McRae to guest drive in Tuthill Porsche Challenge
Jimmy McRae will get back behind the wheel of a Tuthill Porsche 911 when he contests round two of the new-for-2011 Tuthill Porsche Challenge, the Carlisle-based Pirelli Historic Rally, on…
Podium for Detota and Hanson at Rally New York USA
Defending two-wheel drive United States Rally Champion, Erika Detota began her season on the podium. As the opening eastern round of the USRC, Rally New York USA took place in…
Corner speed analyzed: Ford vs Toyota vs Volkswagen
The South African Rally Championship last season was upset by the arrival of an all-new rally machine, rocking the established Toyota and Volkswagen teams. World Rally Championship drivers and a…
Hot racing action set for Mpumalanga
The Toyota Dealer 400 off-road race, Round Two of the ABSA South African Off-Road Racing Championship, takes place this weekend in Mpumalanga. After a hotly contested Round One in the…
MINI scores first win
The name Andrea Navarra is surely spoken in reverent tones at MINI and Prodrive after this weekend. The Italian rally ace, driving his brand-new MINI John Cooper Works rally machine,…
Kimi moves to Nascar
With this headline breaking on 01 April, I wasn’t sure if this news was just another April Fools’ gag or not. Yet, pictures, press releases and videos have emerged since…
Handbrakes & Hairpins – Issue 177
Welcome to issue 177 of HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS, your favourite free source of rally entertainment! To download this week’s issue, please click here: http://handbrakeshairpins.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/hh-177.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Electric rally cars to tackle e-miglia
125 years of the automobile, and where has it gotten us? Almost one billion vehicles worldwide, an enormous economic factor, and high individual mobility. The vehicles however require fossil fuels…
Mikko Hirovnen tells it like it is
Mikko Hirvonen was interviewed by www.wrc.com after the WRC Rally de Portugal. In THIS interview, he made some interesting remarks. This is HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS’ favourite: Question from WRC.COM: What’s…
South African Rally Championship’s Total Tour Natal Rally TV times
Premier Rally Broadcast: • 06 April – SS2: 18h30 – 19:30 • 07 April – SS5: 00h30 – 01:30 • 07 April – SS2: 10h00 – 11h00 • 08 April…