X-Nico

unusual facts about rally driver



Colin McRae: Dirt 2

It was announced on 19 November 2008 and features Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust, and Dave Mirra.

Maus Gatsonides

Maurice ("Maus") Gatsonides (February 14, 1911 in Gombong, Kebumen Regency – November 29, 1998 in Heemstede) was a Dutch rally driver and inventor.

Proton Satria

He will contest on all six rounds of the 2011 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) and Per-Gunnar Andersson who drives the second car for the Proton team in the IRC events, while Alister McRae will continue to drive for Proton in the APRC.

Rally of Canberra

In 2008 for the first time an ARC competitor, Simon Evans completed the rally in a faster time than any of the APRC competitors, although strangely Evans did not win the ARC round after only placing third place at the end of Saturdays rally, thus collecting fewer points than his team mate Neal Bates who won Saturday and was second to Evans on Sunday.

René Metge

René Metge (born 23 October 1941 in Montrouge, France) is a professional rally driver from France.


see also

Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite

After its homologation on 17 September 1960, FIA regulations permitted the use of 'special bodies' and a small number of Sebring Sprites were subsequently fitted with coupé bodywork in aluminium alloy and glassfibre, the most strikingly attractive examples being those devised by well-known race and rally driver John Sprinzel, who had won the 1959 RAC British Rally Championship.

Climb Dance

Climb Dance is a famous cinéma vérité short film, which features Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen setting a record time in a highly modified four-wheel drive, all-wheel steering Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 GR at the 1988 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado, USA.

Crazy Leo

His public persona matches his personality, which has gained Urlichich a sizeable social media following, larger than that of any other rally driver in North America, except Ken Block and Travis Pastrana.

Enrique García Ojeda

Enrique García Ojeda (born January 21, 1972 in Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria) is a Spanish rally driver, who won the 2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC).

Franz Wittmann

Franz Wittmann, Jr. (born 1983), Austrian rally driver, son of Franz Wittmann, Sr.

Gerry Marshall

He also won the 1971 Escort Mexico championship, beating future Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter and finished 2nd in the 1974 Avon Tour of Britain driving for the same team as the equally respected rally driver Roger Clark.

Jean Ragnotti

Jean "Jeannot" Ragnotti (born 29 August 1945 in Pernes-les-Fontaines, Vaucluse), is a French former rally driver for Renault in the World Rally Championship.

Jorge Recalde

Jorge Raúl Recalde (August 9, 1951 – March 10, 2001) was an Argentine rally driver born in Mina Clavero.

Linton, West Yorkshire

Ian Appleyard (1923–1998), brother of Geoffrey, was a rally driver and ornithologist.

Massimo Liverani

Massimo Liverani (born September 19, 1961) is an Italian rally driver and co-driver born in Rocca San Casciano.

Perranzabuloe

Donald Healey, rally driver, automobile engineer, speed record holder, born in the parish

Raffaele Pinto

Raffaele "Lele" Pinto (born 13 April 1945 in Casnate) is a former rally driver, who won the 1974 Rally Portugal.

Rauno Aaltonen

Rauno August Aaltonen (born 7 January 1938), also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finnish former professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s.

Rebordões

Armindo Araújo (born 1 September 1977) is a rally driver, responsible for winning the Production World Rally Championship two successive years (2009–2010), becoming the first pilot to receive this honour since its creation in 2002.

Spydeberg

Henning Solberg (older brother to Petter Solberg), current WRC rally driver for Ford, is still living at Spydeberg.

Suzuki Aerio

In 2001, Suzuki specially built spaceframe racing car for hillclimb races with a bodyshell to resemble the Aerio dubbed the Suzuki Aerio P950 Pikes Peak Special driven by its rally team manager and former rally driver, Nobuhiro Tajima.

Upír z Feratu

Doctor Marek (Jiří Menzel) is shocked when his beloved nurse, Mima (Dagmar Veškrnová), signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat to work as a rally-driver.

Xavier Pons

Xavier "Xevi" Pons Puigdillers (born January 21 in 1980 in Vic, Spain) is a rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship.