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27 Dec 2019
Credit: Top – (l-r) Chris Owens/IndyCar Media, Paulo Maria/TitansRX
Bottom – Dominik Wilde
Finding one highlight from the hundreds of projects I’ve worked on this year has proven to be a real challenge – even narrowing it down to a top-10 was tough.
So here is a look back at my 2019 with 25 highlights from my busiest but most enjoyable season to-date.
Last year wasn’t a great one for rallycross – with one series collapsing and the flagship world championship under pressure after manufacturer walkouts. The discipline faces challenges everywhere, but one driver believes he has a solution, as DOMINIK WILDE explains…
This past weekend Motor1 UK had the chance to catch up with someone who definitely had a Christmas we’re all envious of: YouTuber Tim Burton, better known as Shmee150…
Despite covering the Geneva motor show for Motor1 over the last couple of years, I’ve never actually been to the event myself.
This year I put that right – it wasn’t a work trip, more a fun 10-hour holiday to Switzerland to check out the latest and greatest the automotive world has to offer. It didn’t disappoint…
Kyle Busch sealed his 200th NASCAR win at Fontana. It’s a record that puts him level with Richard Petty, technically, but a debate rages about whether both records are equal…
The Renault Formula 1 team made an extraordinary appearance at Disneyland Paris at the weekend, performing a demonstration run in the Moteurs… Action! Stunt Show Spectacular live show…
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Alexander Rossi put on a masterclass to win IndyCar’s Long Beach Grand Prix for the second consecutive year and claim Andretti Autosport’s 200th win across all categories…
See also: Live coverage of the 103st Indianapolis 500
Oliver Solberg claimed his maiden American Rally Association victory in only his second start at the Olympus Rally last weekend…
Here is a full roundup of DominikWilde.com’s coverage of the 2019 World RX of Great Britain, which formed a part of the second annual SpeedMachine festival at Silverstone…
Sage Karam and JR Hildebrand will make their Americas Rallycross debuts in the ARX2 class this weekend, making them the latest drivers to transition from IndyCar to rallycross…
While we all love motorsport, there’s no denying that it’s become full of over-regulation, stewards’ enquiries, and talk about ‘the show’. But what is ‘the show’ was the sport itself?…
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Credit: Dominik Wilde
Mention NASCAR on this side of the Atlantic and you’re often met with groans, a roll of the eyes, or ignorant comments about left turns. However, each and every year a select contingent from the US’ biggest form of motorsport makes the trip to the Goodwood Festival of Speed…
Oliver Solberg is taking the rallying world by storm – the son of 2003 World Rally and 2014-15 World Rallycross champion Petter may only be 17, but he’s already proven himself in multiple series, across multiple continents…
The inaugural TitansRX season is well underway and heads to Lydden Hill this weekend for its first visit to ‘The Home of Rallycross’.
TitansRX’s first hop across the channel will give British rallycross fans a first chance to see the Pantera RX6 racing car in action, too…
Here you can check out all of DominikWilde.com’s coverage from the second Nitro Rallycross event at the Nitro World Games which was held at the Utah Motorsports Campus near Salt Lake City on 16-17 August 2019…
Writing about cars for a living has its plus points – I get to experience many things that most petrolheads and motorsport fans can only dream of, but it’s very much an observational job though. I tell stories, I don’t get my hands dirty, and I don’t go all that fast… usually…
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Colton Herta fended off Will Power to win the IndyCar season finale at Laguna Seca as Josef Newgarden secured his second series title…
Fan-filmed video clips have given us a fresh glimpse of the petrol-powered stars of the upcoming 25th James Bond film, No Time To Die…
Chase Elliott crashed and then won an action-packed NASCAR Cup race at the Charlotte Roval as playoff positions for the round of 12 were decided.,,
Last week IndyCar rolled out its new ‘Aeroscreen’ cockpit protection device for the first time, with Scott Dixon and Will Power sampling the Red Bull-designed device at Indianapolis Motor Speedway…
Toyota’s foray into Formula 1 in the 2000s didn’t quite yield the success that the Japanese manufacturer had become accustomed to elsewhere in motorsport. Despite allegedly running with the biggest budget of all the teams it competed alongside, the Cologne-based operation never won a single race, let alone a title…
Credit: Dominik Wilde
After five-and-a-half years Volkswagen has confirmed that it will be retiring the venerable Beetle from rallycross competition…
Located in a listed former-factory building in the HafenCity district of Hamburg is a unique collection of some of the world’s most remarkable cars…
Subaru of America’s motorsports manager William Stokes has said that the brand remains committed to rallycross, despite the demise of Americas Rallycross…
SAIC Motor’s new MG6 XPower TCR got its first rollout in Europe at the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games at Vallelunga in Italy last weekend…
Kyle Busch claimed his second NASCAR Cup Series title by winning the 2019 season finale at Homestead, ending a 21-race winless streak in the process…
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