Photo: blockwoodKen Block sideways at Oregon Trail Rally 2009.Alex Gelsomino sent me this video in the middle of the night. I watched and thought it was rad enough for you. Famous rally driver Armin Schwarz invited rally cars, trophy trucks, and moto-x bikes to Germany to compete at the Baja 300 Powerdays.

Mr. Ken Block is certainly staying busy these days, and the Baja 300 event definitely looks awesome with Petter Solberg, Gigi Galli, and BJ Baldwin all on the scene.

Photo: Courtesy PetterSolberg.comIt's no joke that we like to have fun - and lots of it. So do those Euros - perhaps even more. This weekend, while you're at home watching cartoons some of the gnarliest match-ups in made-for-TV-rallying ever will take place at Telenor Arena in the Solberg Extreme Motor Show.

Check out the event and links here and thanks to Google Translate for making it possible to read.

Now, for the match ups. They have great titles, "old champ vs. new champ;" "asphalt masters," and the best, "the legend against miss rallycross."

Here's Petter showing off a bit. Have a great weekend. Ha det. Jeg eslker deg. Alt bli bra me fiske ye.

While digging for some Safari Rally images from the magical cloud of the internet the other day, I found the most awesome collection of WRC images from the eighties here. You will not be disappointed!

Thanks Google!

Photo: Courtesy M-SportSince I am part of the Ford Fiesta Movement for another couple of weeks - yes, it's been great to have a free car, and yes, free gas is cool, too - I am in the place to notice sweet Fiesta vids here and there. So here is one. I love it when the car slides just the tiniest bit sideways around the turns. I wonder if we'll be seeing Ken Block in one of these or perhaps even young Kyle Sarasin out testing in the Fiesta S2000?

Check it out! Pastrana teams up with Race4Change and even helps them sponsored a car in the historic East African Safari Rally. This is the crazy old-school WRC event that you remember from iconic shots of Audi and Lancia (and Toyotas) dodging elephants and mudpits!

-From Race4Change -

November 9, 2009, New York, New York Nine-time X Games Gold Medalist and Rally legend, Travis Pastrana, is ready to rev up the movement to race to end poverty on this planet. Pastrana, who is already a Rally Racing Champ in America, has entered his endorsement of car #20, Race4Change (www.race4change.org), in the East African Safari Classic - one of the toughest rallies in the world. He joins the efforts of Race4Change in raising awareness, on an international level, about microcredit and is encouraging people to donate money to two of the worlds leading poverty fighting organizations the Microcredit Summit Campaign (www.microcreditsummit.org) and the on-the-ground Kenyan microfinance legend, Jamii Bora, lead by microfinance eco-pioneer Ingrid Munro.

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