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VIDEO: Old Dirty Bastards - The glory of Group B

You know, there's a reason people talk about Group B racing – and the drivers who participated in it – in practically hushed tones. After all, we're currently in an era where motorsports news is just as likely to be about ever-more-restrictive regulatory efforts or the deranged hooker fantasies of the F1 illuminati as it is about, you know, racing. But during Group B's brief, crazy tenure, it was the regulations that fostered the lunacy, giving us unforgettable, insanely-powered cars and legendary drivers. Of course, immense ... Read more →

VIDEO: Ken Block's Subaru Concord Pond Run footage is a forest feast Jonathon Ramsey

What you need to know: New England Forest Rally, Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino, Special Stage 5 -– Concord Pond Run, breaking their own stage record they set last year. What you need ...

VIDEO: Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen revisit the Mini Cooper experience with JCW Cabrio Jonathon Ramsey

Alec Issigonis' Mini began production in 1959. By 1960, there were half a dozen works teams entering the car in the Rally Monte Carlo. By 1964, Mini had won with the pilotage of Irishman Paddy ...

HD Theater to begin screening WRC in October 4 [w/VIDEO] Sam Abuelsamid

"Gentlemen, start your DVRs!" Anyone that has ever watched a major league rally event knows that this form of motorsports is perhaps the most engaging form of four-wheeled competition in the ...

Rumormill: Mini could be headed for WRC by adapting new crossover model Sam Abuelsamid

The original Mini Cooper earned its performance credentials back in the 1960s being flung about on the Monte Carlo rally. Paddy Hopkirk won the Monte in 1964 at the wheel of a Cooper S. While ...

Discovery Channel's HD Theater bringing WRC coverage back to U.S. 5 months ago on Autoblog

For World Rally Championship fans living in the U.S., it's been tough to keep up on the action, as domestic television coverage has been virtually nonexistent for some time now. That's about to change, however, as the series has inked a deal with Discovery Communications' HD Theater, a channel with ...

WRC confirms series to go normally aspirated? 8 months ago on Autoblog

The heavily modified S2000 car that will form the base package for some of the cars in the 2010 World Rally Championship will be stripped of at least one major modification the following year. According to Autosport, the World Motorsports Council has agreed to a new regulation that turbochargers ...

Stillen begins work on rally-ready Nissan GT-R 9 months ago on Autoblog

Rallying runs in the DNA of both the Millen family and Nissan. Rod Millen is one of the most successful North American rally drivers of all time, and although brother Steve is best known for his road racing exploits, he, too, has participated in off-road racing. Nissan once sold cars under the ...

VIDEO: Petter Solberg gets a Subaru boo boo 11 months ago on Autoblog

We all have our embarrassing moments. Most, however, aren't quite as public as Petter Solberg's mishap last week at the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint in Bologna, Italy. The 2003 WRC champion was taking some parade laps and waving to the crowd when he decided it was a good idea to get on the ...

VIDEO: The sights and sounds of Group B 3 years ago on Autoblog

I'm guessing that I had you at "Group B." Click on the video above and take the time machine back to the days of Group B, where the rally cars were audacious and overpowered, the drivers heroic, and the action unrivaled and dangerous. All you hear are the cars and the crowds, and as car-related ...

More stars for Subaru: Travis Pastrana signed on for 3 years 3 years ago on Autoblog

At the LA Auto Show yesterday, Subaru of America announced that Travis Pastrana has agreed to a 3-year contract to race for Subaru Rally Team USA. Travis was an X-Games star and the youngest ever champion in Rally America last year. They used the LA show to hand out that trophy and announce the ...

Sebastien Loeb makes history in Rally Japan 3 years ago on Autoblog

Sebastien Loeb scored a narrow win in the World Rally Championship's Rally Japan this past weekend, the 27th WRC victory of his career, making him the winningest driver in the history of the FIA's rally championship. Loeb's achievement is all the more remarkable because he only made his WRC debut ...

2006 X Games add Rally Car Racing 3 years ago on Autoblog

ESPN's X Games will add some rally car action to this year's extreme sports event in Los Angeles. ESPN VP Ron Semiao announced the addition to the X Games 12 lineup, saying, "Rally Car Racing is a sport we have been watching for some time now," and calling the sport "incredibly ...

Ford trains tomorrow's rally stars 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford Europe is as serious about rallying as Ford North America is about stock car racing. Not only is the company sponsoring the Ford Focus rally team in the World Rally Championship, but on Wednesday the company launched the Ford RST Rally Academy at Silverstone, England, with the goal of teaching ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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