Archive for June, 2009

  • ACP Rally hangs on for gutsy finish at Baie des Chaleurs

    ACP Rally hangs on for gutsy finish at Baie des Chaleurs

    Team PR June 30, 2009 2:43 pm no comments

    Rally driver Andrew Comrie-Picard overcame failing brakes throughout the Baie des Chaleurs Rally to finish fifth overall, clawing back from 11th overall after the first night. “From almost the first corner of the rally it was apparent the braking system wasn’t up to handing the weight of the car on [...]

     
  • Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs… Perseverance pays off for Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard

    Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs… Perseverance pays off for Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard

    Team PR June 30, 2009 1:04 pm no comments

    Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage, co-driven by Nathalie Richard, both of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Quebec), earned twelve critical championship points at this weekend’s Rallye Baies-des-Chaleurs and remain among the top contenders for the overall 2009 Canadian Rally Championship title. Reigning North American champions, Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard competed in this extremely popular [...]

     
  • Subaru Rally Team Canada’s Richard and Ockwell – 2nd Consecutive Win

    Subaru Rally Team Canada’s Richard and Ockwell – 2nd Consecutive Win

    Team PR June 30, 2009 12:58 pm no comments

    Richard sets all-time victory record while Block crashes out Subaru Rally Team Canada driver Patrick Richard took a hard-fought victory at the Rallye Baie des Chaleurs, held this past weekend near New Richmond, QC, beating the entire field of 48 cars and solidifying his overall lead in the 2009 Canadian [...]

     
  • Teams Battle Down to the Wire at the CHCA Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb, Round 4 of the Colorado Rally Cup Presented by Subaru, Flatirons Performance, and Flatirons Subaru

    Teams Battle Down to the Wire at the CHCA Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb, Round 4 of the Colorado Rally Cup Presented by Subaru, Flatirons Performance, and Flatirons Subaru

    Event PR June 30, 2009 12:53 pm no comments

    The Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb, held just outside of Buena Vista, CO, marked the fourth round of the 2009 Colorado Rally Cup Presented By Subaru, Flatirons Performance, and Flatirons Subaru. This Colorado Hill Climb Association event, held every other year, has emerged as one of the most challenging and anticipated [...]

     
  • The 2009 Rally American National Championship Shifts to Maine for Round 6 of 9

    The 2009 Rally American National Championship Shifts to Maine for Round 6 of 9

    Event PR June 29, 2009 4:58 pm no comments

    Regional Rally Teams come from all over to claim their share of the MaxAttack! cash awards With the first five rally events of the 2009 Rally America National Championship in the record books already, the top Regional and National rally teams from across the United States and Canada will soon [...]

     
  • Pat Richard storms to victory at 2009 Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs

    Pat Richard storms to victory at 2009 Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs

    Event PR June 29, 2009 12:52 pm no comments

    With a dominating win at the 2009 Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs, Pat Richard (Squamish, B.C.) and Alan Ockwell (Toronto, Ont.) of Subaru Rally Team Canada leap into the lead of the Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru and supported by Yokohama. Richard and Ockwell came into the event fresh from a win [...]

     
  • Moro and Wiktorczyk team up to make Team USA

    Moro and Wiktorczyk team up to make Team USA

    Team PR June 29, 2009 12:36 pm no comments

    PMR Motorsport and PPD Motorsport prepare for Rally of Nations Columbus, OH, June 25th 2009: Rally America’s latest event (STPR) Super Production class podium finishers, will team up to compete as Team USA at the upcoming Corona Rally Mexico – Rally of Nations. Moro and Wiktorczyk will both drive Group [...]

     
  • Targa Newfoundland, Rally Barbados link hands, exchange winners

    Targa Newfoundland, Rally Barbados link hands, exchange winners

    Event PR June 29, 2009 12:28 pm no comments

    They may be separated by miles of ocean, but the islands of Barbados in the southern Caribbean and Newfoundland in Canada have linked hands in a cooperative effort that could see the winner of the keystone motorsports event in each location take part in the other. The agreement between Sol [...]

     
  • Shootout of the year at the 2009 Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs

    Shootout of the year at the 2009 Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs

    Event PR June 24, 2009 9:19 am no comments

    A close championship battle will be contested by a deep field at the 2009 Rallye Baie-Des-Chaleurs in New Richmond, Que., third round of the Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru and supported by Yokohama. Just six points separate the top four teams, with a win earning 22 points. Every move [...]

