This weekend was the first ever Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid event. This event was headlined by some of the best rally and drifting talent around. Names like Vaughn Gittin Jr., (2010 drifting champ) Tanner Foust, (X-Games, drifting, and rally), Andrew Comrie-Piccard (North American rally), and Daijiro Yoshihara (drift) made up the grid with a host of other big named drivers. Drifting and setting the fastest time around the pre-designed course are the name of the game for success. Tanner Foust would set fastest qualification time for the AWD category…
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Rally – Ford’s Farewell to the WRC Focus
This is precisely why I bought my Ford Focus ZX3 SES. I live on a gravel road, and there’s nothing more therapeutic at the end of a long day than channeling my inner Colin McRae! It’s also why the county maintenance people hate me. ]:)
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While we have known for sometime that Dani Sordo probably would not return to Citroen, the real question we had to ask ourselves is where IS he going? The Spanish driver appears to be on the verge of a deal with either Ford or Prodrive MINI. Autosport ran a story this morning that had Prodrive technical director David Lapworth talking about a potential future for Sordo at the team. It does look at this moment anyways that Marcus Gronholm will not be making a return to competition full time this year.…
Read MoreEpisode 66 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin the Paddock boys and their newest addition Spike Rogan for a look at this weeks motorsport news. We have Edmonton follow up and a special interview piece that you must here! Also we break down Sarah Fisher’s recent announcement and get in to a Vegas double header. We also take jabs at F1 and talk rally and Ken Block’s upcoming Gymkhana Grid adevert. Sit back and enjoy the show and as always, thanks for listening! *Editor’s Note: Prior to the Podcast, we locked…
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Sunday Service Park – 11/27/10
Welcome to the newest column at Openpaddock.net! As the rally season takes its short break they call an off season, the Sunday Service Park will be my time to give some opinion on the week’s news and address rumors within the WRC and Rally America blogs. This week has seen the driver market get kicked up a notch and Petter Solberg is trapped in the middle. Petter Solberg Last week during the podcast I had made the argument that Petter would be a reasonable fit at the Prodrive MINI operation.…
Read MoreRoC – Audi Group B Demo…Fail
The 2010 Race of Champions is going on this weekend in Germany and the Nation’s Cup was today’s attraction. While the competition was good on track, the demonstration of the awesome Audi S1 Quattro Group B car ended in a moment that brought a tear to my eye. Schumi’s reaction was priceless! #EPICFAIL
Read MoreEpisode 65 – Openpaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin us this week as we have no race results to speak of! We do get into the track layout issue in F1 and Mike shows signs of hope for the USGP. We talk more IndyCar silly season and discuss the rules package that is nearly complete. Rally is a little segment this evening where we give props to a new triple crown winner in North America and look ahead to Dakar! Sit back and enjoy the Thanksgiving edition of the Openpaddock.net Podcast!
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Episode 64 – Openpaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin the paddock boys for a World Championship edition of the podcast. We talk about Sebastian Vettel’s title drive and why we think he is deserving. We also go over Rally Wales and some of the WRC silly season rumors as we say good bye to the Focus and C4. The final part of the show will bring about the IndyCar talk for the week as we look at Chevrolet and some of the engine specs for 2012. Sit back for with your favorite…
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