H&H’s WRC news and views!
Written by Evan Rothman/Handbrakes & Hairpins. The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a massive news machine. Moving from country to country, continent to continent, it attracts the attention not only…
Weekly FREE rally eMagazine!
Welcome to issue 228 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/2012/04/hh-228.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Hanninen wins IRC’s first Circuit of Ireland Rally
Juho Hänninen made history yesterday when he became the first driver to win the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally to count as a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Skodas dominate Day One of IRC’s Circuit of Ireland Rally
After only five stages of competition, the rally lead is now seemingly a two-horse race between Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia S2000) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda Fabia S2000). In SS3, Mikkelsen…
Action aplenty in first two stages of IRC’s Circuit of Ireland Rally
The third round of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge series has started off strongly, with drivers pushing their rally machines to their limits on the slippery and greasy asphalt roads…
Sporting stars set for Titanic Challenge
It won’t just be the stars of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge that will be racing against the clock on the Titanic Super Special Stage in Belfast on Friday (6 April).
Mikkelsen sets shakedown pace
Andreas Mikkelsen has gone fastest in shakedown for the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally, round three of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Based on unofficial times issued just prior to…
Sad news: Ferdinand Porsche, creator of the 911, has died…
The father of the modern-day sportcar icon, the 911, has died today at the age of 76. Handbrakes & Hairpins offers its condolences to the family and friends of this…
Sasol Rally promises high-speed excitement in the Mpumalanga forests
The normally peaceful Mpumalanga forests around Sabie, Graskop, Hendriksdal and White River are set to be shaken up on April 20 and 21 when the annual Sasol Rally returns to…