by Driver | Apr 13, 2021 | Car and Auto News
Specifically, the group that promotes WRC—creatively named WRC Promotor GmbH—just took World Rallycross under its wing about a month ago after the series was without a promoter for some time. This change in management also occurred in conjunction with the closing of the existing venue where the German leg of the WRC rally is held, […]
by Driver | Apr 7, 2021 | Car and Auto News
The first-ever Extreme E race weekend is underway. The ship carrying the whole heckin’ series, cars and all, managed to get through the Suez Canal before chaos broke loose and nine electric SUVs have made it into the ancient desert of Al Ula, Saudi Arabia....
by Driver | Mar 2, 2021 | Car and Auto News
Extreme E is a fun series that’s also deadly serious. On the one hand, you’ve got Chip Ganassi dressing the series car as a reimagined alien GMC Hummer, and on the other, it’s a Lewis Hamilton-endorsed climate change documentary mission that also...
by Driver | Feb 1, 2021 | Car and Auto News
GMC and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Extreme E team have partnered to, err, make their off-road EV look like Hummer’s off-road EV even though it’s not actually a Hummer. The outfit’s Spark-designed Odyssey-21 will take on the silver bodywork and...
by Driver | Jan 14, 2021 | Car and Auto News
1988/1994: The Dunes Wreak Havoc Long distances over the sand dunes of North Africa can often lead to nowhere. In 1988, the 461-mile special stage in Algeria between Djanet and Djado was first renamed “Hell” by the participants who pretty much all got lost...
