conducted at fou ... Continue reading

Completed The Ultimate Road Trip: From Dakar To Moscow In Record Time

Completed The Ultimate Road Trip: From Dakar To Moscow In Record Time

Rainer Zietlow drove his Volkswagen Amarok V6 TDI, fitted with Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure tires, from Dakar to Moscow in 3 days, 4 hours and 54 minutes. With this achievement Rainer Zietlow and his team have set a world record for the fastest drive from Dakar to Moscow. ... Continue reading

Rauno Aaltonen Lines Up Classic At Mini Monte Carlo Rally Historique 2017

Rauno Aaltonen Lines Up Classic At Mini Monte Carlo Rally Historique 2017

Munich/Monte Carlo. The winning car seemed to be absolutely minute, but the cheering was epic. ... Continue reading

Motorsport Network acquires Autosport & the Haymarket Media Group’s motor racing portfolio

Motorsport Network acquires Autosport & the Haymarket Media Group’s motor racing portfolio

MIAMI—Motorsport Network, the Miami-headquartered publisher of Motorsport.com and Motor1.com, today announced the acquisition of six business operations that make up the Haymarket Media Group’s interests in motorsport publishing, photography and events. The acquired businesses in the Autosport portfolio include Aut ... Continue reading

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