Barry McKenna and Leon Jordan of McKenna Motorsport won the 2019 100 Acre Wood Rally this past weekend in an incredibly close finish. The M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000 drivers bested US rally newcomers Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston of Subaru Motorsports USA by a mere 6.8 seconds to earn their first ...
17 March, 2019
There’s more to motorsport than driving. Anyone can win a race or a trophy, but it’s what someone does away from the track that really makes a long-term difference. For co-driver Leanne Junnila, her off-track hours just found an important purpose - she recently became Canada’s representative to the ...
08 March, 2019
Rally cars are some of the wildest vehicles in motorsports. They need to drive at in excess of 130 mph on dirt, fly more than 100 feet through the air and be strong enough to deal with hazards like rocks, trees and river crossings all while remaining road legal and registered. The engineering challe...
01 March, 2019
This is what you might call our grassroots episode. We start off with an interview with Canadian Production Rally Champion, Facebook Live reality TV personality, and North American rally’s longest traveler, Agatino Fortunato. We finish up with our good friend Doug Patterson who gives us a review of the fastest growing segment in the SCCA, RallyCross. Doug attended, helped design, and competed at the RallyCross Nationals held in Indianola, Iowa....
In this episode we start with a bit of WRC news, then Ian tells us about his adventures at the Nemadji Winter Rally, Matt talks about attending a NRS Rally Sprint, and Mike gushes over the high quality media from the Tall Pines Rally. We finish off the show with our Dakar 2017 preview....
In this week’s episode Mike, Ian, and Matt start off with an interview with international co-driver Phil Hall. Phil not only competed in WRC Australia last weekend, but has also done events in the British Rally Championship, Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy, the Canadian Rally Championship, and Rally America. We also review last weekend’s release of the Rally America 2017 schedule and the changes to their championship structure....
In this episode Mike, Matt, and Tom welcome new member Ian Holmes to the show. Ian helps us debate VW’s exit from the World Rally Championship and where the drivers might go. We also discuss the big announcements last week from Subaru and the American Rally Association which appears to cement the new series as a real championship. We go over the 2016 Rally America Championship results, what the ARA announcement might mean for Rally America, and we finish things off with the Red Bull GRC announcement that they plan on adding all electric cars in 2018. If you would like to add any of your own thoughts or questions for our show, please let us know in the comments!...
In this episode Mike, Matt, and Andrew Pascarella (a.k.a. Raced in Anger), review the New England Forest Rally from a week ago. At the 1:26 mark we get a bit more local as Mike and Doug Patterson talk with special guest Kito Brielmaier of the Northwest Rally Association and about SCCA RallyCross and some new technologies being developed to bring RallyCross into a new era. Thanks for listening!...
In this week’s show Mike, Doug, and Matt start with an exclusive interview with Dillon Van Way after his return from WRC Portugal. Dillon gives us all the details on what it’s like competing in the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy against some of the best young rally drivers in the world. From there we spliced in last week’s recording of where we reviewed the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally....
Road & Track should be changing its name to Road & Rally next weekend when Contributing Editor Jason Harper hits the stages of the Oregon Trail Rally. Harper, an automotive journalist with over twenty years experience, will be filling the shoes of 2015 Super Production Champion Lauchlin O’Sullivan in Dufur. A tall order for someone with a limited rally background, but don’t think that Harper is going it alone. Scott Putnam will be in his usual seat, guiding Harper throughout the weekend....
In this week’s episode Mike and Matt begin the first hour with special guest Jeff Seehorn of Seehorn Motorsports who finished on his first Rally America national podium at The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood. Jeff gives us a drivers perspective of the event and what his plans are for the rest of the season. Then Matt and Mike give their detailed breakdown of all the happenings from 100 Acre Wood. Finally at the 1:39 mark we finish with our second special guest Kito Brielmaier of the NW Rally Association where he is kicking off the new season of NW SCCA Rally Sprints this weekend at DirtFish Rally School which promises a new and more challenging course layout. The future is looking very bright for these sprint events and we expect the demand to grow....
For months, rumors have been floating around of a new manufacturer coming into Red Bull Global Rallycross in 2016. The scuttlebutt encompassed everything from Mini returning, to Chevy entering full time, and Honda designing a brand new Fit exclusively for the series. ...