X-Games 2010 - Page 2

mountainstar · 9 Jul 2010, 15:25 (Ref:2724089)

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Originally Posted by BertMk2

Foust looks to be getting more involved in rallycross (including getting it off the ground in the USA) so I doubt he's even contemplating the WRC to be honest.

AFAIK he never has really talked about it(WRC).

rich_cooper · 9 Jul 2010, 16:57 (Ref:2724125)

I dont think Foust will go WRC

At the end of the day he is one of the best drifters in the world and is becoming an pritty good rallycross driver. I cant see him giving up drifting and rallycross to go WRC. He is at the top level in them sports!

nickyf1 · 9 Jul 2010, 19:39 (Ref:2724178)

Top level in Rallycross??? Are you sure??

The Eye · 9 Jul 2010, 21:04 (Ref:2724200)

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Originally Posted by nickyf1

Top level in Rallycross??? Are you sure??

If you qualify strait to the A-final at Höljes, yes you are!

rx-guru · 9 Jul 2010, 21:35 (Ref:2724207)

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Originally Posted by nickyf1

Top level in Rallycross??? Are you sure??

8th in his first ever ERC round in Portugal, 6th at Lydden and 3rd in Sweden (but after black flag classified as 6th) is not a bad result at all.

CHAPEAU, MISTER FOUST!

The Eye · 9 Jul 2010, 21:56 (Ref:2724213)

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Originally Posted by mountainstar

Foust is better funded in drifting than he ever was in rally and he goes where the money is.

Interesting comment mountainstar, why do you think Foust do Rallycross? There is NO money there.
The speaker at Höljes asked Foust about the X-games and if there is much audience at the X Games, but Tanner was talking mostly about the over 20 million watching the X Games on television. Do you think he is right? Will RX be big in the US?

nickyf1 · 10 Jul 2010, 00:51 (Ref:2724257)

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Originally Posted by rx-guru

8th in his first ever ERC round in Portugal, 6th at Lydden and 3rd in Sweden (but after black flag classified as 6th) is not a bad result at all.

CHAPEAU, MISTER FOUST!

Ahhhh, I'll take it back!

mountainstar · 10 Jul 2010, 03:43 (Ref:2724285)

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Originally Posted by The Eye

Interesting comment mountainstar, why do you think Foust do Rallycross? There is NO money there.
The speaker at Höljes asked Foust about the X-games and if there is much audience at the X Games, but Tanner was talking mostly about the over 20 million watching the X Games on television. Do you think he is right? Will RX be big in the US?

Rallycross is the big gamble by Rally America to be a profitable organization. It does have the potential to be big at some point.

Previously in the guise of stadium truck racing it was extremely successful with tons of factory backing from Nissan, Toyota, etc. and big name sponsors. It died out for various reasons. But no reason why that type of sport can't be big again in the form of rallycross.

Tanner is about the $$$ and a lot of people know this is a gamble but also a shot at X Games like rally events to be a series around the USA.

tbtstt · 10 Jul 2010, 19:08 (Ref:2724528)

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Originally Posted by rx-guru

8th in his first ever ERC round in Portugal, 6th at Lydden and 3rd in Sweden (but after black flag classified as 6th) is not a bad result at all.

Absolutely - I'm sure he would have finished higher then 6th at Lydden had his car not died on the start grid.

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Originally Posted by mountainstar

Previously in the guise of stadium truck racing it was extremely successful with tons of factory backing from Nissan, Toyota, etc. and big name sponsors. It died out for various reasons. But no reason why that type of sport can't be big again in the form of rallycross.

That was CORR, wasn't it? Damn shame that never survived as I used to enjoy watching the clips on You Tube. The Lucas Oil series has sorted of replaced it, hasn't it?

mountainstar · 10 Jul 2010, 20:35 (Ref:2724548)

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Originally Posted by tbtstt

That was CORR, wasn't it? Damn shame that never survived as I used to enjoy watching the clips on You Tube. The Lucas Oil series has sorted of replaced it, hasn't it?

