Skoda rally car
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Three-time British Rally Champion Mark Higgins almost crashes at 150 mph on Bray Hill in a Subaru WRX STI at the Isle of Man TT.
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Mini Cooper at Monte Carlo Rally (1968)
This is such a fine photograph, so sharp, so still. And watching the Mini racing at Monte Carlo can put a smile on your face, thinking about the rough terrain this little guy had to overcome (which it did very well).
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The Comeback.
It’s probably fair to say that the original Mini Cooper S, which won so many rallies back in the 1960s, elevated the status of rallying to new heights and that lead to the World Rally Championship (WRC) becoming the world’s second most popular motorsport series, behind F1.
Last year BMW Motorsport announced it would return to the WRC with the new Mini. On Monday, the Mini WRC Team was officially presented to the public at the Team Launch, which took place at the Mini Plant in Oxford, England. This season the team will contest six rounds of the WRC.