KEN BLOCK’S MONSTER FORD FIESTA READY FOR RACE DEBUT AT RALLY AMERICA SNO*DRIFT

FORD Racing
DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 29, 2010

The Ford Racing Fiesta joins forces with the Monster World Rally Team Ford Fiesta.

The all-new Ford Fiesta is fun to drive, but for Monster World Rally Team driver Ken Block, fun takes on a different meaning.

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January 25, 2010 9:02 PM

Sébastien Ogier's thrilling comeback stopped in its tracks

INTERCONTINENTAL RALLY CHALLENGE
2010 RALLYE MONTE CARLO
Monte Carlo, le 23 janvier 2010

In rallying, perhaps more than in any other form of motor sport, being the fastest driver doesn't always suffice to win, as Sébastien Ogier found out the hard way on this week's Rallye Monte-Carlo. After claiming just one stage win en route to his sensational victory on the same event this time last year, the Frenchman ended up as the driver with the highest number of fastest times (seven) to his name this time round, yet he was deprived of a second consecutive success as a result of two separate incidents that weren't of his making.

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January 20, 2010 1:44 PM

Four Peugeots lying in waiting

INTERCONTINENTAL RALLY CHALLENGE
2010 RALLYE MONTE-CARLO
Valence, January 20, 2010

The first leg of the 2010 Rallye Monte-Carlo has ended with four Peugeot 207 Super 2000s in the top-eight, with defending IRC champion Kris Meeke admitting to being surprised to have emerged as high as second place.

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January 18, 2010 8:25 AM

Prodrive releases new Impreza Group N

Prodrive
18 January 2010

Prodrive has launched the Impreza N2010, its latest FIA specification group N rally car.

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January 16, 2010 10:38 AM

INTERCONTINENTAL RALLY CHALLENGE

PEUGEOT
2010 Rallye Monte-Carlo

PEUGEOT OUT IN FORCE TO DEFEND ITS TITLE

With a field of no fewer than ten 207 Super 2000s on the 63-strong entry list for the 2010 Rallye Monte-Carlo, Peugeot is particularly well armed in its bid to repeat the one-two-three result it secured on last year's event. The ranks of the French firm are spearheaded by four cars in particular: the two 207 Super 2000s of last year's winner Sébastien Ogier and Stéphane Sarrazin that will run in the colours of Peugeot France and the brand's national dealership association, plus the Peugeot UK-backed machine of the 2009 IRC champ Kris Meeke and Peugeot Portugal's entry for its national champion, Bruno Magalhaes.

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January 5, 2010 9:15 PM

Robby Gordon/Toyo Tires® Win Stage 4 of the 2010 Dakar®

Robby Gordon/Toyo Tires®
COPIAPÓ, CHILE
January 5, 2010

Robby Gordon and navigator, Andy Grider, piloted their #302 Monster Energy/Toyo Tires Hummer H3 racer to the win of today’s Stage 4 in the 2010 Dakar. Competing on 35X12.50R17 Toyo® Open Country M/T®-R tires, Gordon and Grider won by a margin of only one second on the 163-kilometer (101-mile) Atacama Desert stage for a time of 1:40.21. Running from Fiambalá, Argentina to Copiapó, Chile; the stage was shortened by the organizers from the originally planned 203 km due to the heavy damage inflicted on all of the competitors’ vehicles on Stage 3. This allowed more time in the morning for all of the competitors to prepare their vehicles.

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December 4, 2009 10:59 AM

WRC STAR HIRVONEN TO DEBUT NEW FIESTA S2000 IN MONTE CARLO RALLY4

Ford Racing
December 2009

Ford's FIA World Rally Championship runners-up, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen, will drive the all-new Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car, in what will be its competitive debut, in the famous Monte Carlo Rally early next year.

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September 5, 2009 10:16 AM

Two Citroëns in front ahead of longest day

Team Citroën Total
Rally Australia

With 23 stages and 220km of competitive action behind them, there is practically nothing in it between Dani Sordo, Sébastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen! The second leg concluded with Sordo in front, but the Spaniard is just one tenth of a second clear of Loeb and Hirvonen who are exactly level. The third and final day, which is also the longest of the event, promises to be the sort of thriller that no scriptwriter would have dared imagine

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July 30, 2009 11:19 AM

Ford extends WRC participation in new two-year agreement with M-Sport

Ford of Europe
JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND, 30 JULY 2009

Ford of Europe today confirmed its commitment to the FIA World Rally Championship by announcing its continued participation for the next two seasons. Ford, together with long-term partner M-Sport, will continue its successful WRC programme in 2010 and 2011.

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July 21, 2009 9:14 PM

Rhys Millen Wins Class, Sets Record at Pikes Peak on Toyo® Proxes® R1R™ Tires

Toyo Tires
Cypress, California

From On Road to Off Road Team Toyo Leads the Pack

Competing in the 87th running of the historic Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado; Rhys Millen drove his RMR Hyundai Genesis Coupe equipped with Toyo Proxes R1R extreme performance tires to a Time Attack 2WD division win. Millen also set a new world record of 12:09:397 on the 156-turn mountain course, beating his own personal best by 22 seconds, and finished one minute and 23 seconds ahead of the next fastest car in his division. Notorious for extreme changes in weather, the race course begins at a 9,390-foot elevation, and then climbs to the summit at 14,110-feet.

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July 20, 2009 5:24 AM

MARCUS GRÖNHOLM PILOTS FORD FIESTA TO SECOND IN UNLIMITED CLASS AT PIKES PEAK

FORD Racing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 19, 2009

Photos by Paul Webb, USA LAT Photographic

As a two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Grönholm seen just about everything in a rally course... until he came to Pikes Peak.

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June 28, 2009 1:51 PM

A good points haul for Citroën

Team Citroën
Rally Poland

The very last stage of WRC newcomer Rally Poland – which was an immediate hit – saw the consistent run of Dani Sordo and Marc Marti rewarded with second place. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena's concluded their fight-back by finishing seventh overall, while Citroën has succeeded in extending its lead at the top of the provisional World Rally Championship standings.