Ice-covered roads were the story at the 38th annual running of the Sno*Drift Rally, the kick-off event to the 2012 Rally America National Championship, but it was Subaru Rally Team USA’s David Higgins and Craig Drew who managed the extreme conditions to take the overall win. Higgins and Drew are [...]
The new rally season is set to open in North America this weekend at the Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan. Two past American champions Wednesday talked about the new season and their expectations and plans for the 2012 campaign on Tech House & Speed, NASCAR Free Radio. L’Estage won the [...]
Today NASA Rally Sport announced the release of the first smart phone app that allows rally spectators to time rally cars for themselves. The software is available now and works for any rally race, including the premier series, the World Rally Championship (WRC). As a sanctioning body, NASA Rally Sport, [...]
This year the old Plan B Rally has a new name and a new venue for ralliest to come and really have some fun; plus the challenge to see who will win at this year’s rally weekend of events. A whole new concept to stage format rallying. Also, a prize [...]
Organizers Post Record 70-Car Entry List The 38th running of the Sno*Drift Rally in Northern Michigan will once again kick-off the six events that comprise the 2012 Rally America National Championship on January 27th and 28th, 2012. Based in Montmorency County, the Sno*Drift Rally is the only snow-covered event where [...]
He became famous overnight as the driver who sailed his million dollar Ferrari Enzo into the river, and now Zahir Rana is eager to get back to Targa Newfoundland to put his “little miscalculation” behind him and finish what he calls one of the most amazing motoring events in the [...]
The board of managers of Finger Lakes STPR(r) Motorsports, LLC, officially announced last week they are once again organizing a winter Co-efficient 2 performance rally in Wellsboro, Penn. The Waste Management Winter Rally will be held Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The Waste Management Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally(r) presented by Citizen [...]
The United States Rally Championship announced the following Calendar for the 2012 Season: Rally New York USA, April 21 – 22, 2012 (tarmac) Idaho Rally, June 9 – 10, 2012 (gravel) Gorman Ridge Rally (California), August 25, 2012 (gravel) Rally Delaware, August 24 – 25, 2012 (tarmac) Prescott Rally (Arizona), [...]
Orlando, Florida, Performance Racing Industry Trade Show (December 2, 2011) NASA Rally Sport continues its role as the innovation leader and grassroots champion with its introduction of the new RallySolo class for 2012. This program allows drivers to attack the rally stages without the traditionally required navigator. This move, which [...]
“Crazy” Leo Urlichich (Thornhill, ON) and co-driver Martin Brady (Meath, Ireland) beat a record breaking number of entries at the 2011 Rally of the Tall Pines, their first win at a Canadian Rally Championship event. Competition was extremely strong, with main CRC rivals Pat Richard (Squamish, BC) and Antoine L’Estage [...]
The United States Rally Championship wrapped up at the International Rally New York in October and crowned new champions in the AWD and 2WD categories. 131 competitors, drivers and codrivers, participated in the 2011 Championship. Mitch Williams and Alix Hakala from Colorado made a strong early season run at the [...]
Three-time American 2WD Rally Champion Chris Duplessis last week had his first taste of World Rally Championship competition last weekend in Wales at Rally Great Britain. The experience wasn’t completely a good one. He rolled the R2 ford Fiesta while in fourth place on Day 2 in the event. Tech [...]
Thirteen teams took the start of the Seed 9 rally on November 5, 2011, based in Jean, NV. The rally consisted of thirty-five miles of dirt roads, starting in the afternoon and finishing after nightfall. Seed 9 marked the return of Bill Holmes and Sean Gallagher in a new large-displacement [...]
Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard hosts the pilot of Battle Cross, a new action television show premiering on SPEED TV on November 17 at 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific. The high-energy, action-packed show features two pro drivers battling for best time and style on a stunt course laid out by ACP and tested [...]
22 two-wheel-drive rally cars battle for cash and glory at the season finale of the 2011 MaxAttack! Two Wheel Drive Series presented by Danza del Sol The third and final round of the 2011 MaxAttack! Series, presented by the Danza del Sol winery, took place on October 15 and 16 [...]
Many of the best Midwest rally teams met in Perryville, Missouri on Saturday October 29th, for the inaugural Perryville Farm & Forest Rally race. This newly formed event took place on various east Perry county roads, starting in downtown Perryville and finishing at Altenburg’s fairgrounds. Sunny skies and perfect fall [...]
Twenty-two teams competed in the twenty-fourth annual Prescott Rally on September 30 through October 1. The rally featured smooth, hard-packed dirt and gravel stages set against a breathtaking northwest Arizona desert backdrop. Finishers travelled almost 100 total stage miles over two days, with attrition playing a significant role on the [...]
The up-and-coming rally team of Matt Gottlieb and Austin Gager (Subaru Impreza WRX) took advantage of breakages by the favorites, as well as their own speed, to win International Rally New York 2011. This should be a popular win in the Catskill Mountain region of New York State where the [...]
The Mt. Hood Rally always promises amazing competition on the flowing Columbia River Gorge roads. This year’s event on Saturday, October 22nd delivered on that promise and produced an even tighter battle at the top of the leader board between last year’s top two Mt. Hood Rally finishers. It was [...]
Overlooking the Columbia River Gorge, the Mt. Hood Rally based in Hood River, Oregon will be buzzing with over 30 Rally teams on October 22nd vying for honors in the Pacific Northwest Rally Championship and the 2012 Rally America Northwest Region Championship. The Mt. Hood Rally is packed with Pacific [...]
Cline and Dorman overcome treacherous conditions at Sno*Drift
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Subaru Driver David Higgins Defends Title with Dominating Win at the 2012 Sno*Drift Rally
Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard and Team Scion Rally xD Score Second Place at Icy SnoDrift Rally
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