Posts Tagged ‘rally’
Ken Block, Ford, WRC?
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I have posted several Ken Block – Subaru – Monster Energy Drink videos here on my blog. The guy is an AMAZING talent behind the wheel. He has been running the Rally America series since 2005, and has been a crowd favorite.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic (and Pacific), the World Rally Championship (WRC) has lost American viewership. Aside from there no American drivers or teams, the series hasn’t been televised in the US for a couple of years.
Now, Ken Block seems to be in negotiation with Ford to campaign a Monster Energy sponsored car for them, along with Chris Atkinson.
Check out the stories on Autosport and The Garage.
It would be really nice to have WRC events on TV here again…
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View CommentsKen Block’s Latest… Wow…
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I just ran across the latest Gymkhana Video from the mind (and right foot) of Ken Block.
If you haven’t watched any of his other videos, you really need to get out more… Search “Ken Block” on YouTube or Google (videos). The guy is amazing.
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View Comments101 Cars, Part 83…
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These are benchmark cars. Other cars are measured by its performance. I learned a long time ago that when a bunch of companies compare their product to one specific item, then that would be the first one to consider…
And sport coupes are compared against BMW M3s. And they have been for over 20 years.
I have written a few of these 101 Cars posts about cars that are built to satisfy sanctioning body rules for racing… they are called homogolation requirements. Many sanctioning bodies require a certain number of cars to be equipped with powertrains or suspensions to race as production cars.
The M3s were built to qualify the cars to race in the Group A Touring Car series. And the first generation had some SERIOUSLY cool derivatives.
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View Comments101 Cars, Part 69…
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Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Lancia rocked the Rally world with the Delta… An understated supercar, it was all wheel drive, turbo-charged and lightened. 0-60 came up in 6.6 seconds, and speed topped out at 133 for the 8v version, and then 5.5 seconds and 137mph for the later 16v versions and Evos.
For 6 seasons, from 1987 through 1992, Lancia dominated Group A with these cars.
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View Comments101 cars, Part 52…
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Take a seriously weird and boring… and very economical economy car, and take it completely to the other end of the scale.
For those that were around in the early 1980s, there was the LeCar… The suspension was NOT even close to sporting… the car cornered on the door handles. The power was disappointing… 0-60 was measured with a calendar. And it only had 3 lug nuts… seriously.
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