Though the rally is explicitly not a race, drivers still get revved up from time to time. In 2017, participants in a Lamborghini had their car impounded for driving over 100 mph in Washington.

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“Rally racing is ‘real cars, real roads, real fast.’ We typically race one at a time, on roads located in forests, mountains, or farmland. ... You get some strange looks. ...

At the other extreme, look to racing regulations that tend to generate wondrous road cars—cheaters in a sense, but delightful cheaters all the same. Our subject car, the Lancia Rally, is an ...

We drive the $1.4M Mini Cooper Countryman ALL4 Racing Dakar rally car. Read more and see photos at Car and Driver. Search. Cars By ... you’d get some strange looks by showing up in a Mini ALL4 ...

The Porsche 959, a car that rolled off the assembly line just after Group B was banned, is merely one such product of what was the automotive equivalent of the 1960s space race. Enjoy this ...

Bryce Menzies was the best shot in a while for someone trained in North American desert racing to win the Dakar Rally, until he fell victim to a weird sort of crash. Here’s how such a little ...