RED BULL GLOBAL RALLYCROSS RACE PREVIEW: LAS VEGAS AT THE LINQ
November 4, 2014 by Global RallyCross Championship
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SPEED STANDS ALONE IN MAIN EVENT APPEARANCES: When Austin Dyne missed the final at Red Bull Global Rallycross Seattle, it meant that Scott Speed became the last remaining Supercar driver to have competed in every main event in the 2014 season. His impressive run comes despite having appeared in four of the last five last chance qualifier races. Speed's main event streak now dates back 13 races to last August at X Games Los Angeles, tying it for the third-longest streak of its kind in series history. He will attempt to extend the streak while racing a Beetle for the first time. QUOTES: A selection of quotes in advance of this weekend's Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas at The LINQ: Joni Wiman, Driver, #31 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST: 'I think we have a good setting, for sure—it's going to be pretty similar to what we had in LA. We just need to get the tires to last for 10 laps. The track looks really good—we have long straights, and so it's really important to have a good technique on the brakes. I think I'm pretty good at that, so maybe we can see some passing on the brakes.' Ken Block, Driver, #43 Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta ST: 'There's a good, long, first left-hand corner that I think will make for some good racing. The difficult part is where the sand is going to get dragged onto the hairpins after them, because it can make for some very tricky racing if too much gets dragged on. We'll just have to adjust to it. Even from the little bit of media rides, the braking into some of the hairpins totally changed because of sand being moved around. I think it'll be good—it'll make for some good racing, and it'll be fun.' Nelson Piquet Jr., Driver, #07 SH Racing Rallycross Ford Fiesta ST: 'I think it's going to be fun. The first two corners are pretty quick—if someone goes off, it's going to be a high-speed hit, so I hope for everybody to be safe. But I think they did a good job. A lot of tracks, some drivers complain it's a bit tight or very narrow, but in this situation we have a really wide track that's going to be great for racing. It's going to be great for lines, with everyone choosing their lines, and there's not going to be a lot of clutter. I wouldn't change anything. It's still very difficult because there are high speed corners and we have to be very careful, and I'm looking forward to it.' Bucky Lasek, Driver, #81 Subaru Rally Team USA WRX STI: 'I think this track is going to be really good. Turn one and two, leading into the straight, there's a good opportunity there to get inside of someone, but then again it could open up the door to get it back if you don't get a good run on the backstretch there. There's a couple of good passing zones, I feel. We won't really know where we are on the setup, but we've come here on a totally different setup than we've had. We've taken some turns into account from previous races we've had. We've had some turns that we've struggled on, and we've fixed some problems. I think we've taken the basis of what we've learned on tarmac setup and applied it already to this car, so we should be strong right out of the gate.' Pat Moro, #59 PMR Motorsports Chevrolet Sonic: 'It's going to be fast. It's really fast into sharp hairpins, and when you have that, I think you're going to see a lot of guys getting into the back of each other, pushing each other. But when it goes at night, the cool thing to look at on these cars, for the fans that don't know a lot about rally—when you see the brakes, they'll be glowing red and sparks will be coming off of them. Everything is so much cooler at night. Looking at the track, I like the backdrop a lot better here, with the giant Ferris wheel and all the buildings around. This is a pretty epic scene here, and I think it'll be pretty exciting.' DRIVER POINTS: 1.Joni Wiman, 332 2.Ken Block, 320 3.Nelson Piquet Jr., 304 4.Scott Speed, 303 5.Sverre Isachsen, 247 6.Patrik Sandell, 239 7.Steve Arpin, 208 8.Rhys Millen, 196 9.Tanner Foust, 178 10.Bucky Lasek, 173 11.Austin Dyne, 147 12.Brian Deegan, 127 13.Emma Gilmour, 40 14.Pat Moro, 5 MANUFACTURER POINTS: 1.Ford, 841 2.Volkswagen, 481 3.Subaru, 420 4.Hyundai, 236 5.Chevrolet, 5 Photo credit: Alison Padron
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