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Monte Carlo Rally
Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, also Rallye Monte-Carlo, the ACM-organized January WRC season opener since 1973, famed for Alpine winter tyre-strategy gambling, the 1966 Mini disqualification, and Ogier's record ten wins.
Monza Rally Show
Monza Rally Show: circuit rally at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, first held 1978, renamed 2013; WRC finale 2020-2021; Valentino Rossi won seven times; 2025 edition cancelled.
Musa Bauska
Musa Bauska, or Mūsa Raceland, is a Grade 6A FIA autocross and rallycross circuit near Bauska, Latvia. Opened 1978, 940 m autocross and 1,080 m rallycross layouts, European Championship venue since 1990.
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Qatari driver born 1970, six-time Dakar Rally car winner (Volkswagen, Mini, Toyota, Dacia), record 20 Middle East Rally Championship titles, 50 Dakar stage wins, and London 2012 Olympic skeet bronze medalist.
New Zealand Rally Championship
The New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) is New Zealand's premier nationwide rally championship, sanctioned by MotorSport New Zealand, with six 2026 rounds and Richard Mason holding a record five titles.
Nitrocross
Nitrocross, originally Nitro Rallycross, was Travis Pastrana's American rallycross series (2021-2024) with jump-filled tracks and 1,000+ hp FC1-X electric cars; its 2024-25 season was paused in October 2024.
Nyirad
Nyirád Racing Center (Vörös Katlan, Red Cauldron) is a rallycross and autocross circuit near Nyirád, Hungary; first championship race 1988, first Euro RX round 2006, first Hungarian World RX event 2024.
Nyirad Rallycross
Nyirád Rallycross takes place at the Nyirád Racing Center (Vörös katlan, "Red Cauldron"), a 1,220 m mixed asphalt-and-gravel circuit near Lake Balaton, Hungary; it hosted the European Rallycross Championship 2006-2013 and from 2022, and Hungary's first World RX round in 2024.
Pat Moss
Pat Moss (Patricia Ann Moss-Carlsson, 1934-2008), British rally driver, sister of Stirling Moss; first woman to win an international rally (1960 Liège-Rome-Liège, Austin-Healey 3000), 1962 Tulip Rally winner in a Mini Cooper, five European Ladies' titles.
Paul Bird Motorsport
Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM) is a British motorcycle racing team founded by rally driver Paul Bird, the most successful team in British Superbike history with nine titles.
Per-Gunnar Andersson (rally driver)
Per-Gunnar "P-G" Andersson, born 1980 in Årjäng, is a Swedish rally driver, two-time Junior WRC champion (2004, 2007), Suzuki WRC factory driver 2008, Proton SWRC runner-up 2010 and 2012, and multi-time Swedish rally champion.
Polish Rally Championship
Polish Rally Championship (RSMP, Rajdowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski), Poland's top national rally series run by PZM; 71st season in 2026 with six asphalt rounds including Rally Poland, an FIA ERC round; 2025 champions Matulka and Syty.
Prodrive
Prodrive: British motorsport engineering company founded 1984 by David Richards, based in Banbury. Ran Subaru's WRC team (McRae 1995, Burns 2001, Solberg 2003), six WRC titles, Le Mans GT wins, Mini WRC, P25, Defender Dakar. Distinct from Dutch Prodrive Technologies.
Production World Rally Championship
Production World Rally Championship (PWRC), FIA Production car World Rally Championship: companion WRC series for Group N production-based rally cars, a drivers-only title running 1987 to 2012 before replacement by WRC-2 Pro.
Rally America
Rally America was the national stage rally championship of the United States from 2005 to 2018, known for launching the rally careers of Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, and Dave Mirra.
Rally Argentina
Rally Argentina, founded as Rally Codasur, is a gravel rally in the Córdoba sierras and a World Rally Championship round from 1980 to 2019, absent since.
Rally Australia
Rally Australia, an Australian WRC round first held in Perth in 1988 and later at Coffs Harbour, NSW; its 2019 finale was cancelled by bushfires and it is absent from the 2026 and 2027 calendars.
Rally Catalunya
Rally Catalunya (RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada, Ral·li Catalunya) is Spain's Catalan rally, run by RACC since 1957, a WRC round 1991-2021, based in Salou since 2005, now an S-CER event; Loeb won it nine times.
Rally de Portugal
Rally de Portugal (Vodafone Rally de Portugal), annual gravel rally since 1967, WRC round since 1973, organized by the ACP; record seven wins for Ogier, 2026 winner Thierry Neuville, dropped from the 2027 WRC calendar.
Rally drivers, co-drivers and teams
Rally drivers, co-drivers and teams is an overview of how rally crews and teams work, from the driver and co-driver partnership to works and privateer outfits.
Rally Finland
Rally Finland, also known as Jyväskylän Suurajot and the "Grand Prix on Gravel," is a founding WRC round held since 1951 on fast gravel roads around Jyväskylä.
Rally Italia Sardegna
Rally Italia Sardegna, Italy's FIA World Rally Championship round since 2004, replacing Rally Sanremo (Rally of the Flowers, first held 1928). All-gravel, abrasive stages based at Alghero; 2026 finale before the event moves to Rome's asphalt from 2027.
Rally Japan (ラリージャパン)
Rally Japan (ラリージャパン), Japan's WRC round: first held 2004 in Hokkaido on gravel, revived 2022 on asphalt in Aichi and Gifu with Toyota Stadium service park; 2026 edition ran 28–31 May as round 7.
Rally México
Rally México is a gravel rally based in León, Guanajuato, a World Rally Championship round since 2004, first run in 1979 and known for its high altitude.
Rally New Zealand
Rally New Zealand is a gravel rally first run in 1969 and a World Rally Championship round from 1977, famed for its fast, cambered roads.
Rally raid
Rally raid is a form of off-road motorsport in which competitors cover long distances over natural terrain, navigating from a roadbook rather than a pre-driven course.
Rally Sweden
Rally Sweden, first held in 1950 as the Rally to the Midnight Sun, is the World Rally Championship's only snow-and-ice round, based since 2022 in Umeå, Sweden.
Rallycross
Rallycross: mixed-surface car racing on tarmac-plus-gravel circuits with the Joker Lap rule. First held 4 February 1967 at Lydden Hill, Kent; first winner Vic Elford in a Porsche 911; FIA World RX ran there until 2017, with a 2026 FIA Rallycross World Cup in Jakarta.
Rallycross car classes
Rallycross car classes are the FIA's regulated categories that group rallycross cars of similar performance and cost on mixed tarmac and gravel circuits, topped by the RX1 class and including RX3, RX4, and RX5.
Rallye Deutschland
Rallye Deutschland (ADAC Rallye Deutschland), German WRC round from 2002, asphalt rally around Trier with Mosel vineyard stages, Baumholder Panzerplatte military stages, and Saarland roads; Loeb record nine wins; dropped from WRC calendar in 2020.