Next Up: Oregon Trail Rally
- Monday, April 26, 2010
Round 4 of 6 of the Rally America Championship is the Oregon Trail Rally (OTR),
May 14-16. OTR will be hosted in The Dalles, OR with the Super Special at the
Portland International Raceway and stages in the Hood River/Dufur areas. OTR
will also be the opening round of the popular MaxAttack! 2WD series.
Come out to spectate, register to volunteer, or enter your rally car and
compete! Find more info here: rally-america.com/events/2010/Oregon
OTR Official Website
www.oregontrailrally.com
Max-Attack Official Website
www.Max-Attack.com
2WD & Regional Podiums
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
TWO-WHEEL DRIVE:
1. C. Duplessis
2. N. Allen
3. J. Conley
John Nagel Rally (Day 1) &
Gene Neilson Stage (Day 2):
1. D. Hintz
2. H. Schmidtke
3. G. Cavett
Final Results - Olympus 2010
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
OVERALL NATIONAL:
1. T. Pastrana
2. A. L'Estage
3. D. Mirra
SUPER PRODUCTION:
1. R. Lagemann
2. P. Moro
3. T. Rooney
Cars Arriving in South Bend
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Rally Cars have begun arriving in South Bend for the final MTC. The podium
celebration will be held at the Pacific Clerk-Superior Courthouse by the Service
Park -
300 Memorial Drive
South Bend, WA
USA in WRC - MWRT's Ken Block
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Monster World Rally Team's driver is a busy guy.
Not only is he committed to running the entire Rally America national
championship in a Ford Fiesta, but he and co-driver Alex Gelsomino are also
competing in select events of the 2010 World Rally Championship in a Ford Focus
RS WRC.
Ken headed to San Francisco straight from the WRC Rally of Turkey last weekend
to unveil his new Gymkhana 3 Ford Fiesta that will be used in his next Gym
video.
Check out pics from the Gym 3 car reveal party (Monster Energy Girls included).
See PHOTOS: bit.ly/9bdByo
USA in WRC - Last 'Group B' Rally
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
The 1986 Olympus is fondly remembered as the last rally for the ‘Group B’ cars.
Group B regulations created flyweight, 600 horse power, all-wheel-drive rally
cars, like the Delta S4 that could go from zero to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds.
Starting in the Tacoma Dome, rally chairman John Nagel and 1500 volunteers
brought the battle for the 1986 World Championship into the northwest forests.
After three days at speed, Markku Alen in that Lancia edged Juha Kankkunen’s
Peugeot by a little more than a minute.
Toyota, Nissan and Lancia brought full factory teams to the 1987 Olympus, and
unofficial works entries from Audi, Mazda and Suzuki filled out the entry. The
rally started with stages in Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park and downtown Tacoma
before heading into the forests. At the finish, Kankkunen edged Miki Biasion and
Alen to give Lancia a one-two-three sweep.
The 1988 Olympus started indoors on the waterfront in Tacoma. Biasion dominated
the event, finishing six minutes ahead of Alex Fiorio to capture the
manufacturer’s title for Lancia.
USA in WRC - Previous Winners
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
The Olympus Rally has a rich heritage. It was part of the first U.S. Rally
Championship staged in 1973 and it later evolved to become part of the World
Rally Championship (WRC) from 1986 through 1988.
The list of past winners reads like the who’s who of rally history:
-John Buffum, America’s most successful rally driver, won the Olympus four times
on his way to 117 US rally wins and eight national championships.
-Rod Millen, three time New Zealand rally champion and three time US champion
also won the Olympus four times.
-The most famous of the ‘Flying Finns’ Hannu Mikkola was the dominant driver in
world rallying in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the Olympus in 1985, a prototype
for the world championship events that followed.
-Markku Alen claimed the FIA Driver’s Cup and won 20 world championship events
including the 1986 Olympus.
-Four time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen won the Olympus in 1987 after
finishing second in 1986.
-1988 Olympus winner Miki Biasion was world champion twice, the only Italian
driver to capture the title.
Service Area
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
We’re in beautiful South Bend, WA waiting for the competitors to bring in their
time cards. It’s relatively sunny and dry but the remnants of rain have made for
a muddy service area. South Bend as described by a local is a normally sleepy
town, the majority of revenue coming from lumber, crabs, and oysters.
See Mason Moyle's New Livery
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Mason Moyle of Moyle Racing is currently the youngest driver in the Rally
America Series. Mason just revealed his Open Class Subaru's new livery here at
Olympus. Check it out!
See PHOTOS: bit.ly/aGaskm
READ the STORY: bit.ly/bCpzTH
Standings After SS9
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Olympus after SS9: Pastrana now leads by 1:20s after posting the fastest stage
time on Palix and Mirra set the second fastest time. Pat Richard is now up to
15th overall from 21st.
1. Pastrana
2. L'Estage
3. Mirra
4. Bacon
5. Lagemann
6. Fox
7. Moro
8. Rooney
9. Keeney
10. Jardevall
PHOTOS: Day 1 Highlights
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Our partner www.WorldRallySport.com has posted a selection of Olympus Rally
photos from Saturday's stages on their site. They'll post more images from the
rally soon!
PHOTOS - Olympus Day 1: bit.ly/cPPD2k
ALL WRS Image Galleries: bit.ly/afJlEb
Olympus 2010 Videos
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Rally America has posted 17 videos from the 2010 Olympus Rally with many more on
the way! You can watch all our vids on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/rallyamericaseries
Day One Summary
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
If you missed the action from day one, here's a re-cap of what went down.
Read the Story: bit.ly/bZGUnC
Re-Seed for Day Two
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
SRT USA's Travis Pastrana will be first on the road today on SS9 Palix. Pastrana
has a healthy lead of over a minute on points-leader Antoine L'Estage.
