PORTLAND, OREGON (May 28, 2014) – The spectacular scenery of The Columbia River George, Mt.Hood and surrounding areas will be on display this weekend as The Oregon Trail Rally, held May 2-4, airs on NBC Sports Network this Sunday, June 1 at 3 pm PT. Round 3 of the Rally America National Championship will feature rally racing from Portland International Raceway (PIR) and on the challenging gravel roads of Dufur and Hood River. The one-hour show is jointly produced by Rally America and Rage Productions (Bend, OR) and will…
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Rally America Returns to TV Tomorrow …and it Looks Good!
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Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – Brendan Reeves Takes 2wd Rally America Championship!
After what has to have been one of the best championship battles in Rally America history, Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Gelsomino pulled off the win and with it the 2013 2wd Rally America National Championship crown! At the end of Day 1, Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Gelsomino piloted their Team O’Neil Ford Fiesta R2 into 13.4 second lead over Andrew Comrie-Picard and Jeremy Wimpy’s Scion XD. Both drivers pushed as hard as possible in Saturday’s drier conditions. Reeves’ lead didn’t last though as ACP clawed back to a…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – David Higgins 2013 Rally America Champion
BREAKING NEWS – Confirmed reports are saying that Hoonigan Racing Division’s Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino rolled their HFHV Fiesta on Special Stage 12 about a mile from the finish. That means Subaru Rally Team USA’s David Higgins and Craig Drew are the 2013 Rally America champions. It was a great battle while it lasted with Ken Block clawing back about 5 seconds from a 13 second deficit. I think the visiting former British Rally Champion – Guy Wilks – said it best “…Better to go going hard than…
Read MoreLSPR Day 1 – Rally America Championship Still Too Close To Call
If you don’t follow rally racing, then this would be a good time to start. These are the events that rally fans dream about. A final championship battle that wages between great competitors who are willing to go flat out and not conserve anything to be crowned champion. Mother nature threw a bit of a curve ball preventing top speeds, but the battle continues with leaders barely ahead of their rivals. Hoonigan Racing Division’s Ken Block and Craig Drew started first on the road in wet slippery, or as he put…
Read MoreRally America Season Finale – Champions To Be Crowned
It all comes down to this weekend. The final race of the 7 round Rally America Championship season. There is nothing left to conserve. It will be win it or bin it at the Lake Superior Forest Rally on the forest roads outside Houghton, Michigan. Thanks to the Federal Government shutdown taking so long to be resolved, the originally scheduled stages for Friday that were on federal forest lands are no longer available. Instead Saturday’s scheduled stages on private lands are going to be repeated on Friday as well.…
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