Horses for Courses
Horses for Courses Another view from across pond by Jon Scoltock No, I haven’t written a column about four-legged transport instead of the four-wheeled kind, but I have been thinking about how...
View ArticleLake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) Elects New Chairmen and Host City
Open Paddock has learned that the Lake Superior Performance Rally has elected Steve Gingras and Eric Carlson as their new co-chairmen. Steve told Open Paddock “It’s going to be a big challenge but we...
View ArticleAre Hyundai and US Rallying a Match Made in Heaven?
By Jon Scoltock Hyundai have been on my mind a lot recently. That sentence would have been unimaginable 10 years ago, but the South Korean manufacturer has undergone something of a transformation in...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 87 – ARA’s New Series Competition Director Preston Osborn...
In this episode we welcome back friend of the RallyCast Preston Osborn. After toasting to his new role as ARA’s new Series Competition Director, we chat about what interested him in taking up the new...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 89 – Olympus 2020 Part 2
In Part 2 of our Olympus review show, we conclude our interview with Regional overall winner Dave Clark, and then provide some thoughts and insight from our commentary crew which includes our host Mike...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 92 – Dirtfish Media’s Colin Clark
In this episode we chat with one of our favorite WRC reporters, Colin Clark. Colin gives us his thoughts on the upcoming Monte Carlo Rally, what it’s like to ride in one of the newest generation...
View ArticleThe Revolution Has Started, but is it Good or Bad?
In my very first column for OpenPaddock.net, I talked about how much of the magic in US rallying is created by the unique variety of cars and the “can-do” attitude of crews. While I would love to see a...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 98 – The Rally Race Book Project
In this episode we chatted with Dr. “Koz” – Michele Kozimor, Dr. Barbara Prince, and Emalie Rell about a study they’re doing about the culture of rally racing in North America. A long time Subaru fan,...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 99 – 100 Acre Wood Review Part 1
In this show we chatted with a bevy of 2WD competitors including National 2WD winners Michael Hooper and Kevin Allen, 2nd in National Limited 2WD Ryan Sanders, 2nd overall Regional and 2WD class winner...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 100 – Rally in the 100 Acre Wood Part 2 with Barry McKenna,...
It’s our 100th episode! We start our chat with current ARA champion Barry McKenna who gives us all the details on his World Rally Car and all the changes they did to have it meet ARA regulations. It’s...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 101 – Rally in the 100 Acre Wood Part 3 with Ryan and...
Part 3 of the 100 Acre Wood review, it’s all about NA4WD. We kick it off with regional overall winners Ryan and Rachel Rethy who had a fabulous run with some extremely close competition. Then it’s...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 102 – Co-Driver Krista Skucas
We caught up with Krista Skucas after a dominant win at the Mike Nagle Regional Rally co-driving for Derik Nelson in the Nordic Motorsports BRZ. We chatted about the event and it’s new stages, a...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 103 – Alex and Rhianon Gelsomino Return
We bring back our good friends Alex and Rhianon Gelsomino which is now an all Subaru family. In this episode we discuss their recent vacation travels, review their experiences from the Olympus Rally,...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 105 – Dylan Gondyke Take 2
In this episode we chat with driver Dylan Gondyke. Dylan started out crewing, but that was short lived as once he saw stage rallying with his own eyes, he needed to do it himself. He tells us about...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 106 – Stephen and Katie Gingras from Ojibwe and Sound Man...
This is Part 1 of our chats from the Ojibwe Forests Rally 2021, and in this episode we caught up with Stephen and Katie Gingras about their close fight for the regional overall, and we get a taste of...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 107 – Stories from Ojibwe Part 2 with Mark Piatkowski,...
This is part 2 of our stories from the 2021 Ojibwe Forests Rally. After the event we caught up with Mark Piatkowski who explains his crazy 1.8 second win over Ele Bardha and his hopes for a national...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 108 – The Nor‘Wester Experience
As most of you know, I’ve been around rallying for over a decade, but oddly it wasn’t until last month that I competed in my first ever TSD rally. Fellow Oregon Trail Rally organizer Mike Nagle...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 109 – ARA 2021 National Class Champion Mark Piatkowski
We often talk about the rally family, but in this episode the term is much more literal. We talked with Mark Piatkowski and his dad Andy Piatkowski about Mark’s road to becoming the new LN4 combined...
View ArticleRallyCast Episode 110 – Oregon Trail Rally Clerk of the Course AJ Rossiter
In this episode we chat with Oregon Trail Rally clerk of the course AJ Rossiter. We talk about taking on being a clerk of the course and what it entails, why he’s set aside his helmet and set his...
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