We’ve been featuring a number of videos here involving radio-controlled vehicles over the past few days and now we have another one, this time a highly-convincing group of rally cars, including a Subaru Impreza WRX, that takes off-road, radio-controlled mayhem to a new level.
We have to admit that the cars looked authentic enough to pass of as real rally cars; that is until you realize that their body panels shaked and rattled at the slightest movement, which, last time we checked, isn’t realy a particularly good sign for a top-end rally car. That and those enormous-looking dried-up leaves, relative to the size o the cars of course.
Once you get passed the stage of confusion and fully come to realiz that these are radio-controlled rally cars, then that’s when the fun begins. From porfessional tracks, dirt ramps, and all those sand drifts, this video would definitely make you want to grab your keys, head off to the nearest Toys ’R Us, and scoop up one of the bad boys.
After nine seasons in Formula 1, Kimi Raikkonen will now take part in the 2010 World Racing Championship for the Citroën Junior Team. Raikkonen’s departure from Formula 1 was a shock to some due to the contract he had with Ferrari for the 2010 season. Many rumors flew around in regards to where Raikkonen was headed, but none seemed to pan out as McLaren, Mercedes, and Toyota all signed other drivers.
Red Bull Racing team boss, Christian Horner has downplayed rumors that Raikkonen will be riding with them in 2011, but for now he is racing in the WRC. The World Racing Championship consists of 13 three-day events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Here’s how Kimi Raikkonen overcame this special stage and obtained his first points in the 2010 WRC Jordan Rally. Enjoy!
When Travis Pastrana wants to get serious, he’s one of the most exciting and thrilling drivers in the world today. While he enjoys doing his fair share of insane stunts and fancy gimmicks, when it’s time to buckle up, he has no problem getting his hands dirty.
In this video, we catch Travis Pastrana at his competitive best, taking his Rally America Subaru WRX STI to a first-place finish at the 2010 Sno*Drift Rally back in late January. Together with his right-hand man, Christian Edstrom, Pastrana laid waste to the competition amidst freezing temperatures on the outskirts of Montmorencey, Michigan.
Some people might know Pastrana for his death-defying world record attempts, but for those who know his competitive side, this video is him at his best.
Remember that teaser video we had of Tanner Foust performing a drift along the famed strip of Mulholland Drive?
Well, here’s the whole video for you to enjoy.
The whole video was masterfully shot and the edits and cuts to the car’s interior as well as the slow-motion shots of Foust’s Rockstar Scion tC drift car is just plain mind-blowing. Foust manoeuvres his drift car with so much ease you’d actually think he was sipping on some Rockstar inside the car. But in all seriousness, there’s nothing like seeing someone do drift after drift after drift in a pretty intimidating road like Mulholland Drive, especially at that stretch Los Angelinos have come to call ‘The Snake’.
There needs to be some serious driving and drifting skills involved if anybody can even attempt to replicate what Tanner Foust did, which, if you still haven’t seen yet, you should watch right about now.
We love our rally car racing here at TopSpeed, and anytime we get an opportunity to show you what it’s like to be out on the dirt, we don’t waste time doing it.
By now, you’ve probably heard about Ken Block’s less-than-stellar showing at the Rally Mexico, which incidentally is the first-ever World Rally Championship race for Block and navigator Alex Gelsomino. While we’re going to attribute Block’s 18th place finish to a little case of ‘getting their feet wet’ in the art of WRC racing, we’re expecting the dynamic duo to have a better showing at the next race in Jordan on April 1-3.
In any event, we have here a WRC-exclusive of Block and Gelsomino romping off the dirt roads of Mexico during the recently-concluded Rally Mexico. It’s a ten-minute piece so sit back, relax, and enjoy the bumpy ride…err…clip.
