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| Winner Matthew Johnson’s Focus. |
For his part, winner Grönholm said he was enjoying this new racing experience. In addition to two World Rally Championship titles (2000, 2002), the legendary Finnish driver also won the 2002 Race of Champions and earned the Nations’ Cup at the contest in 2006. In 2009, he took on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in a similarly prepared Ford Fiesta.
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| Technosqaure’s Watanabe brothers ran a TRD prepped Toyota AE82 Corolla in SCCA pro rally in the mid 80’s. This AE82 kicked ass all weekend long. |
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| We think this Mazda 2 was built for the new unified B segment road racing class. It got us thinking since the MotoIQ office has a few FWD race cars lying around that we are not too interested in anymore…. |
Fans tuned in to watch the action live on Facebook and ESPN3 where coverage streamed all day long. Full race coverage will air April 17 on ESPN2 (check local listings). The series has a multi-year programming relationship with ESPN, with Global RallyCross Championship broadcasts slated to follow NASCAR Nationwide and NHRA shows on ESPN and ESPN2.
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| Randy Zimmer proved you don’t need tons of power to win. |
In addition to the fierce door-to-door competition at Irwindale, drivers were also available for autograph sessions; a vendor midway offered further entertainment for fans.
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| This rally prepped Focus ran but was eliminated early. |
