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Posted
Nov 11 2008, 09:18 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 24 comment(s)
What do you get when you combine an badass car with an awesome driver in a really cool location mixed with some fantastic film work? You get this fantastic video of Ken Block doing some gymkhana practice in his 530whp Impreza STI. This is seriously one of the coolest car videos I have ever seen. Watch and enjoy.
Ken Block Racing
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Oct 17 2008, 02:32 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
The Subrau Impreza WRC car from 1998 had to be one of my favorite cars from the 2008 Motorsport Japan Festival in Odaiba, so I had to upload a high resolution desktop wallpaper of it. I have to say that this is probably one of the most iconic Japanese-branded race cars of all time. There are also few combinations better than that of Subaru's rally team and the driving talent of the late Colin McRae. As usual, standard and widescreen versions are available in the Desktops section....
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Posted
Oct 13 2008, 04:37 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 16 comment(s)
Rallying is one aspect of Southern California's car culture that isn't usually shown or promoted in import type magazines! We often see Southern Cali's best drift cars, show cars, drag cars, and even time attack cars being featured by the automotive media. However, there are a lot of really cool cars that run Southern Cali rally events like the California Rally Series , SCCA Rallycross , Formula RallyX , and the annual Rim of the World Rally . These cars don't often find themselves...
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Posted
Oct 09 2008, 04:07 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
Subaru enthusiasts can get pretty crazy about rallying, and to illustrate that point, check out this Subaru Sambar kei truck that has been decked out in full '08 Subaru WRC livery complete with a rally style rear spoiler, roof scoop, roll bar, and what look to be Prodrive wheels. Even better, the custom body work has added Impreza-like fender flares to both the front and the rear. It looks like a ton of work has gone into building this and I just wonder if someone is going to do up a Ralliart style Mitsubishi Minicab kei truck to compete with it?...
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Posted
Oct 07 2008, 08:57 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
As I continue my coverage of the Motorsport Japan Festival 2008, I wanted to first illustrate just how crowded this event was. Look at this photo of the Nismo Xanavi GT-R in the Nissan booth, the car is completely surrounded by people! While trying to photograph the car displays at the event, I quickly found that the only way to get unobstructed shots was to use my ultra wide angle lens while getting as close to the cars as possible. Taking photos was kind of tough, but then again it was nice to see this level of enthusiasm for race cars. The people in Japan are crazy about motorsports!...
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Posted
Oct 06 2008, 10:14 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 11 comment(s)
You might have heard people say that Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world. It may well be, but that certainly doesn't mean that you can't find cool stuff for free in Tokyo. For example, how about the chance to see F1 and Super GT race cars performing demo runs in addition to seeing some of the Japan's most historic race cars? That is just the sort of things that visitors to the 2008 Motorsport Japan Festival could see over the weekend. This was the third MSJ event since it was started in 2006, and judging by the number of the people that packed into Odaiba to see it, it has been come quite the popular event in Tokyo......
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Posted
Sep 22 2008, 09:12 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 7 comment(s)
The Targa Newfoundland has to be one of the most unique motorsport events in North America. I remember being glued to the televison watching Speed TV's coverage of the event years ago. In fact I think it was one of the coolest things I saw on the Speed channel ever. The Targa Newfoundlad is as big as ever and the 2008 edition of the race just wrapped up this weekend. The Targa is held over 2,200 km of scenic backroads in Newfoundland and the event draws competitors from all over the world in...
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Posted
Aug 25 2008, 01:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 12 comment(s)
This little rocket is the Honda Civic Type R – R3 Rally car. Based upon the European Civic hatchback, this rally version has been developed by Honda Europe’s Customer racing partner, JAS Motorsport. The project showcases JAS’ talents outside of the WTCC and Endurance Racing. The car is built to new 'R3' class regs, which allows it to compete in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Its has also had success in National Rally campaigns including the British, Dutch, Italian...
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Posted
Aug 06 2008, 11:08 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 8 comment(s)
A few weeks ago I was invited out to X Games 14 by my friend and rally driver Ken Block. He had mentioned he would like me to be an extra set of eyes as well as his technical advisor, not to mention I doubled as his "party sub" since he had to skip out on all the festivities until the weekend was over in order to perform at 110%. Even though I have an already insane schedule this month, how could I resist this opportunity?...
