Australian Chris Atkinson has taken out the third round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Along with Belgian co-driver Stephane Prevot, Atkinson came home almost four minutes ahead of second-place Alister McRae of Scotland. New Zealander Brian Green was over 11 minutes further back in […]
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Video: KEM Audi Quattro S1 with 800hp at Isle of Man
How’s this for a wicked Sunday racer? The KEM Audi Quattro S1 features an 800hp engine, and the mother of all bodykits including a huge multi-plane rear wing. The Audi Quattro S1 is remembered as one of the fastest rally cars in the world, and one of the quickest of […]
Video: Dodge Dart to race in Global RallyCross with Travis Pastrana
Travis Pastrana will be running in the Global RallyCross Championships this year driving a heavily modified Dodge Dart rally car. The car has been developed by Dodge and SRT Motorsports. Boasting a 0-60mph (97km/h) time of just 1.9 seconds, the Dodge Dart rally car features a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine […]
Walter Rohrl to drive an Audi Quattro S1 at 2012 Pikes Peak
Ace racing and rally car driver, and current chief test driver at Porsche, Walter Rohrl will return to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb this year driving an Audi Quattro S1. The German won’t be racing the epic turbocharged five-cylinder rally icon, instead, he will be taking part in an exhibition […]
Michelin Rallye Groupe B to rekindle the Group B rally spirit
Group B Rally is set to make a comeback, sort of, on the weekend of August 25-26. A special event called the Michelin Rallye Groupe B has been set up in the UK which will see the iconic high-horsepower rally cars of the 1980s compete in a number of stages. […]
2012 Bathurst Light Car Club Khanacross – Round 2 (video)
Who said motorsport had to be expensive? The 2012 Bathurst Light Car Club Khanacross event last weekend proved anyone can get involved in the sport if they want to, including drivers as young as 14. Round 2 of the Khanacross Championship took place on a dedicated dirt track just behind […]
For Sale: BRE Datsun 510 1:12 scale remote control car kits
Fans of the good ol’ Datto 1600 will love this. It’s a highly detailed BRE Datsun 510 1:12 scale remote control car kit, which can be either slowly assembled yourself piece-by-piece, or ordered complete, ready to rally… on the kitchen floor. The basic kit includes a fibreglass double deck chassis, […]
Renault 5 Alpine rally cars restored to run in 2012 Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique
It’s the Renault 5’s 40th anniversary this year, so to celebrate, three specially prepared Renault 5 Alpine rally cars will run in the 2012 Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique, in France. The classic rally runs for a whopping 2500km, starting from Reims, in north-east France, and finishes in famous and glamorous Monte […]