Rally USA
The Rally USA has so far been held five times as part of the World Rally Championship. Two events took place as part of the Press-on-Regardless-Rally in the greater Detroit area and three events took place at the Olympus Rally in Washington State .
Press-on-Regardless-Rally
The Press-on-Regardless Rally was in the years 1973 and 1974 as a round of the FIA - World Rally Championship counted. In earlier and later years the rally was part of the national championship. Since 1994 the rally has been continued as the Lake Superior Pro Rally.
Olympus Rally
The Olympus Rally was in the years 1986 , 1987 and 1988 as a round of the FIA - World Rally Championship counted. In earlier and later years the rally was part of the national championship.
venue
The rally world championship races were each driven in the northwest in the USA around the city of Tacoma .
history
1985/1986
After the 1985 rally had the status of the "World Championship Prototype", won by Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz in a Group B Audi Quattro S1, the 1986 rally was classified as a World Rally Championship run for the first time. Markku Alén and Ilkka Kivimäki won the 1986 Rally USA in a Lancia Delta S4 .
1987
Top teams like Nissan, Toyota, Lancia, Mazda and Suzuki contested the Rally USA. Lancia was also victorious in 1987 and took the first three places with Juha Kankkunen , Miki Biasion and Markku Alén .
1988
Miki Biasion won the fourth and final World Rally Championship round in the USA in 1988. His team-mate Alessandro Fiorio took second place. John Buffum finished third with an Audi Coupé Quattro.
Overall winner
year | rally | driver | Co-driver | automobile |
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1973 1 | 1st Olympus Rally | Gene Henderson | Ken Pogue | AMC jeep |
1974 1 | 2nd Olympus Rally | Gene Henderson | Ken Pogue | AMC jeep |
1975 1 | 3rd Olympus Rally | John Buffum | "Vicki" | Ford Escort RS 1600 MKI |
1976 1 | 4th Olympus Rally | John Buffum | "Vicki" | Porsche 911 Carrera RS |
1977 1 | 5th Olympus Rally | Ron Richardson | Ray stool | Plymouth Arrow |
1978 1 | 6th Olympus Rally | John Buffum | Doug E. Shepherd | Triumph TR7 |
1979 1 | 7th Olympus Rally | Hendrik Blok | Damon Trimble | Plymouth Arrow |
1980 1 | 8. Olympus Pro Rally | Rod Millen | David Weiman | Mazda RX-7 |
1981 1 | 9. Olympus Pro Rally | Rod Millen | Bob frizzy hair | Mazda RX-7 |
1982 1 | 10. Olympus Pro Rally | John Buffum | Doug E. Shepherd | Audi Quattro |
1983 1 | 11. Olympus Pro Rally | Rod Millen | Russ Dale curly hair | Mazda RX-7 4WD |
1984 1 | 12th Olympus International Rally | Rod Millen | Russ Dale curly hair | Mazda RX-7 4WD |
1985 1 | 13th Olympus Rally | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Audi Sport Quattro E2 |
1986 | 14th Olympus Rally | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Lancia Delta S4 |
1987 | 15th Olympus Rally | Juha Kankkunen | Juha Piironen | Lancia Delta HF 4WD |
1988 | 16th Olympus Rally | Miki biasion | Tiziano Siviero | Lancia Delta Integrale |
1989-2005 | not carried out | |||
2006 1 | 17th Olympus International Rally | Wyeth Gubelmann | Cynthia Krolikowski | Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
2007 1 | 18th Olympus Rally | Ramana Lagemann | Mark Williams | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
2008 1 | 19th Olympus Rally | Ken Block | Alessandro Gelsomino | Subaru Impreza STi N12 |
2009 1 | 20th Olympus Rally | Travis Pastrana | Björn Christian Edström | Subaru Impreza STi N14 |
2010 1 | 21st Olympus Rally | Travis Pastrana | Björn Christian Edström | Subaru Impreza STi N14 |
2011 1 | 22nd Olympus Rally | David Higgins | Alessandro Gelsomino | Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
2012 1 | 23rd Olympus Rally | Ken Block | Alessandro Gelsomino | Ford Fiesta RS Open |
2013 | not carried out | |||
2014 1 | 24th Olympus Rally | Hardy Schmidtke | Chris Kremer | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
2015 1 | 25th Olympus Rally | David Higgins | Alessandro Gelsomino | Subaru Impreza WRX Sti |
2016 1 | 26th Olympus Rally | David Higgins | Alessandro Gelsomino | Subaru Impreza WRX Sti |
2017 1 | 27th Olympus Rally | David Higgins | Alessandro Gelsomino | Subaru Impreza WRX Sti |
2018 1 | 28th Olympus Rally | Patrik Sandell | Per Almkvist | Subaru Impreza WRX Sti |
1 no World Cup status
Web links
- Official website
- Results of the Press-on-Regardless-Rally on eWRC-results.com
- Olympus Rally results on eWRC-results.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ olympusrally.com: History ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , September 21, 2014
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Olympus Rally 1986 , September 21, 2014
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Olympus Rally 1987 , September 21, 2014
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Olympus Rally 1988 , September 21, 2014