Archive for February, 2013

Global RallyCross

Ford Going Big in Motorsports for 2013

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Yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show Ford made two large announcements related to GRC (Global RallyCross Championship).

First they introduced the new 2013 Ford Fiesta ST Global RallyCross Championship Race Car based off the new Ford Fiesta ST. Built by Swedish based OlsbergsMSE (Olsberg Motor Sports Evolution), the team who backed Tanner Foust in his two consecutive GRC championships. From what we can gather, as Ford has not released official specs/details, the Fiesta ST GRC edition will be available in only the 5-door hatchback body and sport a 2.0 liter Ford twin-cam Duratech four cylinder with custom head, Magnaflow exhaust, large Garrett turbo setup, Eibach springs, Alcon breaks, 17in Motegis, hydraulic handbreaking system, and be completely gutted and caged for safety standards. This combination is good for 550+ HP, 590+ TQ and a 0-60 speed of just 2 seconds flat.

The 2013 Ford Fiest ST GRC edition will be piloted in the 2013 GRC season by Tanner Foust and Brian Deegan. Ken Block is expected to also be piloting a 2013 Ford Fiest ST GRC and will reveal his car later this year.

This also means that Foust and Deegan’s previous GRC cars are currently up for grabs over at OlsbergsMSE website.

In addition to this already large announcement for Ford and the GRC, it was announced that Ford will be the sole automotive sponsor for the four 2013 summer X Games with RallyCross events in LA, Brazil, Spain and Germany. This is on top of Ford signing up to be an official sponsor of Formula D in 2013. Looks like Ford is taking a huge interest in some of the more wild motorsports series.

Drift

Chelsea Denofa Announces Return of the BMW and Confirms Bergenholtz Rumors

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Chelsea Denofa announced today that he will be returning for the 2013 Formula D season as we all expected after a pretty successful rookie season in 2012. What we didn’t expect was that he will be returning in the BMW that he built after his crash at wall speedway and he never got to pilot in the 2012 season. This means he will be returning as a privateer driver and not with Bergenholtz Racing. It was surprising to many when shortly after the crash at wall speedway and in the middle of the Formula D 2012 season Bergenholtz Racing announced it would be splitting ways with Joon Maeng and picking up Chelsea Denofa to pilot the Nitto Tires RX-8. This announcement by Denofa confirms previous rumors that Bergenholtz would not be returning to Formula D for the 2013 season. I for one am excited to see the gold and black BMW back out there, I feel that Denofa looked much more comfortable in it and pushed his limits more. It’s also a more unique choice of platform vs the current roster of vehicles on the field. We wish Chelsea the best in the 2013 season and hope to see him on the podium soon.

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Drift

Corey Hosford Goes Big….er Wide for 2013

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MA Motorsports LLC posted some pictures this week of the rebuild on Corey Hosford’s KSport 350z for the 2013 season. Now that he’s on board with Forsberg Racing and MA Motorsports the z is most likely going to have some major improvements including what looks to be a wide body to fit some fatter rubber under it. Hopefully the zombie returns though, we’ll see soon. Only a little over 2 months before Formula D Streets of Long Beach.

Entertainment

Fast & Furious 6 Extended Trailer Reveals Much More

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I know that the entire Fast & Furious franchise gets a lot of flack from automotive enthusiasts due to the overly showy/exaggerated cars, unrealistic stunts, cars that seem to have a gas tank full of nitrous, and shifting that seems to never end and surpass the actual amount of gears in the car, but I think that this trailer speaks a lot for what Justin Lin is trying to do with the franchise and reveals a lot more about the plot and confirms some interesting plot twists that I was hoping would be done to switch up the normal cliches. With all of that in mind I won’t spoil it, i’ll simply direct you to the Fast & Furious 6 extended trailer below.

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Ryan Tuerck Takes Us For a Forest Stroll As Only He Can in Off Seasons Two

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Today Ryan Tuerck and Network A dropped the latest episode of Tuerk’d which is also the follow up video to his previous viral drifting video Off Season. Join Ryan as he takes us on a stroll through the forest in his 1jz s14 as only he can.