Ford_News
07-29-2011, 08:13 PM
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The El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, CA has become somewhat of a quasi West Coast testing ground for the automotive industry in the past several years. Currently, it's perhaps best known for being the site of the Top Gear USA (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/top+gear+usa/) test track, but we've attended media events (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/31/first-drive-pt-ii-saleen-s331-track-day/), learned how to drift (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/18/autoblog-enlists-in-sam-hubinettes-360-performance-driving-acad/), and watched a variety of manufacturers test out their wares (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/17/pikes-peak-prep-autoblog-joins-rhys-millen-for-hyundai-genesis/) on the military compound's abandoned runways.
Most recently, Ford turned the strips of tarmac into a replica of the X Games 17 RallyCross course and brought out two-time WRC champ Marcus Grönholm and Moto-X-legend-turned-rally-driver Brian Deegan for a practice session ahead of this weekend's main event. Lucky for us, they also asked us to tag along with the enticing offer of a shotgun seat in a 575-horsepower all-wheel drive Fiesta racecar. Count us in.
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We ride shotgun as Marcus Grönholm practices for X Games 17 [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/29/we-ride-shotgun-as-marcus-gronholm-practices-for-x-games-17-w-v/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, CA has become somewhat of a quasi West Coast testing ground for the automotive industry in the past several years. Currently, it's perhaps best known for being the site of the Top Gear USA (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/top+gear+usa/) test track, but we've attended media events (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/31/first-drive-pt-ii-saleen-s331-track-day/), learned how to drift (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/18/autoblog-enlists-in-sam-hubinettes-360-performance-driving-acad/), and watched a variety of manufacturers test out their wares (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/17/pikes-peak-prep-autoblog-joins-rhys-millen-for-hyundai-genesis/) on the military compound's abandoned runways.
Most recently, Ford turned the strips of tarmac into a replica of the X Games 17 RallyCross course and brought out two-time WRC champ Marcus Grönholm and Moto-X-legend-turned-rally-driver Brian Deegan for a practice session ahead of this weekend's main event. Lucky for us, they also asked us to tag along with the enticing offer of a shotgun seat in a 575-horsepower all-wheel drive Fiesta racecar. Count us in.
Click through the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2011/07/29/we-ride-shotgun-as-marcus-gronholm-practices-for-x-games-17-w-v/#continued) to continue reading...Continue reading We ride shotgun as Marcus Grönholm practices for X Games 17 [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/29/we-ride-shotgun-as-marcus-gronholm-practices-for-x-games-17-w-v/)
We ride shotgun as Marcus Grönholm practices for X Games 17 [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/29/we-ride-shotgun-as-marcus-gronholm-practices-for-x-games-17-w-v/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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