Red Bull Global Rallycross: The most exciting thing in racing? - Ars Technica
People—especially young people—just aren't as interested in watching cars go around a track as they were 20 or 30 years ago. But there's one form of racing that's managing to buck that trend, and it's called rallycross. The organization backs a series called Global Rallycross (GRC) that races around the US and the Caribbean. What's more, GRC was even kind enough to give us a ride around the track with up-and-coming young racer Alex Keyes. Rallycross takes the fire-spitting, turbocharged all-wheel drive machines that are used in traditional point-to-point rallying and unleashes their true inner beast. Rather than competing one at a time against the clock, packs of drivers go wheel-to-wheel on short courses that are a mixture of pavement and dirt. Short heat races are the order of the day, eliminating the slower cars until the fastest 10 make the final. Oh, and the courses have a jump, plus a short cut (or joker) that each driver has to use once in a race. Source: arstechnica.com
