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RALLY MONTE CARLO 2017 – RALLY DRIVERS HAVE ALL THE FUN!

January 24th, 2017

If there was apprehension re how the 2017 machines will be received by the fans and how they will perform, I am certain in that in the WRC’s administrative halls, jubilation and a sense of accomplishment prevail. The machines were being ogled and lauded

RALLYING: ALL DRIVERS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL – OGIER WINS!

January 22nd, 2017

In a car that he was not familiar with. With a Team that he is still getting to know. On tricky stages, inundated with black ice, the current world champion clawed his way to his rightful place. The 2017 edition of the WRC’s Rally Monte

RALLYING: GROUP B IS BACK – WRC 2017!

January 19th, 2017

I heard it stated. I read it. I did not believe it until the machines appeared. Who said steroids were bad? Children – performance-enhancing steroids, for human beings, are bad! Say no! But, if you are trapped in petrol-head-land, where speed and scintillating performance are

RALLYING: WRC 2017 – IS THIS FORD’S YEAR?

January 19th, 2017

When the German manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) indicated that it would withdraw from the FIA’s WRC at the end of the 2016 season, the seismic waves were felt on every gravel, tarmac and snow-covered stage on which the WRC machines ply their glorious trade. Volkswagen

DRIFTING: ENZO FERRARI – CURSING OR CELEBRATING?

January 10th, 2017

Hailings 2017! I usually have rather profound thoughts when I am separated from the keyboard. And they (the thoughts) have an uncanny tendency of migrating whenever I grab a seat and attempt to punch words to a screen. I will conceive a plan to

HAPPY NEW YEAR MOTORSPORTS! WE LOVE YOU!

December 31st, 2016

Here I was thinking that Abu Dhabi was somewhere in the Middle East. While driving through Jamrock’s capital city, my machine passed an apartment complex labelled – Abu Dhabi Suites! I was compelled to wonder about the nature of the opulent existence which was

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