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Posted
Aug 04 2008, 05:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 7 comment(s)
ESPN's 'X' Games took place last weekend in Carson, California. The X Games is an annual event which focuses on extreme action sports. This stunning picture shows Ken Block landing hard, damaging his Subaru Impreza radiator in this incident. This enabled eventual winner, Travis Pastrana to beat Ken in the Semi Finals and then win the Rally based (its not real rallying!) element of the games. Image - EXPN/Bill Lockwood -Andy Blackmore EXPN
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Posted
Jul 09 2008, 11:00 AM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 23 comment(s)
I was introduced to Ken Block at Formula Drift in the Streets of Long Beach 2006 from a mutual friend. Some of you might know Ken as the cofounder of DC Shoes, but most of you know as him as a pro rally driver and the maniac behind the wheel of a factory supported, Vermont Sport Cars built, Monster Energy Drink/Subaru Impreza WRX STI that jumped over 170 feet for the Stunt Junkies show. Since our introduction we have had a number of conversations and we have always talked about getting together to...
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Posted
Jul 04 2008, 06:02 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 3 comment(s)
In the realm of motorsports, there are few things more exciting than some old fashioned hillclimb action. These shots come from Speedhunters forum member St3ph3n who has been documenting some recent hillclimb events held in Scotland. When you have super cool cars blasting down lonely winding roads in the Scottish countryside, what more do you need? It looks these events draw all sorts of cars. I see everything from Japanese tuner cars to European classics to open wheel cars......
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Posted
Jun 13 2008, 12:15 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 6 comment(s)
When I'm not out photographing events or posting on Speedhunters,I like to browse through Flickr on the lookout for impressive or interesting automotive photos, and sometimes I come across some truly spectacular work. A good example of the fantastic photos I'm talking about are these ones from Irishman "Mole2K". He has assembled a great collection of dramatic photos that span many different Irish rally events......
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Posted
Jun 11 2008, 06:12 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 6 comment(s)
During the fifth round of Rally America, Team Subaru debuted their new 2008 Impreza driven by Travis Pastrana and Ken Block. They both race for the Subaru Rally Team USA. The fifth round was held on the Susquehannock Trail in Pennsylvania, the following pictures are from that rally. Ken Block was able to finish the race but Pastrana suffered from damage to the car and had to give up. How cool is this last shot? The drivers and cars have to drive from stage to stage on the public roads. For more info...
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Posted
Jun 09 2008, 07:15 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 15 comment(s)
Who likes to watch rally like I do? It's that time of year again... the Pike's Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado is about a month and a half away. Since I was looking through my hard drives for some photos, I decided to dig up and share some of these Pike's Peak rally photos I shot. In 2005, I got to go back to Pike's Peak in Colorado to shoot part of the historic hillclimb event. It was my second time at the famous "Race to the Clouds," and I was super excited to...
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Posted
Jun 05 2008, 03:30 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
Here we have some more rally greatness brought to us by "Rommel", a member of the Speedhunters forums. Rommel is a resident of Barbados and he hooked us up with a link to some in depth coverage of the Sol Rally Barbados event which was held last weekend. The event's roster included everything from the latest Imprezas and Evos, to classics like the jumping Toyota Starlet seen above. Speaking of the Starlet, it seems like the older Toyotas have a huge following among the Caribbean guys...
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Posted
May 25 2008, 08:36 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 3 comment(s)
I guess after reading Rod's WRC Italy post, I also got into that rally state of mind. These photos come from Flickr member SIDC Spooks and were taken at this weekend's Jim Clark rally in Scotland. High powered rally cars sliding around the beautiful Scottish countryside sure does make for some very dramatic scenes. Of course the fantastic photography doesn't hurt either. I absolutely LOVE this photograph even though it looks like it may have come at the cost of a mouthful of dirt for...
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Posted
May 20 2008, 11:00 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 7 comment(s)
Subaru have announced the ‘GE’ generation Impreza WRC rally car will make its debut on the Acropolis Rally at the end of the month. The car has been in development for some time by Prodrive. Its not just the body-style that is a different. The new car marks the end of an era, with a new Blue, Silver and White livery, replacing the Blue and Yellow design seen since 1993. The new livery uses Subaru’s Corportate Colours, whereas the previous design originated from Japanese tobacco...
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