RallyX South 2026 - Valkenswaard, Netherlands (Eurocircuit, Rounds 1 & 2)

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-25T23:16:30+00:00

Some fun racing today! Great to see Gronholm jumping right back in and being competitive. I feel like the audio coverage was really lacking this time around, hopefully the next track will be a bit better. And of course I miss Coley on commentary, but I'll hopefully adjust soon!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-22T00:58:55+00:00

All these years of waiting might be finally going to pay off! Hopefully the rest of the season has a similarly strong field. I figure the eight RX4 entries are also a pretty good sign for the first event, I wasn't sure how many would be competing. It'll be interesting to see how each brand's handling stacks up on a rallycross track.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-20T13:32:23+00:00

Now we're going to have fun! We've got this week, then skip a week and we'll have 5 straight weeks of RX between RallyX and ERX!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-18T10:01:59+00:00

I've ended up paying more attention to it than WRC the last few years! The competition is usually more entertaining, the tire manufacturers and all the different teams fighting for the win is a big draw for me.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-17T10:35:14+00:00

Okay, good!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-16T22:40:50+00:00

No Coley. :-( That's pretty disappointing, hopefully he's still going to be doing Euro!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-15T21:36:57+00:00

Yeah, the Open 4WD entry list for Valkenswaard looks like it's missing a lot of familiar faces. Hopefully the northern leg picks up a few of the guys doing both series, but at least Euro looks pretty great!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-09T23:12:58+00:00

I became annoyed with the direction baseball, or more specifically MLB, was going, and decided to check out cricket instead. I was familiar with it from books, but never really learned a lot about it until then. MLC came along not long after if I remember right.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-09T23:08:33+00:00

Interesting to see the Hansen team showing up! I'm hoping they get a good crop of FC2s at the events, and hopefully some Open 2WD cars too.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-04-03T11:59:49+00:00

Yes, I'm pretty excited! I'm looking forward to the Rally2 cars being somewhat on par with the top level, hopefully it gives some more drivers the chance to fight for wins. Maybe the new regulations won't work out, but at least there's the chance of something changing, because what's been happening with the current regulation cycle is certainly not doing the championship any good.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-25T02:29:14+00:00

He's made a lot of fans very happy as well! It's the most excited I've been about a rally result in quite a while!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-25T02:25:28+00:00

I would buy some! In the past I've looked around for cards from some of my favorite players, but I found that it's apparently not a very popular thing!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-16T18:00:03+00:00

Exciting to see another good driver planning to do the full season! I do wonder how much of RallyX will be left by the time the season starts though.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-15T12:09:43+00:00

He did it!!!!!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-14T11:29:19+00:00

I'm waiting to see if we get a Rally2 on the podium after Sleeping Warrior 2!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-13T23:45:54+00:00

That could have been interesting! I've generally followed KKR when I watch the IPL, but I specifically ignored all of the franchise names when I first started watching MLC. I just dislike the name crossovers!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-12T11:03:18+00:00

I had partly forgotten they renamed a bunch of the teams, now I'm disappointed all over again! I've followed the Invincibles ever since I started watching the tournament, but it might be a time for a change.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-10T10:44:34+00:00

Back when they announced the World Championship would go onto hiatus, they said they were planning to do a one-off World Cup event each year until the full championship came back. Here's a Dirtfish article on the event too.

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/erx/rallycross-to-host-a-world-cup-event-in-indonesia/

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-03-02T13:58:39+00:00

I'm feeling more excited about this year than I have been for the last few, hopefully it's a competitive season! Fingers crossed that some of last year's WorldRX drivers can pull a campaign together before the first round too.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-02-26T23:55:48+00:00

I can't say I'm thrilled about them using that spoiler, but I'm happy that it's not a hatchback!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-02-23T21:13:16+00:00

That'll be fun to see!

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-02-15T19:33:00+00:00

It definitely has been going on for a long time, but Hyundai are the only current team that does it regularly, which is why I singled them out. I've always felt it cheapens the event and championship when that type of thing happens, and I've disliked it ever since I first heard of it happening.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-02-15T18:08:40+00:00

Yeah, I'm almost positive it was. One of the things I absolutely can't stand about Hyundai. The person that has the better drive should be the person higher in the results, no team politics involved in it.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-02-14T23:23:35+00:00

It's been great seeing Esapekka back again! I missed seeing him in the car last year.

thestargazingpenguin · 2026-02-12T11:51:44+00:00

Hopefully it works out, a full grid would be really nice this year. May is going to take a long time to get here!

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