Chevy Sonic Beats WRX's on the Power Stage of HDTPR

"Kristopher Marciniak" (webkris) 05/10/2016 at 11:47 • Filed to: rally, chevy, sonic, rallycar, 2wd, nasa

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Yep, that’s still a turbo 1.4l. AND yep - Someone just drove the crap out of it! Last weekend at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in Ridgecrest, CA - Ray Piloto & Brock Palmer cleaned house by showing that 2WD’s, 1.4l turbos, and more importantly, a properly equipped and driven Rally Sonic is anything but slow.

The team crushed 2WD and went on to crush the 4 Subaru Impreza WRX’s that just couldn’t seem to set a better time down the 10 mile last stage at HDT. They are instantly qualified for the NASA National Rally Championship for 2016. Check out times for the event here: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Kristopher Marciniak 05/10/2016 at 11:53

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Holy shit that’s awesome

Shift24 > Kristopher Marciniak 05/10/2016 at 11:58

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Nice, even more reasons why gm needs to make an SS version.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Kristopher Marciniak 05/10/2016 at 12:07

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...just waiting for Mitsubishi to bring the Mirage to the table.

Jayhawk Jake > Kristopher Marciniak 05/10/2016 at 12:10

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See? I told you all the Sonic was a great driving car

Kristopher Marciniak > Kristopher Marciniak 05/10/2016 at 12:31

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Oh... Forgot to mention. Last stage (Power Stage) was run in the dark.
Rally Drivers have the goddamn biggest balls of them all.

RallySideways > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 05/11/2016 at 15:31

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One exists, check out the results from Oregon Trail Rally this year. They even brought WRC driver/ Monte Carlo rally winner Bryan Bouffier to drive it. Granted it’s really an Evo X drive train (albeit shortened) underneath it, but it’s a Mirage body. I believe there’s some Mirage rally cars (similar to R5 spec) in the UK as well but Mitsubishi isn’t about trying to homologate them.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 05/11/2016 at 20:24

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I belive the Green APU team has a Mirage that they stuffed an Evo X drivetrain into