Record fourth straight win for Bird on Jack Frost Stages

Penrith rally driver Paul Bird successfully defended his Jack Frost Stages Rally title to make it a record four wins in a row when he took a comfortable win on Sunday’s event at a dry but blustery Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire.

World launch of TDv6 Diesel Wildcat

2012 Autosport International show sees the worldwide launch of the all new TDv6 Diesel Wildcat, which is manufactured by Plymouth based Qt Services Ltd.

Loeb, Elena and Citroën secure sixth win at Rallye Monte-Carlo

- Loeb and Elena win Rallye Monte-Carlo for the sixth time
- Citroën Total World Rally Team score a 1-2 finish in the power stage for additional points
- Citroën now lead both the drivers and manufacturers championship standings

The number 1 in the 2011 Italian ranking is three-time European Champion Luca Rossetti

After the end of all the rallies held in Italy and worldwide in the year 2011, Luca Rossetti is always number one of the 2011 Italian Rally Ranking, thereby confirming his position obtained in 2010. An  irresistible climb all year long allowed the three-time European Rally Champion to confirm his first position thanks to the points gained in events in Italy, but mainly for his results in races abroad, in second place is the Italian Champion, Paolo Andreucci, who scored more points than Rossetti in the Italian rallies, but paid in the final standings the lack of results abroad, in third place  Alessandro Perico.

Aerocatch dealers to be given ‘authorised’ status by manufacturer

Specialty Fasteners and Components, the designers and manufacturers of the ubiquitous bonnet and panel fastener, AeroCatch, have taken the decision to issue all distributors and dealers with Authorisation Certificates for display on their premises.

The move is part of a programme to counter a growing threat from counterfeit AeroCatch arriving from the Far East. Graham Leo, sales manager at SFC is concerned for motorsport competitors’ safety: “We have been alerted to an increasing number of counterfeit versions of AeroCatch coming onto the market recently and would urge anyone considering using AeroCatch to purchase from an authorised dealer. Most counterfeit versions are very difficult to operate and do not fasten securely. Some could even prove dangerous with normal everyday use!”

Nissan’s R35 GT-R the first model to benefit from the CCX SuperKit

Alcon, the internationally-renowned brake experts who are OE suppliers to Audi, Bentley, JLR, Ariel, Noble etc, and whose products have assisted Sébastien Loeb to eight consecutive World Rally Championship titles, have launched an exciting new range of carbon ceramic brake kits for supercars such as the Nissan GT-R.