“Denying Peterhansel his 12th win”

So close...

You seem dead set on blaming Rally America for things they have no involvement in. Look, I’m not saying RA is anywhere near perfect, if they were we wouldn’t be in the situation we’re in, but the fact of the matter is that all the bits that are specific to individual rallies (roads, spectator access, event length,…

It’s not RA’s job to find better locations, that falls under the duties of the local organizers as well.

Not saying it isn’t, just making the observation that your spectating complaint had nothing to do with RA

I hate to burst your bubble but I wouldn’t expect much change in terms of spectating. It’s not the sanctioning body that sets spectator access but the local organizers, so this wouldn’t change anything. Also, having talked to the OTR organizers I can tell you that the spectator restrictions were actually part of the…

Full disclosure: I’m actually a Meeke fan, and have been since he raced Baja a few years back. But I also try to be realistic in my assessments and the way I see it it’s not your best races that win championships, it’s your worst, and that’s where Meeke’s problem is. Take this season for example. He won two rallies in…

Yeah, I edited my previous post. Fantastic talent, but I still put my money on one of the Hyundai boys

In what class?

Not unless they get Ogier. I don’t see their car being on par until at least 2018, and at the moment their top driver is Hanninen, who I doubt could win a title even in a VW. Hyundai on the other hand has been right there all season and easily the best team after VW

I think you mean Hyundai i20

I’ll get in on this. Ogier is hard to place. Citroen would love to have a native French driver who could go out and win instantly, but Ogier and Meeke are like Hamilton and Rosberg. There will be blood. Ogier said earlier this year how much he wished he’d had the chance to work with Malcolm Wilson, and Wilson thinks…

The Golf never raced in the WRC (they’re using the Polo), and the Polo didn’t start competing in the WRC until the 2013 season, not 2010.

NASCAR has already done V8 Tauruses, Impalas, and Camrys

Oh no doubt it’s cheaper, I was just debating how much the margin was. Because you know we co-drivers are all about accurate numbers

The other manufacturers would give their collective left nuts to get any of VW’s orphans. I’m sure all three of them have had their phones blowing up the past 48 hours.

Wouldn’t make sense financially. Ford would either have to go through the time and expense of subjecting it to all the government regulations and crash tests (which they wouldn’t be able to make up for in sales because it would be such a niche vehicle) or sell it as a non-road legal truck, which also wouldn’t be…

First off, basing calculations off M-Sport is going to get you a number well short of the other teams.They’ve said repeatedly they’re working with less than half the budget of any other team in the series. Hell, if you just take what VW is paying their three drivers per year you’re already up around 10 million Euros.…

50x as much? Just what do you think the WRC and WEC championships were costing?

Probably not straight from Ford, but you should be able to buy a Raptor and have Foutz (or someone like him) cage it. There’s a number of off road fabricators who can configure and customize one to whatever exact specs you desire