Archive for December, 2010

  • NASA Rally Sport – Season Wrap Up for the Atlantic Rally Cup

    NASA Rally Sport – Season Wrap Up for the Atlantic Rally Cup

    Event PR December 27, 2010 7:39 pm no comments

    The 2010 Atlantic Rally Cup has sprinted through another year of exciting rally action on the East Coast of America. A close points chase to the end, the battles were tight going in to the final round. Racers conquered an astonishing variety of surfaces including sand, pavement, gravel, and snow, [...]

     
  • Inaugural Fiesta Sport Trophy Schedule Announced

    Inaugural Fiesta Sport Trophy Schedule Announced

    Team PR December 17, 2010 11:43 am no comments

    Ford Racing and RallyCar announced today that the inaugural Fiesta Sport Trophy championship for the United States will kick off June 3 at the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally in Wellsboro, Pa., and comprise of seven events during four weekends, culminating at the Lake Superior Rally in Oct. 15. The winner [...]

     
  • California Rally Series Announces 2011 Championship Schedule

    California Rally Series Announces 2011 Championship Schedule

    Event PR December 14, 2010 10:59 am no comments

    The California Rally Series (CRS) Championship schedule will consist of nine rally weekends for a total of fourteen points events in 2011. The series will once again feature some of the best rally roads in the country, ranging from the deserts of Southern California to the mountains of Southeast Idaho. [...]

     
  • NASA Rally Sport Greens Racing with New Scoring Technology

    NASA Rally Sport Greens Racing with New Scoring Technology

    Event PR December 10, 2010 12:42 pm no comments

    NASA Rally Sport, America’s oldest currently operating sanctioning body for rally, has developed new technology to improve the process of getting results complied for rally events. The results are lower cost and a vastly reduced carbon footprint for this aspect of rally operations. The new technology consists of scoring software [...]

     
  • Accomplished Rally Driver David Higgins Joins Subaru Rally Team USA

    Accomplished Rally Driver David Higgins Joins Subaru Rally Team USA

    Team PR December 9, 2010 11:43 am no comments

    Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that it would be returning to the Rally America National Championship in the Open class with a 2-car program in 2011. Led by current Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) driver Dave Mirra and joined by British seasoned rally driver David Higgins; each driver [...]

     
  • The United States Rally Championship Announces a Change to the 2011 Calendar

    The United States Rally Championship Announces a Change to the 2011 Calendar

    Event PR December 8, 2010 11:23 am no comments

    The United States Rally Championship announced a change to its Calendar for the 2011 Season. The previously scheduled tarmac Rally New York USA will now take place on April 1 – 2, 2011, which is two weeks earlier than the previously announced date. The United States Rally Championship Calendar for [...]

     
  • 10th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland draws record pre-entry

    10th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland draws record pre-entry

    Event PR December 7, 2010 10:51 am no comments

    The highly anticipated 10th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland has attracted a record pre-entry with nine months still to go before the start of the annual motorsport classic, organizers have announced. When a special offer to returning competitors concluded last week, more than 50 entries had already been received, organizers said, with [...]

     
  • Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard Named to the All-America Auto Racing Team

    Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard Named to the All-America Auto Racing Team

    Team PR December 6, 2010 10:52 am no comments

    First Canadians in Six Years The names Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard continue to be synonymous with success. The North American Triple Crown winners have just been named to the 2010 All-America Auto Racing Team by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA). This latest award is the [...]

     
  • Bird to Defend Jack Frost Stages Rally Title

    Bird to Defend Jack Frost Stages Rally Title

    international December 3, 2010 10:55 am no comments

    Former national rally champion Paul Bird has this week confirmed he will defend his Cartersport Jack Frost Stages Rally title when he goes for the hat trick of wins at Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire on Sunday 16th January 2011. The Penrith driver will once again bring his Ford Focus WRC08 [...]

     
  • New York Rally Championship Announces 2010 Champions and 2011 Calendar of Events

    New York Rally Championship Announces 2010 Champions and 2011 Calendar of Events

    Event PR December 2, 2010 1:45 pm no comments

    The New York Rally Championship (NYRC) held its 4th annual “Night of Champions” at The Porter House (www.porterhouseusa.com) in Montvale, NJ last Saturday night. The event and the awards were sponsored by Michael Cosgrove and John “Finnian” Owens of Midwestern Sheet Metal Inc. and Fintan Seeley, the proprietor of The [...]

     
  • Holmes/Gallagher take the overall win in their Ford F-150 rally truck at Seed 9 Rally

    Holmes/Gallagher take the overall win in their Ford F-150 rally truck at Seed 9 Rally

    Team PR December 2, 2010 1:37 pm no comments

    Off-Road and Rally racing driver Bill Holmes and his co-driver Sean Gallagher pulled off another class win and the overall victory at the 2010 Southwest Rally Series, Seed 9 Rally. The event was held in Jean, Nevada November 6, 2010. The two-wheel-drive Bilstein/BFGoodrich-sponsored 2008 Ford F-150 rally racing truck was [...]