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RC Competition USA Prevails at Hometown Boone Forest Rally
Photo by William Conley (London, Ky., July 28, 2026) — Hometown team RC Competition USA’s Javier Castro and Ezequiel Garcia earned their first ARA overall win on Saturday, July 25, at the London, Kentucky-based Boone Forest Rally, the penultimate round of the 2026 American Rally Association (ARA) Eastern Regional Championship. Giving excited fans in Kentucky’s hollows a look at national-level machinery in their RC2-class Audi A1 Maxx, Castro and Garcia prevailed over 17 other
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2 days ago6 min read


Boone Forest Rally Brings Eastern Regional Fight to Appalachia
Photo by William Conley (London, Ky., July 23, 2026) — The American Rally Association (ARA) Eastern Regional Championship heads to Kentucky on July 25 for the Boone Forest Rally, a one-day Super Regional event based around London and McKee in the foothills of Appalachia. Following the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally’s (STPR) rough and attritional fight in Pennsylvania, Boone Forest Rally offers Eastern Regional competitors a very different challenge. The event’s smooth
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Jul 236 min read


Toyota and Quintero Fly High as Championship Chase Tightens at Attrition-Filled Rally Colorado
Photo by James Damery Update, July 27, 2026, 4:00 p.m. EDT: Following a protest hearing, the Panel of Stewards upheld the protest from Car 418, Tim Wickberg and Mathew Trott, and rescinded their exclusion from Rally Colorado. The panel found that opening the hood in end-of-event Parc Fermé, without evidence of repair, assistance, or refuelling, did not establish a violation of RCR 4.12.3 under the current ARA regulations. Wickberg and Trott have been reinstated in the officia
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Jul 2213 min read


Rally Colorado: ARA’s Newest National to Feature Tightening Title Fight
Photo by: Rupert Barrington (Rangely, Colo., July 16, 2026) — Rally Colorado joins the American Rally Association (ARA) National Championship for the first time as the fifth round of the eight-event 2026 season, bringing the country’s top rally teams to the high-desert stages around Rangely, Colorado, July 18–19. After four rounds produced four different overall winners, the championship arrives in Colorado with little room between the leading contenders. Blockhouse Racing’s
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Jul 1617 min read


Mayer Wins STPR as Missouri Ozark Changes from Rally to Relief Effort
Photo by: Michael Bodor (Wellsboro, Pa., July 12, 2026) — Tom Mayer and Dillon McKenna of OK Rally Team claimed their first-ever American Rally Association (ARA) overall victory at the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR), held July 9–11 in the forest hills surrounding Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. At the time of publication, STPR results remained provisional pending the conclusion of a Steward’s Review requested after several matters of significance were referred to the e
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Jul 147 min read
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