November 9th, 2009 — WRC
The flitting divided of convene fable Colin McRae is a large blow to a World Rally Championship. The former universe hold up won his championship with Subaru and a group is generally saddened by his departure. This creates a rest of a deteriorate even some-more thespian for a team. They have been now third in a manufacturers’ championship standings at a behind of personality Ford and second place Citroen.
The group is depending upon a 3 drivers to perform great at a superfluous races of a stream WRC season. Recently, a group cumulative a services of Australian motorist Chris Atkinson for a subsequent seasons. The Australian not prolonged ago talked with autoracingdaily.com and voiced his thoughts upon how his group is removing improved and what their chances of receiving a win are.
The Australian motorist pronounced which at a begin of a season, they were awaiting to perform improved than their competitors. “Unfortunately things haven’t left as uniformly as we’d hoped – such is motorsport – yet we’re anticipating to spin it around in a second half of a year,” pronounced Atkinson. “The car’s removing improved all a time, a group is operative intensely hard, and as prolonged as which growth keeps mending afterwards there’s each possibility we’ll be behind upon target. But altogether I’m flattering happy with how I’m pulling and we consider privately I’ve finished utterly a great job.”
The initial half of a deteriorate saw Subaru being dominated by Ford and Citroen in each eventuality and in roughly each stage. The attainment of a brand new automobile for a group yet done it probable for them to put up a great fight. Reliable tools such as a Subaru air blower clutch, expostulate shafts, delivery components, have been necessary in convene racing and a group has since a drivers a improved automobile for a latter partial of a season. “I regularly have tall expectations, maybe aloft than have been infrequently realistic, yet with fourth places in Finland and New Zealand in a latter half of this year, we have been unequivocally pulling harder than ever for a podium,” pronounced Atkinson when asked about his expectations for a residue of a season.
Atkinson’s teammate Petter Solberg is a former hold up and a Aussie was asked how carrying a universe hold up for a teammate feels like. “It’s a great benchmark for me really, that’s a approach we demeanour at it,” pronounced Atkinson. “You’re competing opposite everybody out there, that’s for sure, and we theory a chairman we can many simply review yourself to is a chairman in a same automobile as you. The actuality which he has been a fastest motorist in a universe and won a lot of rallies equates to if I’m we do times nearby his, or violence him, afterwards I’m we do something right,” he added.
Aside from Solberg, Atkinson’s alternative teammate is Spaniard Xavier Pons. All of these 3 drivers have been in assign of pulling a Subaru Impreza WRC over fraudulent roads. Atkinson describes a automobile saying: “The present reply of a convene automobile is incredible. Most people would consider which of a normal Impreza turbo, similar to – ‘wow – a acceleration! ’ But in a convene automobile it’s a utterly opposite world. It’s flattering cool. Then, when we take which and put it upon a slight sand highway it’s insane.”
June 26th, 2009 — News, Press Releases, SOA, Subaru, Subaru Cars, Subaru Of America, biggest subaru meet, giant subaru meet, guinness, guinness book of world records, guinness book of world records subaru, guinness record subaru, guinness subaru record, largest car parade, largest parade of subaru cars, largest subaru event, largest subaru gathering, largest subaru meet, largest subaru parade, subaru event, subaru meet, wicked big meet
It looks like Subaru has teamed up with Guinness World Records to try and set the record for the “largest parade of Subaru cars”.
The recent announcement comes in the form of a press release from Subaru of America. The event is planned to take place on July 11th at 9 am in Itasca, Illinois.
However if you ask me, I don’t think they’ll have much on Wicked Big Meet. Sure, it may be an official Subaru meet, sponsored by SOA themselves, but who drives a Subaru in Illinois? (I honestly don’t know) Why not come to the New England area, where the most Subaru’s are sold? (I believe Vermont is the current leading state)
In addition, I predict they won’t be able to beat the famous Colin McRae ceremony either, which was held with an estimated of 1,100 Subarus. Although McRae’s ceremony and Wicked Big Meet weren’t official, they’re still considered awesome bragging rights.
Subaru of America, Inc.’s Great Lakes Region, in Partnership with the Village of Itasca, Attempts to Set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) Record
- Plans ‘Largest Parade of Subaru Cars’ in the World –
ITASCA, Ill., June 19 /PRNewswire/ — Subaru of America, Inc.’s Great Lakes Region, in partnership with the Village of Itasca, announced today that it will attempt to set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) record for the “Largest Parade of Subaru Cars.” The attempt will take place on July 11, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. The parade will start at 500 Park Boulevard in Itasca, Illinois.
Starting June 22 through July 8, interested participants can register their Subaru in the parade by visiting www.subaru.com/parade.
In celebration of this exciting event, Subaru’s Great Lakes Region will make a donation of $15 per participating Subaru vehicle up to a total donation amount of $7,000. This donation will be shared equally between PAWS Chicago and Salute, Inc. For more information on these organizations please visit their respective websites at www.pawschicago.org/ and www.saluteinc.org/.
An official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) adjudicator will be on site to observe and confirm this record attempt.
In addition to going for the record and helping raise funds for two great organizations, parade participants:
– Will receive a special gift bag (one per car).
– Are invited to attend Itasca Fest following the GUINNESS WORLD
RECORDS(TM) attempt. This fest is great for the entire family and
features: live entertainment, carnival rides, food, bingo, kids’
entertainment, a three-on-three basketball tournament, and NASA’s
“Journey to Tomorrow” exhibit. For more information visit
www.itasca.com.
– Are eligible for a special event room rate of $89 per night* at The
Westin Chicago Northwest hotel. For your convenience, this four-star,
four-diamond hotel is located within walking distance from the start
of the parade. To make a reservation, simply visit
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarG…9812&key=A9AB8.
The event rate is good for parade participants only and based on
availability.
* Rate does not include tax.
June 17th, 2009 — 2010 Subaru Legacy, Colin Mcrae, Motorsports, News, Subaru Tecnica International, colin mcrae subaru legacy rs, sti 20th birthday, sti birthday, sti gallery, sti gallery japan, sti museum, sti museum japan, subaru birthday, subaru gallery, subaru museum, subaru museum japan, subaru tecnica international museum, wrc new zealand rally
Wow, I’ve heard of birthday parties and presents, but an entire museum?
Yup, that’s right. Subaru Tecnica International – most well known as “STi”, is celebrating their 20th birthday this year. And what better way to celebrate than creating an STi museum? Fuji Heavy Industries has created this museum, dubbed the “STi Gallery”, which is open every day from 9:30am to 7pm. (except for select holidays)
Visitors of the museum can stop by and view STi in all of it’s glory. The STi Gallery features 3 different zones, each containing different pieces of STi heritage.
- Car Exhibition Zone – This area of the museum features Subaru’s that have been used both past and present in different racing events. It also features past and present production model STi’s.
- STi Concept Zone – This area features a showcase of STi racing parts and other various concept ideas.
- STi History Zone – The 3rd and final area of the museum features a timeline of STi’s involvement in motorsports and various production cars.
The museum is currently celebrating the release of the new 2010 Subaru Legacy. To aid in this, they’ve put Colin McRae’s Legacy RS on display; a car in which he drove to win the WRC New Zealand Rally in 1993.