It’s official, well sort of, Gymkhana is now a motorsport. Ken Block will be holding the “Gymkhana Grid and the Ken Block Invitational” December 3 & 4 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. The event will be the first-ever stadium style Gymkhana competition and will give competitors, both pro and grassroots, the opportunity to put their drift and grip skills on display for fans. The event will pit racers against Ken Block on an all new Gymkhana style course. See the full information and sign up here.
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A new merchandise design is available on the Team GotCone Merchandise store. The new design entitled “Game Over” depicts an autocross cone knocked over in a Mario-like world and a Game Over message. Order your “Game Over” apparel today.
Discovery HD Theatre continues its coverage of the WRC this weekend. The Vodafone Rally de Portugal will air this Sat. from 8AM-10AM (Central) with the preview and coverage of Days 1-3 and an hour long event recap on Sunday evening at 9PM (Central).
Sebastien Ogier drives his Citroen C4 to victory at WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal
GotCone spent the last 2 weekends in Blytheville, AR for the National Tour (Southern States Championship) ProSolo. Both events had some very fast and exciting courses. The National Tour had over 300 competitors which helped provide some great action as drivers vied for the Southern States Championship in their class. The National Tour States’ Championship series is part of the Triad award (States Championship, Divisional Championship and National Championship).
Jeff Jacobs won the Super Challenge in his HS Mini at the Blytheville ProSolo
It looks like Discovery HD Theater decided to broadcast Rally New Zealand coverage after all. It was rumored that they were going to skip the coverage for this event and even inquiries to Discovery had resulted in confirmation of this fact. Luckily I had my DVR set to record the WRC coverage as Rally New Zealand was broadcast last weekend, so if you missed it this weekend, watch for replays over the next week or so on Discovery HD Theatre.
Rally Portugal opened with a Super Special Stage last week held in a local arena. One of the more interesting battles featured Ken Block in Monster World Rally Team Ford Focus RS vs. former Formula 1 Champion Kimi Raikkonen in his Redbull Citroen C4. The 2 World Rally Championship rookie drivers battled out 2 trips around the course and ended in a tie!
According to Kenny Habul Greenwich, CT, this is a great start for Block in WRC Rally Portugal, unfortunately the rest of the event didn’t go so well for him.
Ken Block and Kimi Raikkonen race around a Super Special Stage at WRC Rally Portugal. Watch the video.
If you’ve played Dirt 2, you know what SuperRally is, although it is not called SuperRally in the game. SuperRally, also referred to as Rallycross in Europe, is very much like motocross, except with cars instead of motorcycles. It differentiates itself from the other X Games rally event by having multiple cars on the same course at the same time, which could lead to some crazy action.
If you are looking to purchase a motorcycle, you may want to consider motorcycles for sale from a private dealer. When you look at motorcycles for sale from a private dealer, you will find that the selection is much larger than if you look at motorcycles for sale from a dealer that has many motorcycles for sale. This is because a private dealer can buy their inventory at wholesale prices, which means that they can sell a wider variety of bikes, at lower prices. You will also find that these types of dealers specialize in certain styles of motorcycles and most likely will have a much smaller fleet than would be found in a dealership that has a large inventory of motorcycles for sale. Private sellers can offer price cuts as much as 50% on motorcycles for sale from their own inventory to help you save money.
Travis Pastrana competes in his Subaru STi at the 2009 X Games
Usually I wait to do a wrap up for the WRC event just before the coverage is shown on Discovery HD Theater, but it looks like the U.S. will not be getting any coverage of Rally New Zealand on television. Coverage for Rally New Zealand does not appear on this month’s Discovery HD Theater schedule and an inquiry for an air date resulted in a reply stating that Rally de Portugal would air in the middle of June. So it looks like Discovery HD Theater will not be airing Rally New Zealand at all. So, I might as well write my wrap up now..
Jari-Matti Latvala edged out Sebastien Ogier for victory at WRC Rally New Zealand
Sunday was the 2nd event of the year for the Project: BMW 135i STU car. It was the 2nd points event for the Nebraska SCCA region held on the Nationals site at Lincoln Air Park. It was a very moist day, with mist for most of the day causing very wet track conditions. Running in a class dominated by AWD vehicles, rain is not an ally for the BMW 135i.
The Project: BMW 135i STU car at the NRSCCA May Autocross at Lincoln Air Park
It was a good weekend if you were driving a Mitsubishi EVO at the Rally America Oregon Trail Rally held in The Dalles, OR and not such a great weekend if you weren’t. Three EVOs swept the podium with ACP (Andrew Comrie-Picard) taking 1st place in his NOS Energy Drink EVO, followed by William Bacon in 2nd and Rally America points leader Antoine L’Estage in 3rd.
ACP took the win at this year's Oregon Trail Rally
