For 2014 the slate is once again wiped clean. Both the Subaru Rally Team USA and Subaru Rallycross Teams have new cars and new challenges ahead. Join us as we once again bring you the inside story on Season 2 of Launch Control. #launchcontroltv In this episode the Subaru Rally Team USA prepares for a battle in the cold Michigan snow at the Sno*Drift rally.
Changing your own oil is both cheap and easy. Ryan shows you how on a 2004 Mazda3 2.0.
Top drivers from around the world practice for the first Gymkhana Grid competition at X Games 2013 in Los Angeles. Featuring Ken Block, Tanner Foust, David Higgins, Liam Doran and others. Filmed during practice.
A preview of the 2013 X Games Gymkhana Grid course with David Higgins of the Subaru Rally Team USA.
Raw stage action from the 2013 New England Forest Rally. Featuring Ken Block, David Higgins, Rifat Sungkar, Antoine L'Estage and many others. Look for the full event feature coming in August!
A couple days ago we brought you Rifat Sungkar’s test day, prior to the New England Forest Rally. Now, watch an entire lap of the course from four different angles simultaneously. That’s right, we’re bringing it to you in Quadvision!
Following a devastating setback, the Subaru Rally Team USA attempts a massive comeback at the Susquehannock Trail Pro Rally. Plus, the Subaru Puma Rallycross Team heads to Germany for more X Games Global Rallycross action.
Indonesian Rally Champion Rifat Sungkar, driver for the Fastron World Rally Team, prepares his Mitsubishi Evolution X for the New England Forest Rally in Maine.
The Global Rallycross season kicks off for the Subaru Puma Rallycross Team, as Bucky Lasek, Dave Mirra, and Sverre Isachsen head overseas for X Games Barcelona. After a test session in the picturesque Monterrat area of Spain, its time to hit the track in anger for the first time this season. However, nobody was expecting the sequence of events that would transpire on race day.
Mitsubishi fields a pair of MiEV Evolution II electric racers to challenge the mountain in the 91st running of the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb competition. Drivers Greg Tracy and Hiroshi Masuoka attempt both a class and overall win versus rally legend Sebastian Loeb, last year's winner Rhys Millen, local favorite Paul Dallenbach and hillclimb pioneer Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima.
Running a pair of MiEV Evolution II Electric race cars, Mitsubishi drivers Hiroshi Masuoka and Greg Tracy are looking for no less than a class win at this year's Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado Springs, Colorado. These aren't anything like the electrics you see on the city streets, these are the ultimate in high-torque high-tech. Both cars are powered by no less than four electric motors putting out 533 effective horsepower. Competition is on Sunday, June 30. Other noted competito...
In this episode, David Higgins and Subaru Rally Team USA are on the west coast for the Oregon Trail Rally, while Bucky Lasek, Dave Mirra, Sverre Isachsen and the Subaru PUMA Rallycross Team are hard at work in Connecticut testing the new cars in preparation for the first overseas event.
David Higgins and Craig Drew of Subaru Rally Team USA may be back-to-back champions, but at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, Ken Block has been king. A win here at round two for Higgins would rock the boat and shake things up for the rest of the series. But, an overnight storm in Missouri has dumped snow on the high-speed stages, placing the whole outcome into question. Can the teams keep it on the road in the treacherous conditions? Can Higgins and Drew get their first career win at this event?
Subaru PUMA Rallycross Team driver, Bucky Lasek, visits Vermont to get sideways with Formula D driver Ryan Tuerck on the snow covered forest roads, and drops in at Vermont SportsCar to check out his new rallycross car and show the team his gratitude. Meanwhile the Subaru Rally Team USA is in Missouri testing for the highspeed Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, where Mother Nature throws competitors a curve ball.
Highlights from our recent trip to Barcelona, Spain, to cover X Games Rallycross (part of the Global Rallycross Championship). Featuring Carlos Sainz, Tanner Foust, Dave Mirra, Bucky Lasek, Sverre Isachsen and Liam Doran.
Episode 2 left off with the Subaru Rally Team USA facing an overnight rebuild after a crash on the first day of Sno*Drift Rally 2013. The mechanics had a long night ahead of them to get the car back in action. Would the car be ready? Could Higgins and Drew hold on to their slim lead? Episode 3 has the answers.
Antoine L'Estage driving the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 before it had its season-ending off in Special Stage 9 at the 2013 Oregon Trail Rally. (Both driver and co-driver were unharmed.) This is nothing but 1.5-minutes of fast passes and the marvelous sounds of a WRC-spec engine. Tasty!
Extra Ken Block + [Hoonigan] Racing footage we had sitting around from the 2013 Oregon Trail Rally. We cut it together with only the sweet sweet sounds of that WRC-spec engine for your listening pleasure. Includes test footage as well as select Day 1-3 stages.
Follow the Indonesian Rally Champion Rifat Sungkar and the Fastron World Rally Team as they compete in the brutal 3-day Oregon Trail Rally. Includes Ken "Hoonigan" Block, Antoine "Van Damme" L'Estage, David Higgins of the Subaru Rally Team USA and others.
In-car video from the Fastron World Rally Team at the 2013 Oregon Trail Rally. Driver Rifat Sungkar (twitter: @rifato), Co-Driver Marshall Clarke. Filmed on Sunday, May 5, 2013 on Special Stage 13 near Dufur, Oregon.
Indonesian Champion Rifat Sungkar tests his Mitsubishi Evolution X in preparation for the 2013 Oregon Trail Rally.
In episode 2 of Launch Control (part 1 of a 2 part episode), Subaru Rally Team USA reunites in Michigan for the 2013 Sno*Drift Rally. This is a new beginning, a chance for a fresh story starting from a blank sheet.
We point our camera at the 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo. As equipped this car has a 201-hp 1.6-liter twin-scroll turbo, a 6-speed automatic transmission, the "Ultimate Pack" (inc. Panoramic Sunroof) and sells for just north of $26,000
MC2 Magazine Technical Features Editor Jeff Zurchmeide drives the 2013 MINI Paceman through cones and mud. More about MINI: http://www.mc2magazine.com
The new series following the Subaru Rally Team USA and the Subaru Puma Rallycross team as they fight for overall victory in 2013.
The 2014 Mazda6 gets highlighted in this stylized walk around. This sedan features Mazdas new Skyactiv 2.5-liter engine good for 184-hp and an EPA combined 30mpg . The Touring-spec model is $30,000 as equipped.
Starting at $31,000 the 2013 Volvo S60 T5 (2.5-liter, inline 5, 250-hp) is a sophisticated choice in all-wheel drive Sport Sedans. In this, our first in the "Car Clips" series, we take you on a visual walk-around and highlight some of the main features of the car.
In this trailer for the upcoming feature "Rally School" you get to meet the three Subaru enthusiasts we put through the wringer over two days of class and competitions.
A lifted crossover versus a pure-racing rally car? Yeah, we did that. Paul Eklund runs circles against a DirtFish Group-N Rally Car to find just how well the new XV Crosstrek can hold up under pressure.
Ryan takes a quick spin in the new 2013 Chevy Malibu LTZ with the 2-liter turbo inline 4. The Malibu is, unfortunately, a car he finds lacking in many ways.