No it wasn't CORR. It was the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series. It lasted until 1996 but had some hard times after 1988 when Mickey Thompson and his wife were assassinated by thugs hired by a former business partner.

tbtstt · 12 Jul 2010, 08:59 (Ref:2725303)

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Originally Posted by mountainstar

No it wasn't CORR. It was the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series. It lasted until 1996 but had some hard times after 1988 when Mickey Thompson and his wife were assassinated by thugs hired by a former business partner.

Blimey! I've never heard of that series; I'm off to You Tube to try and find out more - ta!

bigted · 17 Jul 2010, 13:56 (Ref:2727996)

ivan "ironman" stewart and all that jazz

tbtstt · 21 Jul 2010, 08:39 (Ref:2729998)

If I read the blurb on the various US rally forums correctly, it looks like the X-Games rallycross will feature a Joker section, with part of said Joker section consisting of a big jump of some sorts.

rich_cooper · 22 Jul 2010, 22:34 (Ref:2730895)

its x-games its got to have a big jump in there at some point

tbtstt · 30 Jul 2010, 08:46 (Ref:2735679)

Well X-Games is this weekend; be interesting to see how Foust gets on with the rallycross - and what Isachsen can do with the Subaru.

Will have to starting trawling the internet for coverage next week!

**FIRE** · 30 Jul 2010, 09:05 (Ref:2735683)

http://isachsenmotorsport.no/the-first-pictures/

Livery looks terrible.

It's a Subaru WRC with extra power?

tbtstt · 30 Jul 2010, 10:59 (Ref:2735729)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

http://isachsenmotorsport.no/the-first-pictures/

Livery looks terrible.

Agreed. Hope it goes better then it looks!

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Originally Posted by FIRE

It's a Subaru WRC with extra power?

Given that its Subaru USA I would think its based on the Rally America Impreza, which is somewhere between the Group N and WRC car (Group A you might say?).

**FIRE** · 31 Jul 2010, 16:06 (Ref:2736481)

More photos at http://isachsenmotorsport.no/multime...m=2&gallery=13

I Rosputnik · 31 Jul 2010, 17:43 (Ref:2736561)

So I guess it's just Fiesta's, Impreza'a and Evo's then?

**FIRE** · 31 Jul 2010, 18:05 (Ref:2736578)

Yep

According Rallycross Online at 12:30 pm local time (21h30 CEST) live on ESPN America.

NaBUru38 · 1 Aug 2010, 00:07 (Ref:2736815)

I'm watching the Rally Car (two-track super stage) quarterfinals and it's a mess. The track is ridiculously tight and about half of the heats are won by disqualification. And most drivers look rather slow in turns, as if they had little experience in driving these cars.

How is the Super Rally track? There seems to be very little width around the place, and it's impossible that the organizers mean to thow cars though those 3m-wide gates to test them on asphalt.

NaBUru38 · 1 Aug 2010, 00:48 (Ref:2736836)

Rally Car was a joke. A driver flipped an old Impreza just by taking a turn, without clipping anything!!! Even the final race ended before the finish line. Any guy from the My tracks section of the forum would have done a better job at drawing a course there. I hope that the Super Rally track is better.

dcdesign · 1 Aug 2010, 02:33 (Ref:2736865)

Seeing as Sverre's Impreza broke down in the first lap of the heats (Seeing the coverage, i guess driveshaft failure or electronics), I think he will conttinue with his Ford... doesn't he has a second Focus for sale, which isn't sold yet? Maybe he can ship it to the USA, to take revenge...

ptclaus98 · 1 Aug 2010, 03:03 (Ref:2736877)

What in the hell?

brightline · 1 Aug 2010, 05:12 (Ref:2736927)

what a cluster *$@%!!! That was an absolute joke. The only good thing was I recorded it on DVR so I could fast forward past all the Justin Timberlake Sony and Shark Week commercials.

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