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SPIN, The Rally Pod

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DirtFish's team of rallying experts discuss the current happenings in the world of rallying and provide their insights and thoughts.

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Episodes

Oliver Solberg finally gets another Rally1 chance!

Three years after he was dropped by Hyundai, Toyota has handed Oliver Solberg his dream shot in a Rally1 car for Rally Estonia. Hear from Oliver himself before David Evans and Colin Clark join Luke Barry to dissect the news - plus Sebastien Ogier's entry to Rally Finland See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jul 03, 202555 minEp. 310

Acropolis Rally Greece 2025 review

Is it time for Hyundai to prioritize Ott Tänak after an imperious Acropolis Rally Greece win? Colin Clark and Eliot Barnard debate the 2019 world championship's title chances, whether Sébastien Ogier completing the season would add value to the WRC and Kalle Rovanperä's continuing struggles. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jul 01, 202549 minEp. 309

Acropolis Rally Greece 2025 preview

Colin Clark and David Evans sit down to look ahead at this week's trip to Greece See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 25, 202558 minEp. 308

Kris Meeke & Dani Sordo discuss it ALL!

In this unique episode of SPIN, The Rally Pod Kris Meeke and Dani Sordo join Colin Clark for half an hour of stories, truths and craic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 18, 202536 minEp. 307

Rally Italy Sardinia 2025: What is it that motivates Ogier?

Colin Clark and David Evans sit down to review a Rally Italy Sardinia where Sebastien Ogier broke yet another record, and moved himself up to second in the world championship despite missing two events so far See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 11, 202539 minEp. 306

Rally Italy Sardinia 2025: When will Neuville's season ignite?

Join Colin Clark and David Evans as they preview round six of this year's World Rally Championship - Rally Italy Sardinia See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jun 04, 202550 minEp. 305

How a vision became a global phenomenon: The DirtFish WiM Summit story

What started out as an idea has become a worldwide movement that refuses to die down. DirtFish Women in Motorsport coordinator Josie Rimmer chats with senior instructor Michelle Miller about the Summit's growth, and what's next See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

May 28, 20251 hr 2 minEp. 304

Rally Portugal 2025: How guile overcame pure pace

Few could deny that Ott Tänak was the fastest driver on Rally Portugal 2025 and would most likely have won by a handsome margin had he not been hampered by power-steering failure on Saturday afternoon. Instead, it was the old master Sébastien Ogier who was there to bring his Toyota GR Yaris home without any dramas while still outpacing all of his team-mates. David Evans and Luke Barry dissect all the action and consider why three of this year’s WRC title favorites – Thierry Neuville, Kalle Rovan...

May 21, 20251 hr 8 minEp. 303

Rally Portugal 2025: Can Hyundai hit back?

David Evans joins Luke Barry to look ahead to this weekend's fifth round of the WRC - Rally Portugal See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

May 14, 202546 minEp. 302

Becs Williams: Career highlights & journey

DirtFish is delighted to be welcoming Becs Williams back to this month's Women in Motorsport Summit - this time as the event host! She joins David Evans to discuss that, and her incredible broadcasting career that's spanned over 20 years See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

May 07, 202556 minEp. 301

Is Rovanperä back? And is Hyundai doomed?

Kalle Rovanperä utterly dominated the field at Rally Islas Canarias, while the Hyundais flopped. What does that mean in the race for both World Rally Championship titles? David Evans and Alasdair Lindsay join Luke Barry to debate See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Apr 30, 202549 minEp. 300

Rally Islas Canarias 2025: The rally with no favorite?

A step into the unknown for most of the WRC's major players, what can we expect from Rally Islas Canarias? Luke Barry and David Evans sit down to talk through the challenge and contenders that lie in store See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Apr 22, 202530 minEp. 299

Has Subaru's new car signalled need for change?

Brenten Kelly hosts Nate Tennis and David Evans as we debrief the happenings of our home rally - Olympus 2025 - before we are joined by DirtFish WiM Driver Aoife Raftery who recaps her wicked weekend See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Apr 16, 20251 hr 1 minEp. 298

Olympus Rally 2025: Pastrana's new car and an epic entry

In what turns into a humorous lesson in history, geography, math, physics and even meteorology, Eliot Barnard chairs the conversation as David Evans and Brenten Kelly look ahead to this weekend's Olympus Rally See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Apr 09, 202546 minEp. 297

