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Monster World Rally is teasing us again

February 23, 2010

If you have some imagination, clear away some of the mud and you will see Ken Block’s Monster sponsored Ford Focus RS WRC. Even with the mud it looks pretty tough! The Monster folks have promised more photos next week.

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Ford’s live chat with Ken Block

January 24, 2010

Ken Block: I am really stoked about the Mexico WRC race. I enjoy those roads and it’s always a great experience going to that area. Plus, it’s my first race in a WRC car! I have been watching the TV program from 2008 to get ready…I am already starting to get a bit nervous about [...]

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Officially official: Ken Block teams up with Ford

January 6, 2010

Back in October, we reported the rumour that Ken Block was planning a new jump. This one would be even more exciting than Travis Pastrana’s New Year’s jump. Block would launch his WRX off Subaru’s ship & transform the black & white bomb into a Ford Fiesta and land on Ford’s ship!
An exciting concept, [...]

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Ken Block shows he has The Stuff

October 28, 2009

With the news that Ken Block is moving to Ford in an effort to tackle the WRC, there are also the naysayers who are determined that he can’t do anything more than showboat. While it is true that the talent pool is pretty deep in Euro rally, Block has shown that he can go pretty [...]

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Loeb wins sixth consecutive WRC title

October 26, 2009

Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb has won his sixth consecutive driver’s title in the World Rally Championship after winning this past weekend’s Wales Rally GB.

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Latest Rally Headlines, Rantings

October 19, 2009

Many interesting details emerged during the past week in the world of rally. Here’s a condensed recap of what’s up:

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Ken Block and Monster Energy set to switch from Subaru to Ford

October 16, 2009

We all have fun watching Ken Block wreak havoc at airports, docklands and logging roads and I’m sure he has about 10 times as much fun doing it but let’s not forget there is something larger at stake here. Namely, cubic money. As any racer will tell you, playing in a car (or cars) of [...]

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Best sounding race car ever: Subaru Impreza 555

October 13, 2009

I’m bringing this argument back for just a second. Watch this video. This is what gets my blood pumping. The early nineties marked the dawn of what I’m going to call the “technology era” of rally. The Subaru Impreza was one of the top cars of the decade, due to its low center of gravity, [...]

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WRC, CRC championships to be decided in final rounds, weather likely miserable

October 5, 2009

Photo courtesy www.flatovercrest.com
Two penultimate rounds were held in the world of rally this past weekend. The Rally Catalunya, the eleventh round of the World Rally Championship, held in warm, sunny Salou, Spain, and the fifth round of the Canadian Rally Championship, the Pacific Forest Rally, held in uh, cold, snowy Merritt, British Columbia.

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Tarmac Rally Is Awesome

October 2, 2009

So when people think of rally cars, they usually picture a blue Subaru bouncing down a narrow gravel road.
But there are rallies that run on pavement, or “tarmac” as the euros like to say. The cars are mostly the same, but with stiffer suspension settings, larger brakes, sweet 18″ wheels and in most cases, shorter [...]

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