http://www.rally-america.com/ The Latest News from Rally America Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:08:04 GMT Rally America http://www.rally-america.com/Images/C_RA_200_b.jpg http://www.rally-america.com/ http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1087 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03:53 GMT Travis Hanson's 2012 campaign opener ended with victory in the Super Production class, and third place outright on the treacherous Michigan roads. (The overall podium result is provisional until the points are finalized following a protest by Leonid Urlichich.) Victory was all the more sweet for the Hanson duo of Travis and father Terry, having seen all their hard work in the lead-up to the...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1087 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1086 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:09 GMT Cline Racing Sports, of Evan Cline and Grzegorz Dorman representing Exedy Rally Team, opened their 2012 Rally America National Championship Series with a 10th overall and 5th in Super Production class at the Sno*Drift Rally. The race was based around Atlanta, MI and presented the team with some of the toughest conditions to overcome on more than 120 competitive stage miles of the...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1086 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1085 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:18:06 GMT Dominance is how best to describe Chris Duplesiss and Karl Atkinson’s Sno*Drift Rally 2-Wheel Drive (2WD) Class win on some of the iciest conditions ever seen at the event. The team drove a Team O’Neil-prepared 2011 Ford Fiesta R2 to the finish with a 5 minute 36.8 second lead over second place Andrew Comrie-Picard. Duplessis, from Bethlehem, NH, won 18 of 24 stages at the kick-off event of...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1085 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1084 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:51:10 GMT The son and father duo of Travis Hanson from Littleton, NH and Terry Hanson from Williamsburg, MI made Rally America history winning last year’s Sno*Drift Rally in a Super Production (SP) Class car. That was the first time an SP car had won an overall event in the Rally America National Championship series. It was a feat accomplished with a lot of skill and a little luck as the more powerful Open...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1084 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1083 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:10:53 GMT Subaru of America, Inc. Defending 2011 Rally America National Champion David Higgins launched his 2012 title defense with Subaru Rally Team USA by achieving a decisive victory this past weekend at the Sno*Drift Rally. Higgins, driving a 5-door 2012 Subaru WRX STI rally car, dominated the rally leading from the start and winning 15 of the event's 24 competitive stages. Higgins finished nearly two...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1083 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1082 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:04:35 GMT David Sterckx (Belgium) and Karen Jankowski (California) of David Sterckx Rally Sport Team, in their first event of the Rally America 2012 season, finished on the podium with 3rd in the Super Production Class and 8th overall at Sno*Drift Rally over the weekend. This was the first time David had ever competed in the ice and snow. With over 60 cars competing in the event and a high rate of...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1082 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1081 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:56:26 GMT Reigning Canadian and North American champions, Quebec driver Antoine L'Estage (of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu) and co-driver Nathalie Richard (of Halifax, Nova Scotia) kicked off the 2012 season this past weekend with a solid performance, finishing in second place at Michigan’s SnoDrift Rally, Round 1 of the Rally America series. At the wheel of their brand new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, the...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1081 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1080 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:52:51 GMT Ice-covered roads were the story at the 36th annual running of the Sno*Drift Rally, the kick-off event to the 2012 Rally America National Championship, but it was Subaru Rally Team USA’s David Higgins and Craig Drew who managed the extreme conditions to take the overall win. Higgins and Drew are the reigning 2011 national champions, and they took the first step towards defending their title in...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1080 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1079 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:45:30 GMT David Sterckx (Belgium) and Karen Jankowski (California) of David Sterckx Rally Sport Team, in their first event of the Rally America 2012 season, finished on the podium with 3rd in the super Production Class and 8th overall at Sno*Drift Rally over the weekend. This was the first time David had ever competed in the ice and snow. With over 60 cars competing in the event and a high rate of...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1079 http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1077 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:28:54 GMT Verena Mei, in the number 335 Truecar Ford Fiesta, will be driving with Team O'Neil in the Atlanta MI Sno-Drift this weekend. Verena Mei and her Star Girl Racing Team have signed a 2-year racing deal with TrueCar to run the Rally America National Championship in the TrueCar Ford Fiesta with Team O'Neil. Verena made her Rally America debut last season at Sno*Drift as Co-Driver for 2011 Rally...]]> http://www.rally-america.com/story.php?article=1077