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Much of the attention at the New England Forest Rally will be on the front of the field where there’s a battle for the national championship. Further back in the field there’s another battle for cold cash!

NEFR is round two of the MaxAttack! Series and $15,000 in prize money is at stake for the Top 5 crews at the finish. Maybe that’s why 27 2WD cars are entered at NEFR.

Leading the pack is former Open Class contender Andrew Comrie-Picard (ACP), the 2009 North American Rally Champion. He’s entered at NEFR in the 2011 Scion xD ACP drove to victory in Oregon. more...

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Tim O’Neil likes to say his Team O’Neil Rally School teaches people how to drive slow cars very fast. Maybe that’s why another school instructor is ready to grab a second straight Rally American 2WD National Championship.

Wyatt Knox has a strong 2WD points lead going into the New England Forest Rally, the final event of the 2011 season. He would follow the championship won last year by fellow school instructor Chris Duplessis. more...

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Every year, the Rally America Championship recognizes the driver who has made the most significant progress in their first year of national competition by bestowing them with the ‘Rookie of the Year’ Award. This year, FY Racing’s Adam Yeoman has been nominated as Rookie of the Year for his improved performance. more...

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With the first five rally events of the 2011 Rally America National Championship in the record books, top Regional and National rally teams from around the world will make their way to Newry, Maine for the New England Forest Rally (NEFR) - home to the Sunday River Resort, for the final round of the six-event championship. more...

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With over 25,000 people in attendance, the first stop of Ken Block’s Gymkhana World Tour in Vienna, Austria was a massive success. The three-stop tour brings the Gymkhana driving, made famous by Block’s hugely popular Internet videos, up close and personal to a live audience. more...

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M-Sport introduced the new Ford Fiesta Regional Rally Car (RRC) – a variant of the Ford Fiesta RS WRC - to customers at the Cumbria-based company’s testing ground at Greystoke Forest last week.
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Most movies about racing have a lot of scenery in common; the track, the pits, the mechanics, the fancy car, the painted helmet, the corporate logos, the sponsors congratulating the driving hero on their big win at the end of the movie. more...

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Driver Antoine L’Estage (of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) and his co-driver Nathalie Richard (of Halifax, NS)  won this past weekend’s Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs in New Richmond, Québec.  At the wheel of their Rockstar Royal Group Mitsubishi Evo X, the duo overcame multiple obstacles at this event to eventually walk away with their sixth consecutive victory in the Canadian Rally Championship, increasing their lead in the series, as well as in the North American Rally Cup. This win is extra special for Antoine L’Estage as this past weekend’s event marked the 100th rally of his career. more...

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Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard bounced back to take a commanding lead of the Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs after differential problems nearly ended their rally on Friday night. However, trouble struck late on Saturday that cut the teams lead to a much smaller margin than they would have liked. more...

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Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage (of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) and his co-driver Nathalie Richard (of Halifax, NS) will contest this weekend’s Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs, Round 3 of the Canadian Rally Championship and Round 8 of the North American Rally Cup.  Winners of the last five national rallies in Canada, the 2010 triple-championship winning duo is looking towards this very popular rally in New Richmond, Quebec to claim their sixth in a row and increase their lead in the championship standings. more...