Archive for the 'WRC' Category
Colin McRae tribute convoy reaches 30-miles long
September 12th, 2008Oh, those Brits. When they’re not faking making corn circles they’re writing a rally legend’s name using 1,086 Subaru Imprezas as pixels. This, of course, was the finale to the weekend long celebration of Colin McRae’s life, which saw over 1,100 Scoobys converge on Prodrive’s test track in Warwickshire. Precisely how many cars took part [...]
20-mile-long convoy of Subarus to celebrate life of Colin McRae
August 27th, 2008This picture was taken a just a day after the rally legend was killed in a tragic helicopter crash near his home in Lanarkshire. Without prompting, rally fans from across the UK drove to Scotland to hold a memorial in the McRaes’ hometown, which quickly filled up with Subarus, most of them WR blue.
One year [...]
Subaru changes targets for 2008
July 9th, 2008Subaru drivers Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson will start the second half of this year’s World Rally Championship with the freedom to go flat out and win stages in an attempt to put the new Impreza WRC2008 on the podium through sheer pace before the end of the season.
Subaru World Rally Team managing director Richard [...]
Travis Pastrana getting a new co-driver
June 7th, 2008The first person to perform a double back flip on a bike has to have some loose screws. Fortunately, that quality has benefited Travis Pastrana’s medal collection, and his no-holds barred attitude has translated well from motorcycles into rally racing. Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom have won the Rally America National Championship for the [...]
Subaru WRC2008 takes second in debut at Acropolis rally
June 4th, 2008Sebastian Loeb and Citroen had a comfortable win at the Acropolis Rally in Greece this past weekend, but much of the attention was paid to the race debut of the Subaru WRC2008. With Petter Solberg behind the wheel, the new Subie took ten top-five stage times the first two days and captured second place overall. [...]
‘Risky’ new car strategy pays off for Subaru
June 4th, 2008
Subaru World Rally Team principal David Richards says the development of the Subaru Impreza WRC2008 has moved to another stage after its impressive debut on the Acropolis Rally.
Richards said the team’s second place was proof that the decision to introduce the new car before it was completely ready was the right one.
“Many thought our decision [...]
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