The top 10 best starts to a WRC season

To determine just how strong Elfyn Evans' start to 2025 has been, we've calculated the total percentage of points the leading driver has accumulated after the first three rounds of each WRC season, creating a Top 10 list. David Evans and Alasdair Lindsay discuss with Luke Barry See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Apr 02, 20251 hr 3 minEp. 296

Safari Rally Kenya 2025: Pinpointing Evans' strengths

Elfyn Evans has won two WRC rounds in a row for the first time in his career and leads the championship by 36 points. What's really behind this form? Colin Clark, George Donaldson and Brenten Kelly discuss – plus analyze Rovanperä and Katsuta's woes, and applaud the M-Sport drivers' efforts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Mar 26, 20251 hr 17 minEp. 295

DirtFish's new Irish talent heads for America

Aoife Raftery cut her rallying teeth in the European Rally Championship's junior category. Now her horizons are expanding, heading to America as part of DirtFish's Women in Motorsport Driver program. Josie Rimmer hosts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mar 24, 202527 minEp. 294

Safari Rally Kenya 2025: Preview + predictions

Colin Clark and George Donaldson join Eliot Barnard to talk all things Safari 2025 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mar 19, 202557 minEp. 293

Lance Smith: Subaru leader turned rally promoter

Masterminding Subaru's rally efforts in America via his Vermont SportsCar firm for years, Lance Smith talks to David Evans in his new RallyForward capacity about how he plans to grow rallying in the US. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mar 12, 202535 minEp. 292

Tom Fowler: Insight into Toyota's WRC operation

SPIN, The Rally Pod comes to you from Jyväskylä this week as Toyota technical director Tom Fowler joins David Evans for a deep-dive into Toyota's present, its past, the true impact of Japan 2024 and memories from Tom's WRC career See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mar 05, 20251 hr 34 minEp. 291

Ask Us Anything! Colin & George tackle your questions

Colin Clark and George Donaldson tackle a broad range of questions from you in our first listeners' Q&A of 2025 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Feb 26, 20251 hr 13 minEp. 290

Rally Sweden 2025: The best we've seen of Evans?

If Elfyn Evans dropped his score from the Monte Carlo Rally, he'd still be leading the World Rally Championship. That's how good his start to 2025 has been - so is this the best we've ever seen of Evans? Was Sweden Katsuta's best drive, and what does Hyundai need to do to catch up? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Feb 19, 20251 hr 7 minEp. 289

Rally Sweden 2025: Preview + predictions

Colin Clark, Alasdair Lindsay and Luke Barry are together in Umeå to preview this week's Rally Sweden. Who are the favorites, and who perhaps has something to prove? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Feb 12, 202557 minEp. 288

Mads Østberg remembers his breakthrough WRC drive (Rally Sweden 2011)

Mads Østberg joins Luke Barry on SPIN, The Rally Pod to look back on Rally Sweden 2011 - his breakthrough drive in the WRC. He recalls the details of the weekend, why his performance surprised him, and analyzes whether it was one that got away See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Feb 05, 202533 minEp. 287

Colin Clark's Dakar and Saudi Arabia experience

In a bonus episode, Colin Clark talks to David Evans about his experience at this year's Dakar and how life has evolved in Saudi Arabia See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Feb 01, 202540 minEp. 286

Review: Monte Carlo Rally 2025

Andrea Adamo joins the podcast to dissect all the major talking points from the opening round of the 2025 World Rally Championship - and makes a bet with David Evans for who will be this year's world champion. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jan 29, 202559 minEp. 285

Monte Carlo Rally 2025: Preview + predictions

David Evans, Colin Clark and Luke Barry preview the opening round of the 2025 WRC season in Monte Carlo, discussing the favorites for this weekend and the season ahead See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jan 22, 202554 minEp. 284

The worst title defenses in WRC history

In this week's episode of SPIN, The Rally Pod, Luke Barry and Alasdair Lindsay get together to discuss and examine the worst title defenses in the WRC history. And in doing so, they stumble upon a common theory when answering what actually contributed to these so-called 'worst' campaigns as world champions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jan 15, 20251 hr 7 minEp. 283

Is the Dakar Loeb's one weakness?

Crashing was never something associated with Sebastien Loeb during his WRC pomp, but in nine Dakar starts he's rolled in four of them. Is this the event that'll always allude him? David Evans and Luke Barry discuss, as well as pondering how WRC can garner the same manufacturer interest W2RC has managed See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jan 08, 202534 minEp. 282

Our predictions for the 2025 season

As a new year dawns, David Evans and Alasdair Lindsay look ahead to what's in store, with a particular focus on the Dakar Rally which begins later this week See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jan 01, 202557 minEp. 281
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