Tag: WRC

WRC Rally Mexico – USA Live Coverage

Mike Shaw

This week continues the saga that is the World Rally Championship.  Will road sweeping finally stop two time World Champion Sebastien Ogier’s winning streak?  Or will the dust prove to be to his advantage leading the pack?  Who else will contend for the top of the podium?  Will we see another dramatic fight for the win like Sweden or another desperate transit to the final time control like Thierry Neuville experienced last year?  Get ready for the high altitude and hot action that is Rally Mexico!!   WRC Live Radio will…

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Episode 263 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe have a heck of a show this week with multiple special guests!  To kick things off we have FY Racing’s Brenten Kelly and his Irish co-driver Niall Burns to talk Rally America and help us preview the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood that takes place this weekend in Salem, Missouri.  We also have our good friend and favorite astrophysicist Doug Patterson on the line, who’s been off doing other endeavors but has come back to OpenPaddock to satisfy his rally fix.  We’ll…

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WRC Rally Sweden – USA Live Coverage

Mike Shaw

For those that have MAVTV or WRC+, WRC Rally Sweden is offering up Live TV coverage of 3 of this week’s stages. My favorite has to be the one airing today.  Have you ever played DiRT3 and the Head2Head competition?  Or ever watched the Race of Champions?  That same over-under crossover of 2 cars racing at the same time going the same overall distance is what will be shown today at the Karlstad super special.  Fans voted to help create the head-to-head competitions, and it is always an exciting show.…

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RALLY – They’re Baaaaack! Toyota to Return to WRC in 2017!

Mike Shaw

Today’s highly anticipated motorsports announcement from Japan didn’t disappoint.  President Akio Toyoda went on stage and told the rallying world what we had all hoped was true, that Toyota was returning to the WRC beginning in 2017.  That makes 4 full auto manufacturers and one “pseudo” manufacturer (MSport) competing at the top level of the sport. Akio Toyoda said that his visit to Finland was a big influence on him as many fans asked him when Toyota would return to the WRC.  The last time Toyota was in the WRC…

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Episode 261- OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Mike Shaw

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFrom Tuesday, January 27th 2015.  Tonight we start with our preview of this weekend’s Rally America season opener with special guest Jim Beaver of the Down and Dirty Radio Show.  Jim is kicking off the new Rally America Radio show at Sno*Drift and he gives us details on what we might expect from this new endeavor.  I then go into a long review of Rallye Monte-Carlo.  I apologize for the length, but a whole heck of a lot went down with the season opener and the changing…

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WRC – Sebastien Loeb Returns to Rallye Monte Carlo in Dominant Fashion

Mike Shaw

Nine times World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb didn’t quite start the week’s event the way everyone expected.  Word on social media was that he actually slid off the road and wrecked his recce car.  No matter though, because by late afternoon he showed who was boss of the Monte by laying down the fastest shakedown time of the bunch on his very first run.  Granted this is far from determining who will win the entire rally, especially with tire choices being the primary element deciding the victor.  Be that as it may,…

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WRC Rally Monte Carlo – USA On Air Times

Mike Shaw

For those that have MAVTV or WRC+, the opening round of the World Rally Championship at Rallye Monte-Carlo will offer Live TV coverage of 3 of this weekend’s stages. WRC+ users will also get the traditional daily highlight programs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday while MAVTV will air those at some later date (not sure when yet). In addition to the TV coverage there is also our favorite reporters working all day on WRC Live Radio to give us instant results at the end of every stage. Schedules are below. Live Stages:…

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