Red Bull Global Rallycross Race Recap: Volkswagen Rallycross NY IN BRIEF: Tanner Foust’s miserable luck from the onset of the 2014 Red Bull Global Rallycross season appears to be firmly behind him, as his constant speed finally delivered him a victory in Volkswagen Rallycross NY on Sunday. After a penalty to Scott Speed erased a Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 1-2 finish, Nelson Piquet Jr. stepped up into second place and the points lead, and Ken Block earned his first podium of the year. HEAT RECAPS: Five drivers earned heat victories in six total heats on Saturday,…
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Red Bull GRC Needs a Win in DC as Much as the Drivers
Today the newly re-branded Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship kicks off it’s first “normal” USA event in Washington D.C., and it is going to be LIVE on NBC. Not NBC Sports mind you, but the main NBC network (tune in at 2PM Eastern/ 11AM Pacific). They have promised So why does Red Bull GRC need a win? After a successful event in Barbados the series next stop was X-Games Austin that was quite honestly utter crap. A combination of poor track design, multiple delays from hot headed drivers causing…
Read MoreRally – Red Bull GRC Barbados, What Did We Learn?
By now most everyone already knows the results from last weekend’s GRC season opener in Barbados, and I won’t be getting into the results too much. What I really wanted to focus on are the changes with the newly re-branded Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship as well as some of the more significant moments. Here’s a run-down of what I observed (at least virtually since I wasn’t physically there and they didn’t have any live video streaming). 1. Improved Track Design As many of you know, I’ve been very…
Read MoreRally – Red Bull GRC Kicks off in Barbados
Although not televised until next weekend on NBC, you can follow all the happenings of the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship season opener at the Top Gear Festival in Barbados via social networking and their live timing web site. Sure it isn’t quite the same as the live programming coming later this season, but unless you want to ignore your Twitter and Facebook for a week you might as well delve in. Red Bull GRC’s Christopher Leone who was nice enough to take the time to be on our…
Read MoreRally America – Exciting New Developments
Yes, it is not all doom and gloom. Last week I posted an article that was admittedly a bit vague, with concern for Rally America’s national championships. Two of the 2013 champions, plus Ken Block and a few other regular national entrants stated that they are unable to continue in the 2014 national championship season. There were quite a few comments here on the site as well as on Facebook and Twitter and I must say I really appreciate hearing from all of you as passionate about the sport as…
Read MoreRally – Olympus Rally Preview
It has seemed like a lifetime since the OP crew came back from the 100 AW Rally in Salem MO, but this weekend the Rally America championship finally restarts with round 3 in Washington. Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard will look to extend their overall championship lead with an overall victory in Washington this weekend. The stages will be tough for Canadian duo as the event will see the cars running up and down the coast for what promises to be a Kodak moment. The stages also house a…
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