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In 2013, Finland’s Joni Wiman did something unthinkable in not only GRC Lites, but all of motorsports—he won every single race on the series schedule. The protege of two-time World Rally champion Marcus Gronholm, himself a five-time winner in Red Bull Global Rallycross, Wiman’s six victories are actually the most of any driver in any [...]

New Zealand Rally Championship veteran Ben Hunt is no stranger to the podium behind the wheel of a race car. After making the switch to the top level of the NZRC, Hunt won the series’ Daybreaker Rally in June on the way to a fourth place points finish last year. While Hunt’s experience is primarily [...]

Last weekend, Andretti Autosport drivers Scott Speed and Tanner Foust traveled to Portugal to test the Volkswagen Polo that they will use in the 2014 Red Bull Global Rallycross season opener at Top Gear Festival Barbados. After multiple days of testing at Eurocircuito de Lousada, Speed, who won two GRC races in 2013 on the [...]

Colombia’s Alejandro Fernandez comes to GRC Lites in 2014 after a short yet successful karting career. A protege of Buddy Rice, an Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Daytona winner who also made his rallycross debut at X Games Brazil in 2013, Fernandez has raced in some of the most prestigious karting events in the [...]

In preparation for the 2014 Red Bull Global Rallycross season, GRC Lites driver Austin Dyne traveled to Sweden this week to participate in a series of offseason test sessions. Dyne spent multiple days testing a GRC Lites car on the ice at Kall Auto Lodge, located about 90 minutes northwest of Ostersund. “I had so [...]

During the 2013 Red Bull Global Rallycross season, his first as a rallycross driver, Sweden’s Patrik Sandell experienced plenty of successes as he made the transition from a successful stage rally career. In his series debut, he earned an X Games medal in Brazil on his birthday, and he followed that up with a runner-up [...]

For Bucky Lasek, the transition from skateboarding legend to professional racing driver has been a highly involved process. In two years as a Red Bull Global Rallycross driver, Lasek has made an incredible commitment to developing his skills as part of the Subaru Rallycross Team—from go-karts to open-wheel cars, he’s taken every possible opportunity to [...]

Norway’s Sverre Isachsen came into Red Bull Global Rallycross in 2012 after winning three consecutive European championships, joining the Subaru Rallycross Team on a multi-year contract. He quickly established himself as the team’s most successful driver, earning a podium in Las Vegas that year and two more in Los Angeles and Atlanta in 2013. This [...]

When Ken Block took the checkered flag in the 2013 Red Bull Global Rallycross season finale on the Las Vegas Strip, it was both an affirmation of his talent and vindication against his critics. Block’s speed was apparent all season—he posted 11 heat wins in 13 attempts—but more than once, bad luck in the final [...]

Ken Block has released the livery and race schedule of his #43 Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta ST for the 2014 season. For the third consecutive year, Block will contest the full Red Bull Global Rallycross season, making it his primary championship focus. “I’m stoked with how the new liveries for my Ford Fiestas have [...]