Neste Oil Rally Finland 2009 suffers budget cut
This year’s Rally Finland has suffered a 40% budget cut from 2008, due to the recent downturn in the global economy, according to autosport.com.
Rally Finland event promoter, Jarmo Mahonen stated:
The economic recession is biting harder by the day in Finland. An obvious symptom of that is the fact that we have lost over 1,000 pre-booked VIP guests. Consequently, the event’s budget has now been slashed… Continue reading
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Marcus Gronholm to contest Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in modified rallycross Fiesta
The new Ford Fiesta may not be hitting the streets of America officially until next year, but high-performance motorsport examples of the car will make their U.S. racing debut this summer when the Olsberg Motor Sport Evolution team from Sweden, managed by Andreas Eriksson, brings two new Fiesta Rallycross cars to compete in the annual Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on July 19.
“The new Fiesta… Continue reading
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Marcus Gronholm plans to contest Rally Poland 2009 in Prodrive Subaru WRC
Marcus Grönholm hopes to start in Orlen Platinum 66 Rally Poland, despite the fact that the double FIA World Rally Champion (2000, 2002) – a winner of 30 WRC rallies – decided to retire at the end of the 2007 season. His fierce battles with Sébastien Loeb were the pinnacle of the WRC in recent years.
However, a leopard never changes its spots and Grönholm returned, quite unexpectedly, to… Continue reading
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