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Monday, September 15, 2008

Colin McRae Memorial Run

Colin McRae Memorial Run
A respectful shout out to stedot for this touching upload.

Colin McRae was, without doubt, one of the finest rally drivers ever. Alas, his career and life were cut way short by a helicopter crash last year.

In memory of a truly inspiring man, pretty much every Subaru owner in the UK must have shown up for this run because we're never seen so many in one place - in this case, the M6 motorway - at one time.

See how many Subarus you can count passing under the bridge in the Colin McRae Memorial Run? We stopped counting at 115...and we were only half way through the video!

Ride inboard with Colin in a 2001 Wales rally...and dream on if you think you'll ever have that amount of driving skill!

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

World Rally Compilation


Check out this nicely produced rally video from Fernischumi. You have to love fast cars playing in the dirt!

Rally Video.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Rally Car Crash


Here is a video brought to you by Mix939.
Ouch! Watch as this Subaru gets airborne and misses its landing.

Subaru Crash Video

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Video Montage



Another great video brought to you by cmcmcm50.

If you enjoy watching great Japanese cars play on the road and dirt, then you'll definitely like this video.

Video Montage Video

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Fun in the Snow


Brought to you by 6e21b54d.

This looks like a lot of fun. These guys take their Subarus out on the snow and ice and show what makes them a Subaru. Makes me want to leave California and go play in the snow.

Snow Video]

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Monday, July 09, 2007

Video Lap of Sebring

I love these video laps of various tracks, you get a good feel for the personality of the circuit. Sebring for example is very flat, few trees... probably the antitheses of Spa, but still a fun circuit. Check it out.

[Watch Video lap of Sebring]

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Drawing an STi (Direct Download)


Unbelievable video. A video by computer artist Raffaele Picca, it starts with a completely blank canvas in Microsoft Paint and turns into a near photo-realistic painting of a Subaru WRX STi. I'm sure Raffaele is working with a tablet off a photo, but that doesn't diminish the fact he's working in paint. This just goes to show it's all about the talent of the artist, not the sophistication of the tool.

I've made a higher quality version of this video available for download on our iTunes feed as well if you would like to put it on your AppleTV or iPod.

[Watch Streaming on StreetFire]
[Direct Download on iTunes]
[StreetFire PhotoChop Forum]
[Portfolio Website of Raffaele Picca]

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Corsica WRC Rally 1997: Ford vs. Subaru

Yet, another small taste of what we're missing out of here in the states since no cable provider will pick it up. "Only Rally Videos" has another great one they just put up from the WRC race in Corsica from almost ten years ago. Great stuff, love how the growds just press up within inches of the cars..... somehow this is like the exact opposite of Formula 1 racing to me. Formula 1 is all about Safety, safety and *yawn* more safety. Guess what? If I want "safe" I'll white knuckle the National Spelling Bee. No, I like watching car racing because it *IS* dangerous. It's the control of danger that makes it so exciting....Sorry about that, rant off. here's a cool Rally Vid.

[Watch Classic WRC battle, Ford vs. Subaru]
[More Videos from: "Only Rally Videos"]

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