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Rallycross vs. Stage Rally

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Nine time World Rally Champion Sebastian Loeb won his second World Rallycross event Sunday in Belgium. The word rally might be the only thing the two disciplines have in common and Loeb is finding that out. Rallying on closed sections of public roads…

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GRC Out, ARX In…

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I talked about this a year ago and this week it appears to be a reality. The Global Rallycross Championship has canceled its 2018 season. A cloud of uncertainty has fallen over GRC for now. A lengthy, well reported piece in Jalopnik this…

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What’s Class Anyway?!

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Like many things in life the concept of “class” is pretty difficult to define but you know it when you see it. The Red Bull Global Rallycross Series made its first visit to the Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis this weekend. Scott Speed…

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GRC Troubles… Again

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The opening weekend at Global Rallycross Memphis this weekend may have revealed more than the organizers wanted to. Scott Speed and Tanner Foust were one and two on the weekend and dominated in their new Andretti Autosport Volkswagens. But, in effect, there were…

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Electrifying Rallycross

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The Red Bull Global Rallycross series will add competition for all-electric vehicles starting in 2018, two years from now. It’ll be a distinct standalone series separate from the Supercars and GRC Lites currently competing. I love this idea. The GRC is the perfect…

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GRC Crossroads…

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Long time Friend of the Freaks Tanner Foust won the Red Bull Global Rallycross round in Seattle Saturday. He’s taken over the points lead with two rounds left in Los Angeles in about three weeks. For me, a fan, it’s been a troubling…

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Rallycross Crossroads

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The Red Bull Global Rallycross Series could be at a crossroads like some X Games Figure 8 competition. The season opened this weekend in Phoenix. Only eleven Supercars showed up. In fact, there’s only twelve drivers listed on the series website. One of…