So we finally have the much anticipated official announcement and press release! 2014 RALLY AMERICA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TO AIR ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK Williston, VT (February 3, 2014) — NBC SportsNetwork and Rally America, Inc. have reached an agreement to bring eight episodes of the 2014 Rally America National Championship to NBC viewers.Each one-hour show will be jointly produced by Rally America and Rage Productions and will showcase each of the National Championship events. In addition to top quality action sports coverage, episodes will feature personal stories of national…
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Global Rallycross Returns to the USA – Quick Recap Before X-Games LA
The Global Rallycross Championship has returned to the USA and they wasted no time in stacking the events. 3 weeks ago they went to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and a week later were racing on the high banks at Bristol. After a short break, the 500+ HP “angry bees” (as Tanner Foust has been quoted) are back at it again with X-Games LA this weekend. The Courses so far: The organizers are quickly figuring things out. For GRC to be viable, they needed proper rallycross tracks. They got…
Read MoreGRC – Overseas Recap
The Global Rallycross Championship returned to the United States this weekend. Before I get into the drama of New Hampshire, here’s a quick recap of what happened overseas. First of all, I have been quite critical of the GRC organizers and their track designs, at least until now. The first event was at X-Games Brazil, and the track consisted of 90% clay dirt and a single concrete slab used as the start / finish. In Brazil the dust was a huge issue, so to combat that they added water to…
Read MoreGlobal Rallycross Championship Round 2 – Epic Fail!
Well this quickly became the GRC event that wasn’t. After spending a bit of time this morning writing up a somewhat lengthy intro for the GRC X-Games Barcelona event, I sat down in front of the TV to watch the action unfold. What greeted me wasn’t roaring 600HP rally cars, but instead a rain delay. Excuse me? Did they really just say that? Rally cars were sidelined because of rain? Okay, even a rally stage can be cancelled because rain can be so heavy that emergency crews wouldn’t be as…
Read MoreGRC X-Games – Brazil Review
The first round of the re-invigorated Global Rallycross Championship made its debut at the X-Games in Brazil last weekend. Quite a few drivers are committing to the full GRC season this year, as well as a number of one-off drives. Notably missing are Rhys-Millen and Hyundai after Hyundai pulled out of all motorsports in the USA at the end of last year. Also missing was the Subaru Puma team. It appears they are doing only the American events and skipping the more expensive long distance events. The…
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