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Joni Wiman: “I’m On The Best Team With The Best People”
March 9, 2014In 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 [...]More -
Ben Hunt: “GRC Lites Would Be A Dream Come True”
March 6, 2014New 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 [...]More -
Speed Reports Progress from Volkswagen Test in Portugal
March 4, 2014Last 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 [...]More -
Yokohama Tire Corporation Named Exclusive Tire Supplier for Red Bull Global Rallycross
March 3, 2014FULLERTON, CA (March 3, 2014) – Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) is expanding its 2014 motorsports program to new arenas. The tire maker announced today it has signed an agreement to be the exclusive tire supplier of the Red Bull Global Rallycross (GRC) series. Red Bull GRC combines the best elements of circuit racing, off-road racing, [...]More -
Alejandro Fernandez: “GRC Lites Really Shows What A Driver Can Do”
March 1, 2014Colombia’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 [...]More -
Alejandro Fernandez To Join GRC Lites in 2014
February 27, 2014After two successful years in karting, Colombian native Alejandro Fernandez will take the next step in his racing career in 2014. He will move up to the GRC Lites class of Red Bull Global Rallycross, driving the #126 GRC Lites car for Olsbergs MSE. “I’m extremely excited to compete in the Lites series because of [...]More -
Austin Dyne Completes Ice Testing Program In Sweden
February 26, 2014In 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 [...]More -
Patrik Sandell: “I Want To Build My Career With OMSE”
February 24, 2014During 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 [...]More -
Lewis Hamilton Joins Top Gear Festival Lineup
February 22, 2014Top Gear Festival announced yesterday that 2008 Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, is set to join the star-studded line-up of world famous presenters and motor sport legends at the inaugural Top Gear Festival in Barbados from May 17-18. As part of an action-packed weekend of motoring spectacles, the British Grand Prix ace will take [...]More -
Bucky Lasek: “I Know I’m On The Right Team”
February 20, 2014For 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 [...]More