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[h=2]Evans grabs early WRC lead in Argentina[/h] Friday, 28 April 2017



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Welshman Elfyn Evans heads the Rally Argentina leaderboard after a string of fastest times in the morning loop of Friday stages before the crews head into the super special. The Fiesta WRC driver already has over 20 seconds in hand to Jari-Matti Latvala, who moved up into second after Kris Meeke launched his C3 off the road and dropped over six minutes. The Northern Irish driver has now been forced to retire, alongside teammate Craig Breen who suffered with a damaged gearbox.


Rally Argentina got underway last night with the opening super special stage in the city of Cordoba, where reigning FIA World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier set the pace. This morning, however, the crews headed south into the Santa Rosa de Calamuchita mountains for the first of two loops of three stages and a short blast around another super special stage. Evans set the pace immediately, capitalizing on his advantageous road position. Despite not feeling entirely comfortable with the balance of the car, he went on to win all three mountain stages.


Kris Meeke was his nearest challenger during the morning but had a big moment in the first stage and then got caught out on the final long stage, the C3 off the road and sustaining too much damage to ultimately continue. Latvala then moved up into second after a good run, despite upsetting the balance of the car when he lost part of the front bumper through a water crossing. While 23.6 seconds down on Evans, the Finn is only 8.6 seconds ahead of third-placed Mads Ostberg, the Norwegian back in the championship as a privateer in a 2017-specification Fiesta WRC.


Fourth is held by Ott Tanak, a mere 1.2 seconds further adrift. The Estonian is struggling to find a good feeling with the car but remains in the fight for third and is battling hard to stay ahead of Ogier. The Frenchman had a disappointing start when he overshot a junction and went into a ditch, dropping a handful of seconds. Thierry Neuville, winner of the last round in Corsica, dropped time with a broken damper, and it’s been a bad morning for his teammates, too; Hayden Paddon rolled in the opening stage, dropping over two minutes and leaving him with suspension problems and no engine cooling fan, while Dani Sordo was forced to change a steering arm. They are ninth and 20th, respectively.


Lorenzo Bertelli is enjoying an upsurge in pace and the Italian is seventh in another private Fiesta WRC, ahead of the first FIA WRC 2 contender, Pontus Tidemand. The Swede won all three mountain stages this morning and is nearly two minutes ahead of Gustavo Saba, the Paraguayan moving up the order when Hubert Ptaszek stopped in the final stage. Juho Hanninen had a difficult morning in the Toyota, the Finn down on power throughout.

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What happened in April?

To kick off April right we had our third round of Rally X. Here are the results from Rally X round 3:

2WD STOCK
1st - Jarik Sozanski - '08 Impreza (00:16.0)

2WD MOD
1st - Nile Nesbitt - E30 BMW 3 (00:17.0)
2nd - Tommy Ransom - '87 MR2 (00:18.0)
3rd - Josh Napoli - Datsun 280Z (00:18.0)

AWD STOCK
1st - John Birkmire - '08 Impreza (00:16.0)
2nd - Graham Partain - '08 Impreza (00:16.0)
3rd - Norm Stovall - '12 WRX (00:19.0)

AWD MOD
1st - Derek Dejarnatt - '16 YXZ1000r (00.16.0)

Along with our Rally X we also had some amazing Track Attack days and an Exotic Car Experience day on April 15th. Thanks to everyone who came out!

We constructed a GRC spec jump and Loenbro Motorsports came by to do some testing. Those GRC supercars are awesome to watch in person. Of course after watching the GRC team hit the jump all day Jimmy wanted to give it a try. You can check that out above.

We attended a few off-site events this month including Festivals of Speed St. Pete, The Celebration Exotic Car Festival, and Cleetus and Cars. It was a pleasure meeting all of you. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

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Send it STI

Published on Apr 19, 2017
In this episode of "Hey Will" Jimmy flies like an eagle and lands like a ton of bricks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftUs...ature=youtu.be

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What's happening in May?

We have our Fourth round of Rally X on the 13th. Bring your car or side by side out whether its fwd, rwd, awd, modded, or stock we have a class for you. Facebook Event. Registration.

As always we have our 2 Open Track day weekends. Our Open Track days are great for anyone with run groups from beginner to advanced and plenty of seat time.

If you want to attend our Drift It, Summer Driving Club, or the Rally Open Enrollment course please register as soon as possible so we can make them a better experience for you! You can read more by clicking on them or going to our store here.

We will also be out at some off-site events including the SCCA showcase at Daytona the 5th-7th. If you plan on attending come stop by our booth, say hello, and pick up some FIRM swag.

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June 3 2017 Drift it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QX...ature=youtu.be

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This is the course layout for the third round of Rally X at The FIRM.
Courses may vary at some Rally X events

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3WarvlRaM

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