Rally history

Unique among world rally championship events, Rally Sweden offers the only chance for the world’s top drivers to show off their extraordinary talents entirely on snow and ice. Threading powerful rally cars along …

Here is the latest video created by Finn Antti Kalhol. Called Love For Life, and narrated by Esther Veas, the video asks the question “Why are we prepared to sacrifice everything for love?”
The video covers …

This is the stunning car collection of Juha Kankkunen, winner of  23 world rallies and four drivers’ world championships and the only man to become world champion with three different manufacturers.

Video Documentary: Hunt and Sheene – When Playboys Ruled the World

Sit back and enjoy this full length documentary about the legendary Barry Sheene and his partner in crime James Hunt.
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The 1973 Monte Carlo Rally is remembered for many things – protests, police intervention, blizzards, and a week of long, tortuous stages. However, how many of you knew it was future Formula 1 winner Patrick …

Video: Colin McRae + MG Metro 6R4 + biggest moment ever = crazy
Watch as Colin McRae has a huge moment and goes backwards down an escape road at 80mph in his MG Metro 6R4 on the …

Henri Toivonen: Racing driver!

People often say that rally drivers are the most talented in the sport, and very few have succeeded at both levels: You are either a rally driver or a road racer.
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What happens when you pit four rally drivers and four grand prix drivers in identical MG Maestros against each other around Donnington? “The best race and rally sprint we’ve ever had”, according to Murray Walker.

Henri Toivonen was, without doubt, one of the fastest, most spectacular and most popular rally drivers of his generation. His tragic death, with co-driver Sergio Cresto, in 1986 was a devastating blow to …

For sale over at AutoCollections.com is this glorious 1983 Lancia Rally 037 Martini Rally Car.

Watch as Colin McRae has a huge moment and goes backwards down an escape road at 80mph in his MG Metro 6R4 on the Donegal Rally in 2006.

Strap in, sit tight, and watch the most outrageous rally cars ever built, racing each other in the European Rallycross Championship – and a novel idea…
Anyone who has seen (or heard) a Group B World Rally …

The Alpine Rally of East Gippsland is all set to light up the forests around Lakes Entrance. The weekend of November 25, 26 & 27 will see the region play host to 115 of the …

It’s Top Gear Live time this weekend in the UK, with May, Hammond and Clarkson hitting the road with their globe-trotting live show. Haven’t they got enough money yet?

At the 1 minute mark in this video you go on board with Walter Röhrl. Watch the co driver, Walter is driving so fast that the poor bloke can’t call a single note, he’s …

Top Gear Live’s new indoor track will play host to a fascinating array of Group B Rally cars – including   the Peugeot 205 T16, Audi Quattro, Lancia 037 and MG Metro 6R4 – in a …

Colin McRae was one of the fastest and most spectacular drivers to ever put on a helmet. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion and in 1995 fulfilled his dream of  winning the …

“Fantastic” said a jubilant Stewart Reid after winning the Coffs Coast Forest rally in his Historic Rallysport Escort RS1800.
Reid took the lead on the last stage when Jeff David in the Porsche 911 suffered gearbox …

One of the things that sets rallying apart from other forms of motorsport is that you get to see cars flying through the air. It no doubt takes a brave person to keep their foot …

Sebastien Loeb currently leads the World Rally Championship. With over 60 WRC victories to his credit, he is without doubt the World’s best rally driver. Ever.
Rally fans will get to see him and over 50 …