A Fathers and Sons Rally Story

One of the special stories from this year’s Southern Ohio Forest Rally was that of Go SPEED Racing’s two entries, one made up of fathers and the other made up of their sons, and it happened almost by accident. The fathers were Robert Sanders and Boyd Smith running in the Limited 4WD Subaru WRX STI. While the sons were Ryan Sanders and Oliver Smith running in Rob’s previous car, a Limited 2WD Ford Fiesta.   Robert normally has Karen Jankowski calling the notes, but she was ill and not able…

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RallyCast Episode 75 – New Events with Dave Matheson of Bristol Forests Rally and Denise McMahon of Rally Nevada

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode we talk about new rallies! Yes, the growth of rallying in North America has brought about new events, so we chatted with organizers Dave Matheson of the new Bristol Forests Rally in Tennessee and Denise McMahon of the new Rally Nevada based out of Tonopah.  New events in new places and they tell us why you should come check them out!     Follow the Bristol Forests Rally at these links: Rally Website: https://www.bristolforestsrally.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bristolforestsrally/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bristolforestsrally/ Volunteer Info: https://www.bristolforestsrally.com/volunteers  …

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RallyCast Episode 72 – Sam Albert on VR Gaming and Scott Alderson Art’s Rally Coloring Book

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis is a double episode where we start off talking with Sam Albert about VR gaming and how it relates to the real world as well as connecting to a new audience of rallyists via Twitch. Then we talk to Scott Alderson about how he’s combined his rally passion and art skills to make some amazing rally coloring books for kids (and lets face it, we adults are all just big kids)! We finish with a short discussion of Dakar and make horrible Monte…

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RallyCast Episode 67 – 2019 Lake Superior Performance Rally Review with Al Dantes Jr.

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode we grabbed our favorite Yooper, Al Dantes Jr. of Tower City Race Team to help us review the final round of the American Rally Association National Championship.     Check out our final stage end team portraits with driver quotes here:  https://www.facebook.com/pg/OpenPaddock/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10157070814113995   You can follow Al Dantes Jr. and his Tower City Race Team at the following social media links: Facebook Instagram Twitter

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The 2015 New England Forest Rally

The 2015 New England Forest Rally was dubbed “The Battle of the Titans” with a list of entries not seen at a Rally America event in years.  OpenPaddock.net teamed up with Andrew Pascarella of racedinanger.com to get us all the details of how the event went down last weekend… Higgins and Drew topped a stacked field at the 2015 New England Forest Rally. Their biggest rivals Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino fought hard to beat the top Subaru, but dry and dusty conditions on Friday turned into slick and muddy…

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OP-Ed – Photo Galleries on Facebook

As promised during Podcast Episode 07, we now have some photo galleries up on our Facebook Page. Search Facebook for “Open Paddock”, find our page, and become a fan. You can also get to our Facebook page from the badge on our sidebar on the right-hand side of this page. So far, we have pictures from the 100 Acre Wood Rally America event that was held in Salem, MO, the IndyCar and IndyLights race at the Kansas Speedway, IndyCar and IndyLights practice, qualification, and raceday pics from the Indianapolis 500,…

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