[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

If the rumour is true, why would they be considering Canada over USA?! Both use the open class rules, so most have change to FIA specs anyway. Not only would placing the rally in USA be a commercial success, but it would also be geographically sound. What I mean is, have it in the middle of North America, between Canada and Mexico so you can attract drivers from all of these countries, plus perhaps some other countries like Barbados (is it Barbados where they have the SX4 WRC now?). North One should really rethink on this...

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

Atkinson back in Australia for Rally Aus this year... Could compete in any one of the three cars.... Let's hope MINI as no one else will have one here competing and better then misread hong Ford vs Frogs

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How is Atko's driving now? As I recall he was quite sideways. If he has smoothed it out he could find himself with a longer term contract with MINI in the future.

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Originally Posted by Mitch555

If the rumour is true, why would they be considering Canada over USA?! Both use the open class rules, so most have change to FIA specs anyway. Not only would placing the rally in USA be a commercial success, but it would also be geographically sound. What I mean is, have it in the middle of North America, between Canada and Mexico so you can attract drivers from all of these countries, plus perhaps some other countries like Barbados (is it Barbados where they have the SX4 WRC now?). North One should really rethink on this...

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I agree. It astounds me that the USA does not have an event. It used to when group B was around. I think if Peugeot can do Group B in the 1980s then Citroen should not winge about not selling cars in the US (as it did about the Japanese event and look what happened there).
I would hope they would have a USA WRC round near the location and time of the X-Games. This would give it added exposure plus offer celebrity drivers like Pastrana, Mirra, Rod Millen even Shaun White (who is a rally fan) an opportunity to compete to further boost ratings.

Think that they have the SX 4 in Jamaica.

lol i heard it was Honduras!! ;)

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Originally Posted by rv65

This is coming from a country that doesn't have any WRC coverage whatsoever.

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Yeah, but have you ever watched a canadian rally on tv? Its actually quite funny, the N4 cars look like theyre in slo mo compared to wrc cars!

What I can think is that there's some plans to go there, because I don't see other ways to understand that...

...I'll try to know something more!

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Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem

lol i heard it was Honduras!! ;)

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It is based in Barbados, but debuted in Jamaica

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suzuki...30923560315287

http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/news...s&NewsID=14344

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Originally Posted by tfp

Yeah, but have you ever watched a canadian rally on tv? Its actually quite funny, the N4 cars look like theyre in slo mo compared to wrc cars!

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This is true, because their championship does not have as much depth as it used to. Though they do have at least 3 top drivers in L'Estage, Richard and Comrie-Picard, and a few young guys on the rise such as "crazy Leo Urlichich". Also they appear slow as the roads are really technical over there, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyIxoCzOG08 this is nuts!

WRC in the USA is a must within the next 5 years, otherwise the moment will be lost. Ken Block might not still be around by then. The entrant list of Block, Patrana, Millen, Mirra, L'Estage, Richard, Higgins, Foust, Pinker, Iorio, Comrie-Picard, Verdier, Bacon and even Kenny Bartram and Brian Deegan would be a ripper!

That stage is realy beautiful, thanks for the link!