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FIA considering WRC event in Baltics

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This week, in the Latvian capital of Riga, a meeting was held between the Federation International Automobile (FIA), represented by WRC Commission president Jarmo Mahonen, organisers of the World Rally Championship (NorthOne Sport) and representatives from the Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian and Polish ASN’s to discuss the possibility of organising a future WRC event in the [...]

2011 Estonian rallying starts with 79

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This number – 79 – of participating teams opened the first round of the 2011 Estonian Rally Championship, the Võru Winter Rally or Võrumaa talveralli 2011 in Estonian. Now we can say, the rally season in the Baltics has begun!

Estonia starts with 81

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Already the first round of the Estonian Rally Championship, Võru Winter Rally this weekend promises a solid and strong race with 81 crew participating. In Entry List alongside Estonians there are crews from Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

First win of the Latvian season for Jānis Vorobjovs

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Jānis Vorobjovs/Guntars Zicāns has won first rally event of 2011 in Latvia – rallysprint Alūksne 2011, brand new rally in Latvian calendar. And nexpectedly big number of spectators proved that idea of restoring the rally traditions in Alūksne region in north of Latvia came just in time.

Evgeny Novikov quits rallying!

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Rather unexpected decision made one of the best known Russian rally driver Evgeny Novikov – he has announced about the end of his rallying career. Just some time ago there were news about plans for next year’s world championships,  negotiations with teams and sponsors, but from now on rally for Novikov will be just a [...]