Posted on 16 December 2008
Only a day after Suzuki revealed it would pull out of the World Rally Championship, Subaru has announced that it will follow suit and quit the sport ahead of the 2009 season.
The decision comes as car manufacturers continue to feel the squeeze as a result of the current global economic downturn and will see the [...]
Posted on 14 December 2008
New World Rally Car details revealed
The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) has announced further technical details of the future World Rally Car.
After meeting today in Monaco, the council reconfirmed that the 2010 World Rally Car will be based on an S2000 specification car.
However, the scope of the removable performance kit, already adopted by the [...]
Tags: rally, wrc
Posted on 08 December 2008
Rally Jamaica 2008 Results
POSITION
COMPETITOR NAME
CTRY
4WD/2WD
MAKE CAR
CAR NUMBER
CLASS JMC
ELAPSED TIME
PENALTY
OVERALL
1
Jeffrey Panton/Michael Fennell Jr
JAM
4WD
FORD FOCUS WRC
4
JA9
01:22:33.892
00:01:20.000
01:23:53.892
2
Roger Skeete/Robert Simmons
BAR
4WD
2003 SUBARU IMPREZZA WRC
3
JA9
01:25:42.164
00:00:00.000
01:25:42.164
3
Douglas Gore/Mark Nelson
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 10
11
JN8
01:29:22.473
00:00:00.000
01:29:22.473
4
Gary Gregg/Hugh Hutchinson
JAM
4WD
FORD FOCUS WRC
2
JA9
01:30:18.249
00:00:00.000
01:30:18.249
5
James Betts/Jeremy Gonsalves
BAR
4WD
SUBARU IMPREZZA N9
17
JN8
01:31:01.645
00:00:00.000
01:31:01.645
6
David Lee/Colin Chambers
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 8
12
JN8
01:32:33.659
00:00:00.000
01:32:33.659
7
Harold Morley/Geoffrey Goddard
BAR
4WD
SUBARU N14
8
JN8
01:32:52.103
00:00:30.000
01:33:22.103
8
Natasha Chang/Guy Fraser
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 5
10
JN8
01:40:40.877
00:00:00.000
01:40:40.877
9
Salvador Solis/Nigel Lyn
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 2
9
JN8
01:42:24.072
00:00:30.000
01:42:54.072
10
Gordon Brandon/Marcel Brandon
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 3
16
JN8
01:46:00.891
00:00:30.000
01:46:30.891
11
Bobby [...]
Tags: racing, rally
Posted on 04 December 2008
How is it that a race gas drinking, antilag popping, four wheel drive, turbocharged, competition destroying Mitsubishi Evolution 5 can be called Bubbles? Ask Natasha Chang. At Motor Sales and Service yesterday, Jamaica’s Mitsubishi dealer, Natasha launched her new rally car which will be competing in Rally Jamaica ’08. The car with it’s super yellow [...]
Tags: Natasha Chang, racing, rally
Posted on 03 December 2008
Earlier today Race Jamaica Photographers took some spy shots of what is rumoured to be Leslie “Fattaz” Madden’s new rally car.
For those of you who do not know, Fattaz is a popular Jamaican rally driver who destroyed his previous rally car in 2006 during a rally. Ever since then his return has been eagerly anticipated, [...]
Tags: racing, rally
Posted on 27 November 2008
The 2008 Motorsports season is near to its end, however the Grande Finale is just beginning. Rally Jamaica is the premier motorsports event for the year attracting more international competitors than any other event. This year’s Rally will feature 43 talented drivers, 35 of whom are Jamaican. This is the highest driver turnout the rally [...]
Tags: racing, rally