Carolina RS

Johnson uses winter driving skills to win Production GT (09/27/07)
There wasn’t a driver with a bigger smile on his face than Matthew Johnson when the conditions for Sunday’s Rally Colorado turned overcast and gloomy. For Johnson, the conditions made it just another day at the office.

Oregon Trail Forest Rally- Round 3 of Rally America National Championship (05/14/07)
The 2007 Rally America season got off to a great start for the Hankook Carolina RallySport team with a PGT class win at the SnoDrift Rally in Michigan. Challenges and setbacks have played into the season since, and the Rally at Oregon Trails unfortunately added itself to the list of ‘unplanned outcomes’.

Carolina RallySport takes Two Wins In A Row (09/29/06)
For the fourth time in five rallies the Carolina RallySport Hankook Tire Rally team of Matthew Johnson and Kim DeMotte have come out on top. They now hold a commanding lead in the hard fought ProductionGT championship over class rivals Tanner Foust and Eric Langbein. With only two events left in the Rally America National Championship the team's 26 point lead makes them the odds on favorite for the 2006 PGT Championship ... but there are still two events left and anything can happen.

Top professional Rally teams are coming to Boston (6/28/06)
Rally America, The Maine Forest Rally, and The Team O’Neil Rally Center, along with The Rack Nightclub and Billiards at Faneuil Hall Boston, will be holding an autograph session and media reception on Wednesday July 19, 2006. Teams currently expected to attend are The Subaru Rally Team USA led by current Rally America points leader and X Games Gold Medalist, Travis Pastrana; Kenny Bartram, reigning freestyle motocross champion; Matt Iorio, defending North American Rally Champion; Tim Penasack, 2005 Rally America Eastern Region Production GT champion as well as Matthew Johnson one of the top national Production GT drivers. The autograph session and media reception will run from 4-7 pm on the grounds of The Rack nightclub and billiards club at 24 Clinton Street in Boston.

CarolinaRS Takes First in PGT at STPR (06/28/06)
For the second time running Matthew Johnson's Carolina RallySport team has pulled off the come-from-behind win in the hotly contested Rally America Production GT class.
STPR Photos | STPR Video

321GoVideo Releases Oregon Trail Videos (05/26/06)
> Watch the videos HERE

Carolina RS WINS out West on the Oregon Trail Rally (05/11/06)

Looking Forward to Oregon Trail Rally (04/19/06)

Charity Car Show Success (03/28/06)

Race Results (03/02/06)
100 Acre Wood - Rally America National Championship Rally

A New Season (02/22/06)
Back in action at the 100 Acre Wood Rally

LSPR Recap (10/25/05)
Rolling into Top Championship Ranking

Colorado Cog Rally in Steamboat Springs (9/22/05)
Flat Out Fight to the Finish
- Also Visit Rally America for more info

Minnesota Recap (8/29/05)
Carolina RallySport Shines Again in Minnesota

Maine Recap (8/01/05)
Carolina RS Wins in Maine with Support from North Coast Subaru

Pikes Peak Recap (7/25/05)
CarolinaRS Conquers Pikes Peak

Get in the car with Matthew and Wendy (7/18/05)
Oregon Trail
RIM of the World
Pikes Peak Rally

Party Time (6/1/05)
Party Time at Masque! Tuesday June 14 with Maita Subaru and FortIT! Magazine

Pikes Peak Press (5/15/05)
Carolina RallySport - "Dream Ride to the Clouds"

Rallies Out West (5/12/05)
Successful Western Bid Oregon Trail and Rim of the World

Raffle and Images (4/17/05)
BikerBoyzCyclz has donated a mini chopper to the team to be raffled off at
the ICON Oregon Rally party on Saturday night. Look in the 'pictures'
section for some pictures taken by Todd of Masterpiece Photography of the
mini chopper and some of the CarolinaRS crew who will be hosting the party.

The Final Pieces (10/18/04)
The CarolinaRS WRX is in action! With just one day left before the planned departure for Michigan several house keeping items left to accomplish. See the gallery for the latest images of the car.

Final build begins (9/30/04)
The freshly painted CarolinaRS WRX shell now sits in it's stable for assembly. Fellow rally driver Andrew Havas, a friend and mentor to Matthew, is making a trip down from New York to assist in the assembly.

A Little Color (09/24/04)
The rally car is scheduled to leave the paint shop on Monday 9/27. See the latest addition to the gallery for a view of the paint. Check back soon for pictures of the car's interior and exterior.

Progress Report (09/14/04)
The new Carolina RS rally car is coming along quickly in it's preparation for the Lake Superior Rally in Michigan Oct 22-23. Krause and England did a supurb job completing the roll cage and it's now at Paragon in Raleigh having the body work done. It remains to be seen whether the car will actually be finished in time. Matthew is working feverishly all day each day at the body shop to get the time consuming process of body work and paint sorted out. When asked, he said that if the car comes out of the body shop by Friday Sept 24th he'll be able to make the rally with a very basic rally car running in the Production GT class. Watch this space for updates!

Acid Bath Complete (07/16/04)
Acid stripping of the shell is complete and it now resides at Krause and England in Raleigh having the seam welding completed and will soon have the cage installed. Visit our Gallery for pictures.

Subaru Stripping party a huge success! (07/05/04)
The stripping took only 7 hours with 7 busy bodies pulling things apart. CarolinaRS would like to send out tremendous appreciation to Andrew Frick, Tex Wag, Eric Adams, Doug Becket, Kevin Hoff, Kacy Denning, Jamie Johnson, Andy Pugh and additional thanks to the hosts, Brian and Erin King. Next steps - Dipping the shell in acid, seam welding and cage installation.

Subaru Stripping Party (06/24/04)
Rebuilt street legal car going car down to a shell in only 12 hours on Saturday, June 26th... pending sucessful re-title inspection on Thursday

Rebuild Complete (06/21/04)
The CarolinaRS WRX successfully passed its rebuild inspection Thursday and the team will be moving forward with the full tear down on Saturday. It's a 12 hour strip party, 12 hours to go from street car to bare shell!