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Lapping with the great pumpkin

November 9, 2009

Our regular readers will recognize the name Crash Corrigan from his regular comments here in The Garage and the odd bit of event coverage. Like most of our readers (us too) Crash is a certified gearhead. Growing up in the UK, he has had a hankering for an old school British style rally car: a [...]

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Ken Block kicks it old school – sort of

September 16, 2009

We’re become pretty accustomed to DC Shoes boss Ken Block shredding up airports and shipping yards behind the wheel of his Subaru rally car these days. While Block does a masterful job of getting sideways in the awd Subie, can he handle an old school ride? In case you yunguns out there didn’t know, rally [...]

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Juha Kankkunen shows how its done in the wet

February 6, 2009

After following a link from the funny Irish rally driver, I came across this bit of in car footage. While the event isn’t mentioned, the landscape is typically Finnish with tons of yumps. His control of the Escort Cosworth RS is beyond belief.

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Forgotten Sporty Cars Part I: Ford EXP/Mercury LN7

December 15, 2008

We had so much fun with the ‘Forgotten Marque’ series, we couldn’t leave well enough alone. Our new series puts the spotlight on “sporty” cars-they never earned the sports car designation, but they were a diversion from the otherwise mundane offerings by mainstream manufacturers. We kick off our series with the Ford EXP and Mercury [...]

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