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…
Tim O’Neil “rally instructor to the stars AND the beginner” was interviewed last night by Bill Wood about Team O’Neil Rally School. The interview was broadcast on Wood’s weekly “NASCAR Free” radio show, Tech House & Speed. Check out the complete podcast of the show at: www.bybillwood.com
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New Hampshire based Bill Bacon and Peter Watt managed to stay ahead of the overall Championship points leader Antoine L’Estage at this weekend’s Oregan Trail Rally, earning themselves a second place finish. Both teams were bested by Andrew Comrie-Picard and Jeremy Wimpey who took a decisive overall victory. According to Rally America…
Chris Duplessis will be contesting the 2010 Oregon Trail Rally in a brand-new Scion xD… Read the complete story here: www.rally-america.com/news/665/
Team O’Neil Rally Splashes through Wet Weather Maciek Przybysz Takes the Win (Dalton, New Hampshire) – The forth annual Team O’Neil Regional Rally took place this Saturday May 8th in Dalton, New Hampshire despite ongoing showers. Competitors even faced a torrential downpour complete with thunder storm at one point around…
John Cassidy and Dave Getchell of Last Ditch Racing may not have finished the TON Rally this weekend they way they would have liked to (the team went out with a mechanical issue) but, as evidenced by the following article appearing in the Bangor Daily News, this is a team with no shortage of rally…
The TON Rally results are in: And the winners are: 1st: Maciek Przybysz and Eric Hansen 2nd: Joey Kale and Scott Nickerson 3rd: Viorel Dobasu and Aaron Crescenti
Cassidy and Getchell coming down the straightaway at Chick’s before heading into a 90 degree turn.
Spectators battle the elements as they line up to see the first pass at the Chick’s Sand & Gravel Spectator Area (Red Bull truck pictures in front):
The Team O’Neil Rally is ready to go down tomorrow in Dalton. The forecast is calling for almost certain precipitation – good thing rally is a rain or shine sport! Get out your rain coats and boots and get ready to see some very dirty cars!