Rally drivers will go up against all kinds of obstacles during an event, but chances are, they’re not expecting they’ll have to avoid a random civilian car driving at them in the opposite direction. But, when that happened to driver Rok Turk, he just used it as an opportunity to flex his incredible reflex skills.Read […]
I have never, ever looked at a Chevy Astro van and thought, “Someone should rally this.” But that’s what Team O’Neil Rally School is here for! Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Like any form of racing worth competing in, rally requires dedication, some skill, and most important of all, deep pockets. Or, at least some willingness to take all of your money and watch it disappear down some dusty logging road. I love the sport, but I’m truly struggling with that last thing.Read more… Continue Reading […]
Like any form of racing worth competing in, rally requires dedication, some skill, and most important of all, deep pockets. Or, at least some willingness to take all of your money and watch it disappear down some dusty logging road. I love the sport, but I’m truly struggling with that last thing.Read more… Continue Reading […]
This past weekend in Michigan, hundreds of rusted-out shitboxes likely spewed fluids, rust, and unburnt fuel all over the roadway, and while that event had its own share of drama, it didn’t get hit hard by the fuzz like a fancy-car road rally in Europe did. Specifically, German police stopped “Eurorally” last week due…Read more… […]
When you put Ken Block in an Escort Cosworth, it’s a party. When you invite Mad Mike Whiddett along for the ride, you just know things are going to get crazy. Ken’s Cossie World Tour is currently running its second leg this weekend in New Zealand at the Rally Whangarei. The testing stages were open […]
The Dakar Rally, a massive many-day off-road race that ran from Europe to the Senegalese city it’s named after for decades, then moved to South America in 2009, has officially inked a deal to be held in Saudi Arabia in 2020.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
If you were to rank the types of people who keep it real, rally co-drivers have to be close to the top. The world is coming at them at very high speed and their ass is on the line also if their driver screws up. There’s no time nor room for bullshit. And, really, what’s […]
Sports cars can be rally cars, and rally cars can be sports car. I hope this bit of inspiration guides you this morning and this week.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
A very flat out morning to you, from the 1987 Safari Rally and the Nissan S12 Silvia 200SX.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Rally is one of the last forms of motorsport left where fans get close to the cars—out past small, regulated spectator areas, there’s usually not much more separating you from a race car than some foliage and maybe a fence. Now the World Rally Championship has had enough. The series thinks image recognition can catch…Read […]
Ford was doing some pretty impressive work with the RS200 rally car in the mid-to-late 1980s. With 146 examples built for the road, Ford fulfilled its homologation obligation, and made some very happy customers in the process. In order to be competitive, Ford slapped this mid-engine turbo monster together practically…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
This is the speedy young Finnish driver Esapekka Lappi in his Citroën C3 WRC car at the recent Rally Sweden. Yes, he is having one of the more dramatic crashes I can recall, nosing into a snowbank, spinning completely around and backwards, then continuing like nothing happened.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
A clutch kick is a brief stab of a manual transmission car’s clutch pedal, to briefly raise the revs when you need to tap into a little extra energy but don’t want to downshift. Wyatt Knox from the Team O’Neil Rally School explains how to do it, and why, in this video.Read more… Continue Reading […]
No matter what kind of car you’re driving, power likes to go to whichever drive wheels have the least traction. That’s a big part of why driving on slippery stuff can feel sketchy, and why things like limited-slip differentials and traction control were invented. This video shows exactly what different setups do on…Read more… Continue […]
I don’t know how many times I have watched this clip of a Subaru rally car pull one of the biggest slides I have ever seen, but I know it is not, and will not ever, be enough.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Rally is a pretty down-to-earth sport. It’s not pushing the boundaries like Formula One tries to do, and it’s not introducing totally new concepts like Formula E. But FIA President Jean Todt is expressing his frustrations with how slowly technology in the World Rally Championship is progressing.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Rallye Monte Carlo puts the top rally drivers in the world into what may be not only the most famous rally of the season but the most mentally grueling event on some of the most deceptively challenging roads. Many falter. Some shine.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The Monte was this past weekend, with a startlingly close finish and even more startlingly fast driving from the top crop of big horsepower WRC cars. But look below those entries and you will still find some seriously fantastic driving.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The Ford Sierra and its Escort successor aren’t exactly the best-remembered cars for road driving, judging by the glowing reception of the Ford Focus that took over their job. But enthusiasts still adore them, and they have the Cosworth versions to thank.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
