WRC changes Points Rule

Just days before the season start of the WRC 2010 Season the FIA implemented a new points system.

Following the 1st race of the season we have to reconsider the way we keep track of points in the Word Rally Championship Series. The FIA announced today the change just days before Rally Sweden.

Under the old ruling only the Top 8 finishers get points but now that list got expanded by 2. Starting now the top 10 finishers of any WRC rally will get scored. The new points assignment is as followes:

• 01. finisher: 25 points
• 02. finisher: 18 points
• 03. finisher: 15 points
• 04. finisher: 12 points
• 05. finisher: 10 points
• 06. finisher: 8 points
• 07. finisher: 6 points
• 08. finisher: 4 points
• 09. finisher: 2 points
• 10. finisher: 1 points

We applied the new rules to the last season and the final season end result did not change.

• 01. Loeb 93 (229)
• 02. Hirvonen 92 (220)
• 03. Sordo 64 (151)
• 04. Latvala 41 (104)
• 05. P Solberg 35 (86)
• 06. H Solberg 33 (86)
• 07. Wilson 28 (76)
• 08. Ogier 24 (61)
• 09. Villagra 16 (44)
• 10. Rautenbach 9 (36)

RALLY AMERICA WELCOMES BACK EXEDY USA TO 2010 RALLY AMERICA CONTINGENCY PROGRAM

Colchester, VT – Officials with Rally America, Inc. announced today that EXEDY USA has returned as a sponsor of the popular Rally America Contingency Program for the 2010 Rally America National Rally Championship.

Based in Belleville, Michigan, EXEDY is the undisputed world leader in sports and performance racing clutches. EXEDY Globalparts Corporation (USA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the EXEDY Corporation of Japan. EXEDY (Japan) was founded in 1923 and its clutch manufacturing business and prominent brand name Daikin Clutch are known throughout the world for supplying quality powertrain products. Their pursuit of perfection and the assurance of safety underlie their famed quality and reliability. Their advanced engineering and patented innovations have also made them the leading OEM manufacturer in the world for Clutches and other powertrain components. Read more →

TOTAL CHAOS PRIVATEER RACE TEAMS FINISH in the 2010 DAKAR RALLY!

Two privateer race team entries equipped with TOTAL CHAOS Fabrication suspension systems & accessories finished the grueling 14 stage 2010 Dakar Rally in 44th and 45thplace overall. For the second consecutive year, the Dakar was welcomed in South America for a 9000 kilometer challenge that lead the riders and crews on the roads, the tracks, the mountains and the deserts of Argentina and Chile.
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Subaru Driver Travis Pastrana Skates to Victory at the Sno*Drift Rally

(Feb 1, 2010) Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom overcame treacherously icy conditions to take a dominating win at this weekend’s Sno*Drift Rally, round one of the 2010 Rally America National Championship. Pastrana, the defending four-time Rally America National Champion, won by over one minute and thirty seconds driving an open class rally specification 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. In an amazing show of determination and grit, Pastrana completed the event nursing an extremely sore collarbone which he broke in a motocross accident less than a week ago. His Subaru Rally Team USA teammate, BMX legend turned rally pro Dave Mirra, finished 6th overall with co-driver Derek Ringer. Read more →

Defending Champ Travis Pastrana Takes Sno*Drift Win

Atlanta, MI (January 30, 2010) — Defending Rally America champion Travis Pastrana skated to victory on Saturday at Sno*Drift, the incredibly slick 2010 season opener.

Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom built a solid early lead and continued to put time on the rest of the field over the course of the two-day rally –- despite a badly injured left shoulder.

“Man, I’m really excited,” said Pastrana. “Everybody next rally is going to come with a sling.” Read more →

Travis Pastrana Leads Sno*Drift After Day 1; Ken Block Out

Subaru Rally Team USA Travis Pastrana was in the lead of the icy 2010 Rally America season-opener after the Day 1 stages, while Ford driver Ken Block was out of the contest.

After the first day, Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom had a 54-second lead over Canadian challengers Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard.

But even as they’re battling for position, competitors say they’re treading carefully. They agree that the best strategy is to be conservative in order to avoid a wreck that would put them out of the rally early on.

“My grandma can drive faster than we’re going… on a moped,” said Pastrana on Friday. “It’s just sheer ice.” Read more →

Able Planet Sponsors Rally America to Promote “i am able” Campaign

Wheat Ridge, CO (January 21, 2010) — Able Planet joins the Rally America team as a Contingency Sponsor of the 2010 Rally America National Championship to provide financial support to the organization and award valuable prizes to this year’s competitors who will be eligible to receive a wide range of award-winning headphones and headsets with Able Planet’s patented technologies that provide superior sound quality and speech clarity. Read more →

Mad Media Produces New Spot for Ken Block and The Monster World Rally Team

Madrid enthusiastically greets “Dakar” winner Sainz

Wolfsburg (22 January 2010). An emotional and triumphant homecoming: His native city, Madrid, received Carlos Sainz with rounds of cheers after his “Dakar” victory. Together with his Spanish compatriot Lucas Cruz the 47-year-old had been leading a Volkswagen trio to a one-two-three win from 2 to 16 January at the toughest test in worldwide motorsport. Read more →

Team HUMMER Stage 13 Recap

Santa Rosa, Argentina (January 15, 2010) – Competitors in the 2010 Dakar Rally wrapped up Stage 13 on Friday and just one stage remains until the 2010 Dakar Rally champion is crowned. During Stage 13, drivers traveled from San Rafael to Santa Rosa on a 725 kilometer course, which was expected to take competitors nearly 9 hours to complete. The stage featuring a 368 kilometer timed special which started off with areas of fast, jumpy track. Despite being just a day away from the conclusion of the rally, drivers still faced several challenging areas to navigate throughout stage 13. For nearly 40 kilometers, drivers ran the risk of getting stuck in the gray sand of the Nihuil dunes, which are some of the last few dunes they will encounter during the 14-stage ally. Once they made it past the sand dunes, drivers experienced much larger and faster paths that allowed them to push their vehicles to the fastest speeds possible. Read more →

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