Posts Tagged ‘super special’

Photos from Rally Sweden SS1 – Karlstad Super Special Stage

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Here are a few photos from tonights run of SS1 – Karlstad Super Special Stage. Thanks to Mikael Hjerpe for those images – and please do not copy/reproduce them. If you wanna share them, place a link to this post instead!

Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the rally where H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip waved off the cars.

Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the rally where H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip waved off the cars.

Some works with a car going on besides the stage.

Some works with a car going on besides the stage.

Plenty of spectators in the cold at the superspecial.

Plenty of spectators in the cold at the superspecial.

Henning Solberg attacking at the stage.

Henning Solberg attacking at the stage.

Henning stopped and recieving the cheers from the spectators.

Henning stopped and recieving the cheers from the spectators.

Mikko Hirvonen rushing in front of the camera. The Finn set the third fastest time at the stage.

Mikko Hirvonen rushing in front of the camera. The Finn set the third fastest time at the stage.

A group N Impreza on the stage.

A group N Impreza on the stage.

Video: Rally Finland to start with a city super special stage in Jyväskylä

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Autosport of today reveals that next years Rally Finland will start on thursday evening with a city-based super-special stage. No further details seem to be know yet, but it immediately reminds me of the old Jyväskylä classic “Harju”, which was a town special.

Check out some action from the old Harju stage here:

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Isn’t it lovely? I love the idea of bringing such things back!

Decide your own heats on the Swedish super special stage next year!?

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Not long ago I told by the Swedish Rally organisers initiative to let the spectators decide the heats on the super special stage in Swedish Rally 2009 – this year arranged as a Swedish Championship rally since Sweden doesn’t have WRC status again until next year. Now the idea has been tested in real life, and the organisers say that they got a lot of suggestions of heats.

Already when I wrote the first post, I pushed for the Swedish Rally to test this thing in the WRC too – and now that seems to become true. In today’s VF (Swedish newspaper) Bertil Klarin, managing director of the Swedish Rally, says that they hope to repeat the same next year. Awesome!

 

Jimmy Joge, Värmland Runt/Swedish Rally 2009, Photo: Micke Fransson, teambild.se

Jimmy Joge, Värmland Runt/Swedish Rally 2009, Photo: Micke Fransson, teambild.se