Rally USA

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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
1973 1 01st Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Gene Henderson United StatesUnited States Ken Pogue AMC jeep
1974 1 02nd Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Gene Henderson United StatesUnited States Ken Pogue AMC jeep
1975 1 03rd Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States John Buffum United StatesUnited States "Vicki" Ford Escort RS 1600 MKI
1976 1 04th Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States John Buffum United StatesUnited States "Vicki" Porsche 911 Carrera RS
1977 1 05th Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Ron Richardson United StatesUnited States Ray stool Plymouth Arrow
1978 1 06th Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States John Buffum United StatesUnited States Doug E. Shepherd Triumph TR7
1979 1 07th Olympus Rally NetherlandsNetherlands Hendrik Blok United StatesUnited States Damon Trimble Plymouth Arrow
1980 1 08. Olympus Pro Rally New ZealandNew Zealand Rod Millen United StatesUnited States David Weiman Mazda RX-7
1981 1 09. Olympus Pro Rally New ZealandNew Zealand Rod Millen United StatesUnited States Bob frizzy hair Mazda RX-7
1982 1 10. Olympus Pro Rally United StatesUnited States John Buffum United StatesUnited States Doug E. Shepherd Audi Quattro
1983 1 11. Olympus Pro Rally New ZealandNew Zealand Rod Millen United StatesUnited States Russ Dale curly hair Mazda RX-7 4WD
1984 1 12th Olympus International Rally New ZealandNew Zealand Rod Millen United StatesUnited States Russ Dale curly hair Mazda RX-7 4WD
1985 1 13th Olympus Rally FinlandFinland Hannu Mikkola SwedenSweden Arne Hertz Audi Sport Quattro E2
1986 14th Olympus Rally FinlandFinland Markku Alén FinlandFinland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4
1987 15th Olympus Rally FinlandFinland Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland Juha Piironen Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988 16th Olympus Rally ItalyItaly Miki biasion ItalyItaly Tiziano Siviero Lancia Delta Integrale
1989-2005 not carried out
2006 1 17th Olympus International Rally United StatesUnited States Wyeth Gubelmann United StatesUnited States Cynthia Krolikowski Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2007 1 18th Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Ramana Lagemann United StatesUnited States Mark Williams Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
2008 1 19th Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Ken Block ItalyItaly Alessandro Gelsomino Subaru Impreza STi N12
2009 1 20th Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Travis Pastrana SwedenSweden Björn Christian Edström Subaru Impreza STi N14
2010 1 21st Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Travis Pastrana SwedenSweden Björn Christian Edström Subaru Impreza STi N14
2011 1 22nd Olympus Rally United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Higgins ItalyItaly Alessandro Gelsomino Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2012 1 23rd Olympus Rally United StatesUnited States Ken Block ItalyItaly Alessandro Gelsomino Ford Fiesta RS Open
2013 not carried out
2014 1 24th Olympus Rally GermanyGermany Hardy Schmidtke CanadaCanada Chris Kremer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
2015 1 25th Olympus Rally United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Higgins ItalyItaly Alessandro Gelsomino Subaru Impreza WRX Sti
2016 1 26th Olympus Rally United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Higgins United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alessandro Gelsomino Subaru Impreza WRX Sti
2017 1 27th Olympus Rally United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Higgins United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alessandro Gelsomino Subaru Impreza WRX Sti
2018 1 28th Olympus Rally SwedenSweden Patrik Sandell SwedenSweden Per Almkvist Subaru Impreza WRX Sti

1 no World Cup status

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.olympusrally.com
  2. ewrc-results.com: Olympus Rally 1986 , September 21, 2014
  3. ewrc-results.com: Olympus Rally 1987 , September 21, 2014
  4. ewrc-results.com: Olympus Rally 1988 , September 21, 2014