If you haven’t already heard, The New England Forest Rally was overwhelmingly chosen for “Rally of the Year” by RallyCar staff and national drivers. According to RallyCar officials the event showed vast improvements over 2009 through expansion of the organizer’s relationship with the Sunday River Ski Resort and…
Giving Mainers from outside the rally community a closer look at the sport, this months issue of Maine Magazine includes a feature story on the 2010 New England Forest Rally. Check out this article and other NEFR coverage in the Press Room.
Alex Bernstein of 0-60 Magazine got his first in-person rally experience at this year’s NEFR – not to mention 0-60’s partnership with 2-wheel drive animal, Chris Duplessis. Check out the full story here.
Irishman, Martin Brady recently wrote about his experience traveling to the states to compete in the New England Forest Rally. This is a great inside look at the competition, but with an interesting twist, Brady ends up co-driving for two different teams. Check out the complete story at Handbreaks &…
ESPN action sports contributor, Jen Horsey, recently took a look back at NEFR 2010 in her rally themed blog, now with the Summer X Games just around the corner, Horsey gives us a glimpse of the hectic and crazy schedule of a rally team going from the North Woods of Maine…
Last week at NEFR during the awards ceremony I caught up with Kristin Przybysz, a fellow Mainer, to find out how she got her start in Rallying. “I discovered Rally online and knew I definitely wanted to be involved, so I volunteered for the summer and winter events. I worked…
The final stage of the Rally at Fish Pond was anything but boring Saturday afternoon, with the stage taking out many of the top competitors. First out of the stage was Travis Pastrana, although he had a strong start, he was soon taken out at mile six of the stage…
Antoine L’Estage and Co-Driver Nathalie Richard have claimed victory in both the New England Forest Rally and the Rally America National Championship by outlasting the likes of Bill Bacon, Travis Pastrana, and Ken Block. Despite facing a turbo failure in the early stages of the rally Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie…
Here’s a look at the forested stages 9 and 10 at Fish Pond Road where well over 1,000 spectators turned out today to witness the action first hand.
Yesterday I caught up with the guys of Team Hazard Rally, the only rally team to be competing in a truck. I asked the team what the advantages and disadvantages were of driving a truck in the forest rally. “Our truck is a foot higher than the cars so we can…
Ken Block caught some trouble at NEFR with this partial roll on stage 4 Friday: http://www.worldrallysport.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5344#post5344
Not only are the drivers a crucial part to a team’s success at the Forest Rally, but the team’s co-drivers are equally as important. Today I talked to Subaru Rally Team USA’s co- driver Christian Edstrom and Last Ditch Racing’s Dave Getchell about what it really takes to be a…
Ford Racing has brought a small fleet of Ford Fiestas to Dalton New Hampshire. The company is partnering with Team O’Neil Rally School to create a Fiesta Rally experience. “Ford Racing Fiesta Rally Experience will provide consumers with the opportunity to experience Fiesta in a true rally environment,” said John…
Did you ever want to be a race car driver? Or maybe a fireman? Well Bill Bacon of Chelmsford, Massachusetts actually did both, and heading into this weekend he’s still in the running for a top finish in the 2010 Rally America Championship. Find out more about how he made…
Rally driver Erika Detota is partnering with the Keep A Breast Foundation™ for the 2010 New England Forest Rally. Erika, a KAB Team Ambassador will be dedicating her race to the foundation to bring awareness to Breast Cancer prevention and to help inspire a new generation of women to protect…
Current leaders of the Rally America series, Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard, both of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, will be amongst the front-runners at this weekend’s New England Forest Rally. At the wheel of their Rockstar Energy Drink Royal Group Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, the duo only needs a few points to go…
John Cassidy and Dave Getchell of Last Ditch Racing talked recently about preparations for NEFR and pushing to stay fast in competitive rally. The complete story is posted here on Rally Buzz. For more recent coverage of NEFR and the teams set to compete this weekend, check out our Press Room.
For the last ten years Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems of Holyoke, MA has been manufacturing and distributing conversion systems that allow diesel engines to run on used cooking oils. But this group doesn’t settle for anything less than top performance from their machines – that’s why they got involved in…
As reported by Saab History dot com, team Rally Ho! from Camden, Maine are making their return to rally at this year’s NEFR. The crew is known for rallying a Saab 99 back in the 90’s, this year they will make their triumphant return running a newly built Saab 900. Read the…
The 34th annual Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR) took place this past weekend in Wellsboro, PA, and local Maineiac Chris Duplessis managed a come-from-behind victory to clinch the 2-Wheel Drive Championship. Chris made an impressive comeback after a flat tire early on the first day put him 30th overall and…