     
  • Mitsubishi Brigade goes back to work at the Baie des Chaleurs rally

    Mitsubishi Brigade goes back to work at the Baie des Chaleurs rally

    Team PR June 24, 2009 9:13 am no comments

    The next step on the road to the Canadian Rally Championship is the Rallye Baie des Chaleurs in the Gaspe Peninsula. This coming weekend, Mitsubishi will have no less than nine teams entered looking for a second victory this season and a third consecutive podium finish. Winners of the first [...]

     
  • Antoine L’Estage Eyes Third Victory in Gaspesia

    Antoine L’Estage Eyes Third Victory in Gaspesia

    Team PR June 23, 2009 9:31 am no comments

    Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage, co-driven by Nathalie Richard, both of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (QC), will participate in the Rallye Auto Baie-des-Chaleurs June 26th and 27th, round three of the Canadian Rally Championship. Once again at the wheel of their 2009 Rockstar Royal Group Mitsubishi Evo X, Antoine and Nathalie will attempt to [...]

     
  • Racing Accident on Rogues Harbor Road in Wawarsing, New York During Summer Rallysprint 2009

    Racing Accident on Rogues Harbor Road in Wawarsing, New York During Summer Rallysprint 2009

    Event PR June 22, 2009 6:14 am no comments

    Author: Rally New York Media Forestburgh, New York, June 21, 2009. The purpose of this press release is to inform on the medical condition of the competitors involved in this racing accident, correct the press release disseminated by Associated Press last night without giving Rally New York the opportunity to [...]

     
  • Rally Special – Best of Porsche

    User Videos June 21, 2009 2:56 am no comments

    Best of Porsche in German Rally Championships

     
  • Barry & Brady continue with winning form

    Barry & Brady continue with winning form

    international June 15, 2009 9:01 am no comments

    Daniel Barry from Enniskerry Co Wicklow continues with his season of success by taking his fourth victory of the year in the highly competitive Mitsubishi Evolution Challenge. Partnered as ever by his navigator Martin Brady from Navan the pair have remained consistently fast and on the road all year to [...]

     
  • Perez Takes Dukeries Victory

    Perez Takes Dukeries Victory

    international June 15, 2009 8:59 am no comments

    Twenty-five years after he first contested the event as a co-driver, Kick Energy rally driver Steve Perez romped to his second Dukeries Rally victory after a superb performance in the Sherwood Forest region today. On the 1984 event as a co-driver, Perez managed to get his driver a two minute [...]

     
  • Wiktorczyk makes it to X Games 15!

    Wiktorczyk makes it to X Games 15!

    Team PR June 12, 2009 5:41 am no comments

    PPD Motorsport wins STPR in Super Production. Wellsboro, PA, June 5th 2009: PPD Motorsport driver Piotr Wiktorczyk took his second win of the season in Super Production (SP) class last weekend at the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR), the fifth round of Rally America National Series. Wiktorczyk, and his co-driver [...]

     
  • NOS Energy Mitsubishi and Team ACP move up to 2nd in Rally America points race

    NOS Energy Mitsubishi and Team ACP move up to 2nd in Rally America points race

    Team PR June 11, 2009 10:53 am no comments

    Rally driver Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard overcame a series of big challenges at the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally last weekend to move into second place in the Rally America points race. “It was a tough weekend for us,” said Comrie-Picard. “But every point counts in this championship and we’re in it [...]

     
  • Subaru Factory Driver Ken Block Takes Dominating Win at 2009 Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally

    Subaru Factory Driver Ken Block Takes Dominating Win at 2009 Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally

    Team PR June 8, 2009 12:10 pm no comments

    - Teammate Travis Pastrana Finishes 2nd and Retains Championship Lead – Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block earned his second Rally America victory of 2009 with a dominating win at the 2009 Waste Management Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR). Block and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino were untouchable in their [...]

     
  • 2009 Pirelli Star Driver Acropolis Rally of Greece

    2009 Pirelli Star Driver Acropolis Rally of Greece

    international June 8, 2009 10:28 am no comments

    The Pirelli Star Drivers will reach the halfway point of their 2009 programme on the forthcoming Acropolis Rally. Greece’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship is one of the oldest and toughest on the calendar. And this year, with the route moving away from its Athens base, the drivers [...]

     
  • Subaru Rally Team USA Driver, Ken Block, Takes the STPR Rally Win!

    Subaru Rally Team USA Driver, Ken Block, Takes the STPR Rally Win!

    Team PR June 8, 2009 10:09 am no comments

    Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block set the fastest times on the opening stages of the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally and never looked back, taking his second win of the season at this notoriously tough event. Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino have had their share of bad luck this [...]