Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[seb_sh]

https://worldrally.se/subaru-comebac...-solberg-2023/

Assuming Subaru present New WRC team in rally Japan, with a car they have developed together with toyota?

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Sure Subaru comeback with Tanak and Solberg and blackjack and hookers.

[Allez Andruet]

Fun fact from Estonian media.

IF Tänak should go to Toyota, then it will be the first time since 1985 for 627 rallies completed in WRC total to have 3 World champions competing together in the same team

In 1985 it was Walter Röhrl, Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist all in Audis

And in 1985 it only happened once that they were all competing in the same rally (Sweden).

[lmmjvss]

Question for you european fellas:
Ive been noticing that in america, people "have fun" and "compete" in side by side / lightweight vehicules A LOT. Its like a mix of enduro & rally. I understand that americans are used to POST everything on YouTube and social media, theres A LOT OF redbull and monster sponsoring and broadcasting these events, theres the american enterteinment mindset behind the "having fun while competing"...
(The moto scene is also big in this american scenario, with motocross, enduro, pitbikes, flat track...)
But I couldnt stop thinking about "WHAT DO EUROPEANS DO in this sense? Like, what people race "for fun" in europe?

[focus206]

Question for you european fellas:
Ive been noticing that in america, people "have fun" and "compete" in side by side / lightweight vehicules A LOT. Its like a mix of enduro & rally. I understand that americans are used to POST everything on YouTube and social media, theres A LOT OF redbull and monster sponsoring and broadcasting these events, theres the american enterteinment mindset behind the "having fun while competing"...
(The moto scene is also big in this american scenario, with motocross, enduro, pitbikes, flat track...)
But I couldnt stop thinking about "WHAT DO EUROPEANS DO in this sense? Like, what people race "for fun" in europe?

Rallies. You can find plenty of amateur drivers in entry lists with relatively cheap old Saxo, Clio and Peugeot, in for example France and Italy, as well as old Volvo in Northern Europe. There's a huge amount of short national and regional rallies, as well as rallysprints.
Hillclimbs also. Very big entry lists at times, and nobody can stop you from running an old Peugeot 106.
As for lightweight veichles, you can find more and more of them in rally raids and bajas, in or around Europe.

[AnttiL]

Folk race?

https://youtu.be/cHFeQiZnlHU

[becher]

Also Autocross and Slaloms for which you don't even need a license or a car with a cage.

[WRCStan]

Or Autograss, off-circuit racing.

[seb_sh]

Nice article https://dirtfish.com/rally/how-a-jee...amous-4wd-ban/

[Eli]

https://youtu.be/89g29GkyezY
Seeing this makes me miss Citroën a little bit more, yes I know ever since Loeb left them (full time) at the end of 2012, they never returned to past glories but this makes me feel a little bit sad they’re not there ( or Peugeot for that matter), hope one of them will be back but realistically, there’s more of a chance of a manufacturer withdrawing than the other way round.

[seb_sh]

Adamo putting in a good word about the car in case Stellantis is looking to join and need a TP? :P