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The United States Rally Championship announces the presentation of their 2011 Championship Regulations. The regulations for this season include new incentives for competitors to make the Championship more accessible, inclusive, and affordable. This is the seventh season for the USRC and it continues to innovate and bring new ideas to rally competition. more...

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Salvador, Brazil -- The Brazil World Rally Team is set to break cover on Vodafone Rally de Portugal at the end of March prior to contesting the remaining 10 rounds of the world championship. Young Brazilian Daniel Oliveira will head the team as part of a three-year driver development programme alongside Portuguese navigator Carlos Magalhaes.

Initially, Oliveira will use the Prodrive-developed Super 2000-version of MINI John Cooper Works-based World Rally Car before switching to the MINI John Cooper Works WRC on Rally d’Italia Sardegna in May. more...

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Xevi Pons will enter an Intercontinental Rally Challenge round in a Super 2000 car for the first time when he contests Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Ingles next month in what his team manager Luis Moya has said will be a step into the unknown.

The 31-year-old Pons will drive an M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000 for the Nupel Estrella Galicia squad, which is managed by Moya, a multiple rally-winning co-driver.

Although Pons will be focusing on the Spanish championship, which is running in tandem with the IRC qualifier, the Spaniard will nevertheless be eligible for IRC points. more...

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Kronos Racing boss Marc van Dalen is more convinced than ever that Peugeot UK driver Guy Wilks will be a contender for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title in 2011.

Van Dalen’s Belgian team is running Wilks’ Peugeot 207 Super 2000 in the IRC this season, having guided Nicolas Vouilloz and Kris Meeke to the IRC titles in 2008 and 2009 respectively. After Wilks secured third place on his debut with the squad on Rallye Monte-Carlo in January, van Dalen has been left in no doubt that Wilks can challenge for the coveted drivers’ crown. more...

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Rising star Bernardo Sousa says he won’t be satisfied until he has won Sata Rallye Acores. The reigning Portuguese champion contested selected Intercontinental Rally Challenge events in 2010 at the wheel of an M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000.

Although he was out of luck on his two IRC appearances last year, he is determined to make an impact when the series heads to the Atlantic archipelago for the gravel-based spectacular from 14-16 July. more...

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Skoda, which clinched the Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles in 2010, could be about to make a similar impact on the IRC 2WD Cup following the unveiling of an all-new car.

The Czech firm has launched an R2-specification version of its Fabia Super 2000. The front-wheel-drive machine, which was developed in conjunction with engineering company Impromat Car, has a 1.6-litre engine and sequential gearbox. more...

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Van Merksteijn Motorsport is going to raise money for KiKa (Children Cancerfree) through its participation in the World Rally Championship. With the slogan “Drive for KiKa”, the team will set aside an amount of money per stage kilometer for this charity and it will approach the sponsors and partners of the team to contribute to this fund raiser as well more...

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As the close off date approaches, there are now eighteen confirmed drivers registered to compete in one or more of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship competitions. As entries for Pacific Cup are not required until April 21 this number is expected to grow further. more...

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The organisers of Rally Australia are focused on securing a further round of the FIA World Rally Championship in 2012 and will be conducting discussions with a number of organisations before the FIA World Motor Sport Council votes on the calendar at the end of this month.

Rally Australia and CAMS representatives met Jean Todt, President of the Paris-based world motorsport governing body, the Federation de l’Automobile (FIA), while he was visiting Australia this week. more...

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5th Overall, Class 3 Winner and Top Two Wheel Drive was the marker laid down by Craig Breen on last weekend’s Wm. Loughman Forestry Rally his final warm-up event before the commencement of the FIA WRC Academy at the end of the month. Breen was in the Motorsport limelight the evening before the event as he appeared on RTE Television's The Daily Show. Breen filmed a piece for the show with ex Irish Boxer Bernard Dunne but it was Breen pulling the punches last Saturday when he got back to business in preparation for the WRC Academy. more...