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It’s always been a terrible irony that Richard Burns should claim the World Rally Championship title on November 25, 2001, and would succumb to illness… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 25, 2025 10 min +

WRC

Podcast

Will it be Evans, Ogier or Rovanperä?

There are three possible narratives lined up to be told. The first time World Rally champion, the record-equalling nine time World Rally champion, or the… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 24, 2025 10 min +

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WRC

Video

Why is Colin McRae’s legacy so everlasting?

Anybody that steps into a rally car is something of a hero. Anybody that steps into a rally car to put food on their family’s… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 22, 2025 10 min +

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WRC

Podcast

The most iconic WRC finale ever? RAC Rally 1995

Is it the most iconic WRC season finale ever? As the rallying world moves to celebrate and commemorate 30 years since Colin McRae’s World Rally… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 22, 2025 10 min +

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News

Grab 15% off this Black Friday and Cyber Monday

This Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, you’ll be offered discounts and deals on things you don’t actually need. Instead, use it on something you… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 21, 2025 2 min

WRC

Podcast

We relive the 1995 WRC season finale

This week marks 30 years since Colin McRae’s iconic World Rally Championship coronation at Britain’s RAC Rally in 1995. As the rallying world moves to… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 18, 2025 10 min +

WRC

Video

Access all areas with Toyota

What you see is the press release, the images on social media and the news of who will be competing in the following season of… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 18, 2025 10 min +

WRC

Podcast

Does the title’s worth matter in WRC’s showdown?

“Evans needs to win this one – this is potentially his best chance. Ogier would love to get it, but he doesn’t need it.” Colin… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 12, 2025 10 min +

WRC

Podcast

How the WRC title can be won in Japan

The World Rally Championship title can be won this weekend – but only by Elfyn Evans. While unlikely, if Evans outscores his two Toyota team-mates… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 4, 2025 10 min +

WRC

Opinion

Robert Reid: Rallying doesn’t need reinvented, but renewed

The promoter tender that is underway, and the decisions that will follow in the next few weeks, will shape the sport for a generation. This… Read more

by DirtFish Media October 30, 2025 2 min

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WRC

Podcast

The only co-driver to sit with both Toivonen and Colin McRae

His is an enormously impressive with three British titles working with Jimmy McRae – but perhaps his biggest moment was when the Scot asked him… Read more

by DirtFish Media October 29, 2025 10 min +

WRC

Features

Scott Martin’s reflections on 200 WRC starts

I remember my first world championship event as a co-driver like it was yesterday. It wasn’t, it was the 2004 Rally GB, with Matt Wilson…. Read more

by DirtFish Media October 24, 2025 3 min

WRC

Opinion

Where the power now lies in the WRC title fight

Just when it looked as if Sébastien Ogier was starting to take some form of control over this year’s World Rally Championship title fight, the… Read more

by DirtFish Media October 22, 2025 10 min +

WRC

Podcast

Rovanperä quits rallying

Kalle Rovanperä dropped a bombshell when he announced he’d been leaving the World Rally Championship this year, in pursuit of his circuit racing dreams. A… Read more

by DirtFish Media October 9, 2025

WRC

News

Rallying’s first live phone-in show

Got an opinion on how a driver is performing? Think a team is headed in the wrong direction or have a strong point of view… Read more

by DirtFish Media October 2, 2025 2 min

WRC

Opinion

The historic and current challenge of promoting the WRC

The 1999 season was a big one for the World Rally Championship. World Rally Car regulations, launched in ’97, were coming into their own. Peugeot… Read more

by DirtFish Media October 2, 2025 5 min

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News

Celebrate DirtFish’s 15th birthday with 15% discount

Turning 15 here in Washington means one thing: it’s drive time. And today’s our 15th birthday here at DirtFish Rally School… It’s true, 15 years… Read more

by DirtFish Media October 1, 2025 2 min

WRC

Podcast

WRC 2025 finally has an outright title favorite

Do we now have an outright title favorite? After Sébastien Ogier’s victory on Rally Chile, it’s what’s top of mind for SPIN, The Rally Pod… Read more

by DirtFish Media September 19, 2025 10 min +

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Remembering Richard Burns: 20 years on

Will it be Evans, Ogier or Rovanperä?

Why is Colin McRae’s legacy so everlasting?

The most iconic WRC finale ever? RAC Rally 1995

Grab 15% off this Black Friday and Cyber Monday

We relive the 1995 WRC season finale

Access all areas with Toyota

Does the title’s worth matter in WRC’s showdown?

How the WRC title can be won in Japan

Robert Reid: Rallying doesn’t need reinvented, but renewed

The only co-driver to sit with both Toivonen and Colin McRae

Scott Martin’s reflections on 200 WRC starts

Where the power now lies in the WRC title fight

Rovanperä quits rallying

Rallying’s first live phone-in show

The historic and current challenge of promoting the WRC

Celebrate DirtFish’s 15th birthday with 15% discount

WRC 2025 finally has an outright title favorite