2024 Alcan 5000 Rally Video Playlist is Live

March 27, 2024 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment

Our 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally story continues! We made rally recap videos for each day of the 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally. You can find these short 1:30 vids on a playlist on the Crankshaft Culture YouTube channel. Conversely, you can stay right here and watch each Alcan 5000 Rally video below. Yes, they’re in vertical…

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Alcan 5000 Update: We Won Our Class In the INEOS Grenadier!

March 5, 2024 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment

As you may know, we took an INEOS Grenadier on the winter 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally. Well, we won our class in the INEOS, edging out 16 other trucks and SUVs to take the top spot in the 2S class.

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The Winter 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally is Almost Here

February 16, 2024 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment

You know the song “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”? Well, it’s mid-February in our house and you can change that title to “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Alcan.” The Winter 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally is almost here.

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The Alcan 5000 Rally INEOS Grenadier is in Our Possession!

February 9, 2024 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 1 Comment

The 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally INEOS Grenadier is in our possession! We just picked up our 2024 Alcan 5000 INEOS Grenadier at RTGT INEOS Grenadier from Wilsonville, Oregon. The Grenadier Trialmaster 4×4 still has some finishing touches to go on it. More on that soon, but for now, it’s Andy’s first chance to drive it…

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Alcan 5000 INEOS Grenadier First Drive (Sorta)

February 4, 2024 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment

In case you haven’t heard, we’re running the 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally in an INEOS Grenadier. We just picked the French-made 4×4 this weekend. So where’d we take the INEOS Grenadier (in Eldoret Blue) and what’d we do with it?

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10 Days, 10 Reels, 5,000+ Miles: An Alcan 5000 Rally Recap

December 21, 2023 / Mercedes Lilienthal / Leave a comment

It’s exactly two months to the day of the winter Alcan 5000 Rally start line. Andy and I are partnering with INEOS Automotive to drive their Grenadier Trialmaster 4×4 for the competition. The 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally starts February 21 and runs through March 1.

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Announcement: Crankshaft Culture to Pilot an INEOS Grenadier in the Upcoming 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally

November 22, 2023 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 3 Comments

We’ve got big news! Andy and I are partnering with INEOS Automotive to drive their Grenadier Trialmaster 4×4 for the winter 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally! The start line is less than three months away.

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2022 Alcan 5000 Rally: The Video

October 3, 2022 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment

Partnering with Subaru of America and Subaru Motorsports USA, we tackled the 2022 Alcan 5000 Rally in a new Subaru Outback Wilderness. There were good roads, bad roads, lots of bugs, 1,500 miles of dirt, and amazing camaraderie, scenery, and wildlife. We put together this video of some of the event’s highlights; we hope you enjoy.

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We’re Ready For the 2022 Alcan 5000 Summer Rally!

August 11, 2022 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment

We are one step closer to being ready for the 2022 Alcan 5000 Summer Rally! Our 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness has its rally livery on, we’ve got our modifications installed, and we’re nearly ready to hit the road.

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We’re Partnering With Subaru of America for the 2022 Alcan 5000 Rally

July 5, 2022 / Andy Lilienthal / 3 Comments

It’s officially official: We’re partnering with Subaru of America for the 2022 Alcan 5000 Rally. The ’22 Alcan 5000 is a summer rally vs. 2020’s winter edition. This means less worry about freezing to death, more worry about massive mosquitoes and traversing thousands of miles of Canadian tarmac, dirt, and gravel. And this year’s vehicle?…

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