ARA News The change that unlocked Toyota’s fresh rally talent Three days. That’s how long it took for Seth Quintero to become a bonafide rally driver. When he retired from last month’s Rally in the… Read more by David Evans April 25, 2026 3 min
ARA Features The four miles that made a lasting impression In the end, it lasted a stage and a split. How much can we read into Brandon Semenuk’s all-too-brief return to the ARA National Championship… Read more by David Evans April 22, 2026 5 min
ARA Features The Group B echo to a 2026 rally It kind of crops up on you as you head south on the five, but when you get there it’s unmistakably 1986 all over again…. Read more by David Evans April 21, 2026 5 min
ARA News Latvala wins Olympus Rally’s 40th anniversary event Washington was full of talk of the World Rally Championship’s return to America last week – one look at the Olympus Rally classification and you… Read more by Luke Barry April 20, 2026 5 min
ARA News Semenuk beats Latvala on opening stage, then hits trouble Jari-Matti Latvala was as disappointed as anybody, with the possible exception of Brandon Semenuk. The script for this week’s Olympus Rally had long been written:… Read more by David Evans April 18, 2026 3 min
ARA News Biggest ever Olympus Rally for 40 years is go It’s here. Finally. Thirty-nine years and 12 months in the making, it’s 1986 all over again. A year ago, Olympus Rally stalwart Steve McQuaid talked… Read more by David Evans April 17, 2026 3 min
ARA News Semenuk enters Olympus fight with Fiesta Rally2 Brandon Semenuk will contest this week’s Olympus Rally presented by DirtFish at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta Rally2. The four-time American champion finally confirmed… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2026 3 min
ARA News Aoife Raftery to chase another podium at Olympus Rally No trail can be blazed without a clear starting point. April 2025 was that marker in the sand; the beginning of an inspirational story with… Read more by Luke Barry March 19, 2026 3 min
ARA News Olympus Rally oversubscribed for 40-year anniversary event Four decades ago, the world watched in wonder as Group B came to a spellbinding – not to mention fittingly controversial – conclusion on the… Read more by David Evans February 27, 2026 3 min
ARA Features The magic and marvel of a continually classic event It was just the way he dropped it into conversation, so casual. Alan Perry is the master of understatement. Unless you’re talking about his mode… Read more by David Evans April 19, 2025 5 min
ARA News How a three-minute lead became a six-second win at Olympus Don’t be fooled. On the face of it, last week’s Olympus Rally presented by DirtFish was one of the closest American rallies in history. It… Read more by David Evans April 14, 2025 5 min
ARA News Pastrana’s impression of his new ‘McRae-esque’ Subaru West of Tacoma, east of Aberdeen, in the lower reaches of the Olympic National Forest, there’s a flash of yellow and blue between the trees…. Read more by David Evans April 11, 2025 3 min
ARA Features The Olympus WRC history beyond the controversial obvious Think of the World Rally Championship in Washington and your mind will almost inevitably wander to that epic era-ender in the winter of 1986. It’s… Read more by David Evans April 10, 2025 3 min
ARA Podcast The drivers to watch at this year’s Olympus Rally In a rally most refer to in the context of 1986, there are 86 reasons to look at 2025 instead as this year’s Olympus Rally presented… Read more by DirtFish Media April 9, 2025 10 min +
ARA News Pastrana returns to ARA in all-new, second-tier Subaru Six-time American champion Travis Pastrana will give Subaru’s all-new WRX its debut when he returns to the ARA National Championship presented by Kubota at next… Read more by David Evans March 25, 2025 2 min
Rally News Semenuk dodges wildlife to lead Olympus Rally Not much surprises Brandon Semenuk in the ARA. Winning the first seven stages and building a lead of more than six minutes was always part… Read more by David Evans April 21, 2024 3 min
ARA News Ferrari-engined Subaru gets an upgrade to go even faster Fans of the world’s fastest Ferrari-engined Subaru rally car will be excited to hear it’s going to get even quicker – starting with this week’s… Read more by David Evans April 19, 2024 3 min
ARA Podcast Everything you need to know about Olympus Rally This week is the biggest event of the American Rally Association season: the Olympus Rally. But what’s the big deal? Why should you be following?… Read more by DirtFish Media April 18, 2024
