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2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross MCAS Has A New Champion

Ken Block is the this year’s champion of Red Bull Global Rallycross MCAS. With a lots of emotions and thrilling twists, Block, who also won the Fort Lauderdale opener season race, held off the rest of the racers for the victory.

In fact, this particular event is a special one, because it is the first to be held on an active military base. And furthermore, it is the largest course with its 0.99 miles in the history of Red Bull Rallycross. The track challenges with its deceptive turns and dynamics, while the seven-turn layout adds even more to the trill. This, along with the well-known formula: ten contestants and one winner. Race heaven.

Today was crazy up and down, so I’m really lucky to be here on top. I’d like to say thanks to everyone who came out—it was great to see everybody and sign autographs last night, and it’s great interacting with the military.

So what actually happened? All the audience witnessed how Sandell was confidently going for a clean victory, when an incident with Brian Deegan set a full restart. So, what happened next is already known. Block quickly grabbed the leading place and at the end he also grabbed and his fifth victory of his Supercar career.

Additionally, Dreyer & Renbold Racing beginner Alex Keyes won the CRC Lites event which happens to be the first in his carrer over Oliver Eriksson and DriftFish Motorsport’s Tanner Whitten. In fact, Whitten is now leading a intense championship battle with only 14 points separating the top four drivers.

Source: Global RallyCross Championship

July 6, 2015
Ford Fiesta ST Race Car – Detroit Rallycross

Ford Racing TV has published a promo video showing Fiesta ST Rallycross driven around Detroit by Andreas Eriksson.

Recently, ESPN announced Detroit, Michigan as one of four final cities still in the running as the host for X Games 2014-2016 and, with that, the Detroit bid team took the campaign to the next level releasing a campaign video that demonstrated X Games sports in the context of Detroit.

After Ford Racing received a call from the team campaigning the X Games Detroit bid, OlsbersMSE (OMSE) Team Principal Andreas Eriksson agreed to test the newly-built Ford Fiesta ST rallycross race car in Detroit for the bid team to film.

The Fiesta ST Rallycross is powered by a 2.0 liter turbocharged petrol with 550HP (404 kW). The power is sent to OlsbergsMSE transmission and a four-wheel drive system. 0-100 km/h in 2.0 seconds, which you can see in the end of the video. Enjoy!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK-wQa39Smk

Source: Ford

July 2, 2013
Dodge Dart Race Car
Dodge and SRT Motorsports has revealed the all-new 2013 Dodge Dart rally car, which will be piloted by four-time Rally America Champion and 17-time X Games Gold Medalist Travis Pastrana. He will compete in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship (GRC) Series.

“At Dodge, racing is an integral part of our heritage and embodies our competitive spirit, so we’re very excited to announce the next chapter in racing for Dodge with our all-new Dodge Dart,” commented Reid Bigland, President and CEO – Dodge Brand.

“The new Dart Global RallyCross Championship car with 600 horsepower and driver Travis Pastrana takes our passion for performance to all new heights.”, he added.

Travis is very popular athlete and one of the most appreciated from the motorsport fans. He had over 6 million Google searches in 2010 and more than 3.5 million Facebook followers. He is just 28 years old and we hope that the upsurge in his career will continue.

“When I first heard about GRC, I was really interested, and after watching some of the rounds last year and then actually competing at X Games I was hooked!” said Pastrana.

“Now to be able to partner with Dodge to field my own program this year is a dream come true. The new Dodge Dart offers the perfect platform for rally cross, and I look forward to putting it on the podium all season long!”, he mentioned.

Dodge Dart is powered by a 2.0 liter four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with 600HP (441 kW) and 745Nm (550 lb-ft) of torque. All that power is sent to the road through a Sedav 4-wheel drive gearbox.

Global RallyCross is a spin-off of the X Games rally races. It combines the skill of rally racing with the excitement of X Games. The revolutionary motorsports series enters its second season and features high-flying extreme competition between cars that are relevant to today’s youth. The series consists of seven racing events in closed-course rally tracks and incorporates bumper-to-bumper competition among 600 horsepower all-wheel drive vehicles. There are 70-foot jumps over racing traffic, creating a “motocross with cars” action.

The series begins May 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and concludes Sept. 29 in Las Vegas. Also included are races at X Games scheduled for June 30-July 1 in Los Angeles. It’s one of the most anticipated stops on the schedule. The ESPN family of channels will broadcast live coverage of the entire 2012 race series.

Check out the 2012 calendar below.

Dodge Dart Race Car

2012 Global RallyCross Race Schedule:
- May 26 – Charlotte Motor Speedway
- June 10 – Texas Motor Speedway
- June 30 – X Games, Los Angeles
- July 1 – X Games, Los Angeles
- July 14 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway
- Sept. 1 – TBD
- Sept. 29 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Source: Chrysler
March 26, 2012