The Targa Tasmania wrapped up proceedings in Hobart yesterday afternoon, marking the 21st running of the event and the completion of another great entry in its storied history.

Drivers, and their fearless navigators, competed for five …

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  How do you think it would feel to drive 16000 miles in this Mk1 Escort? In Pt1 I showed you just how Hannu Mikkola and Gunnar Palm got themselves from London to Mexico in 1970, celebrating victory in the southern hemisphere after a titanic battle with mother nature and other works teams. Using the old school technology [...]

In 1970 man had only just set foot on the moon, the summer of love in 1969 was the last summer anybody could remember and the electronic device that you’re reading this on existed in the dreams of the sci-fi writer, or maybe a mad scientist in a country that we didn’t like. Yet in [...]

Now just hours left until the start of the 2012 season of the UEM European Championship , for the first time in Hungarian spa town Hajdúszoboszló. Aqua-Palace Cup is also the first round of the 20th anniversary season of the Hungarian Cross-Country Rally Championship, so it’s a real celebration for the sport! Aqua-Palace Cup is [...]

To wrap up our Circuit of Ireland / IRC coverage, I've put together a selection of nine desktops that you can grab from the desktops section. We're aiming to bring you a lot more original rally stories this year, so be sure to check in regularl…

Williston, VT (April 10, 2012) — Much like the Oregon Trail pioneers, the 2012 Rally America National Championship will travel west to the Oregon Trail Rally for the third installment of the six-event National Championship on May 4-6th, 2012 in Portland, OR.   The Oregon Trail Rally powered by Dick Hannah Subaru begins at Portland [...]

When Robert Kubica badly broke his arm in a violent rally accident in Italy, it shook Formula One to its core. The Polish wunderkind was sidelined for 2011, and on the eve of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Given th…

For our final piece of event coverage from this year's Circuit, I thought I'd give you a look behind the scenes in what goes into reporting and competing in an event like this. The first port of call for any media attending is the press office….

The second leg of this year's Circuit of Ireland consisted of ten stages (four stages ran on the first leg) kicking off at 9:07am on the Saturday morning. I say 9:07am precisely as should you arrive a minute later than you were meant to, a penalty….

With so many varieties and classifications of motorsport on offer these days, it's pretty easy to overlook one particular championship or series. It's also all too easy to have misconceptions about said series'. I'm going to hold my han…