START ORDER - Olympus Rally Day 2 Re-Seed List:
1. Pastrana
2. L'Estage
3. Bacon
4. Mirra
5. Lagemann
As it Stands...
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
After eight of thirteen Special Stages, here are the standings for Olympus going
onto Day Two.
OVERALL: Pastrana, L'Estage, Mirra
SUPER PRODUCTION: Lagemann, Rooney, Moro
2WD: Duplessis, Van Way, J. Conley
VIDEO: Carl Jardevall On Rallying
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Pacific Northwest driver Carl Jardevall shares his thoughts on rallying with
Bill Wood at this morning's Parc Expose.
VIDEO: bit.ly/97ijdr
VIDEO: Rally Leader Travis Pastrana
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Travis Pastrana talks to Bill Wood at the final Service in Taholah on day one of
the Olympus Rally.
VIDEO: bit.ly/cf2WMK
Scoring Notice!
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Class positions on the Rally America website results DO NOT appear to be
correct. Issue is being addressed.
AUDIO: ACP Explains His Off
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Andrew Comrie-Picard's rally is over after having an off. Listen to ACP explain
what happened.
AUDIO: tinyurl.com/2a387gz
VIDEO: Ramana's Hot Knob
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
The SP Subaru Ramana Lagemann is driving was delivered with the shifter knob
missing...so Lagemann screwed on a shower knob (HOT) and pressed on.
Watch the video: tinyurl.com/2cxkxs2
Who Will Win Olympus?
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Who's going to win the 2010 Olympus Rally? Vote now!
POLL: bit.ly/bVmThE
Standings After SS2
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
1. Pastrana
2. L'Estage
3. Comrie-Picard
4. Richard
5. Bacon
6. Mirra
7. Hanson
8. Fox
9. Jardevall
10. Lagemann
Retirements on SS1
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
693 Carl Decker / Adam M Craig (Equipment)
284 Bryan Watson / Rudy Watson (Mechanical)
198 Arkadiusz Gruszka / Dominik Jozwiak (Off)
99 Yogeshwar Gill / Kieran Wright (Mechanical)
Retirements will be posted here: bit.ly/c2La0Q
Block Gets Time Penalty
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Block/Gelsomino incur a 3:00 minute penalty for checking-in early to the first
Service of the day. The MWRT Ford crew were sitting at 23rd overall going into
SS2.
Drama for Ramana
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Shortly after leaving Parc Expose in Ocean Shores, Ramana Lagemann was seen
pulled over to the side of the road with the hood up. Ramana was originally
going to run Olympus in a Super Production-spec Mitsubishi Evo, but instead he’s
driving the ex-Wiktorczyk 2007 Subaru Impreza STi. Apparently, Lagemann was
having problems with the car's ECU, not being able to rev past 3000 RPM's on
transit. He said it ran fine during the first stage, but the crew is working to
tune it right.
Day One Start Order
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Cars have started leaving Parc Expose in Ocean Shores. Today’s first service
will be in Taholah from 10:26 to 10:46am. MWRT Ford driver Ken Block is first on
the road. The Start Order for SS1 is:
1. Ken Block / Alex Gelsomino
2. Travis Pastrana / Christian Edstrom
3. Antoine L'Estage / Nathalie Richard
4. Pat Richard / Alan Ockwell
5. Andrew Comrie-Picard / Jeremy Wimpey
6. Ramana Lagemann / Christine Beavis
7. Bill Bacon / Peter Watt
8. Dave Mirra / Martin Headland
9. Travis Hanson / Terry Hanson
10. Mark Fox / Karen Wagner
Parc Expose in Ocean Shores 8-9am
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Day one of Olympus Rally begins with Parc Expose at the Ocean Shores Convention
Center at 8:00am Pacific Standard Time. Come meet your favorite teams and see
the rally cars before the action begins with First Car Out at 9:00am.
Be sure to grab an official Olympus Rally 2010 Spectator Guide from the Rally
America information booth for details about the event.
This weekend's schedule can also be found here:
www.olympusrally.com/schedule
The Ocean Shores Convention Center is located at
120 W. Chance a La Mer Northwest
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
Q&A With Antoine L'Estage
- Saturday, April 24, 2010
Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard lead the Rally America Championship in
points and are contesting the Olympus Rally together for the very first time.
The Rockstar Mitsubishi Evo X driver shared his thoughts on his current position
and expectations for the upcoming battle in the West. Read what he said!
Q&A with L'Estage: bit.ly/ciOH0T
Meet Ken Block today in Aberdeen, WA
- Friday, April 23, 2010
Ford Racing and the Monster World Rally Team are hosting a pre-event
extravaganza at the 'Five Star' Ford dealership in Aberdeen, WA today from 5 to
7pm PST. You can meet Ken, get his autograph, enter to win prizes, and see the
MWRT Ford Fiesta rally car up close!
Full details here: bit.ly/bdis2v
SRT USA Pre-race Testing
- Friday, April 23, 2010
Earlier this week Subaru Rally Team USA drivers Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra
did testing for the Olympus Rally and greeted their fans for an autograph
signing at the Peninsula Subaru dealership in Bremerton, WA.
See photos from the test and fan event here: bit.ly/956oD2
Welcome to the Olympus Rally 2010
- Friday, April 23, 2010
Welcome to the 2010 Olympus Rally - Round Four of the Rally America
Championship!
The Olympus Rally has a rich heritage of intense competition to draw upon and
promises to be one of the most exciting events on this year’s calendar. Teams
have been out on Recce since early this morning and will be returning to the
host town of Ocean Shores, WA over the following hours.
The seeded draw to determine tomorrow’s start order will take place at 6:00pm
local time.
Check back here for updates all weekend long and follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/rally_america
