Archive for September, 2011

  • A cooler weekend expected for Rally4Life Advocate Mark Jennings-Bates this weekend

    A cooler weekend expected for Rally4Life Advocate Mark Jennings-Bates this weekend

    Team PR September 29, 2011 1:06 pm no comments

    Only a day after announcing his bid to set a new paragliding world record in Australia, Philanthropic Adventurer and Rally Driver Mark Jennings-Bates will be behind the wheel of his Subaru STi competing in the Canadian Rally Championship event, Pacific Forest Rally in BC, Canada. Beside Mark in the co-pilot’s [...]

     
  • Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard in British Columbia to claim the 2011 Canadian Title

    Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard in British Columbia to claim the 2011 Canadian Title

    Team PR September 28, 2011 4:25 pm no comments

    Recent winner of the Norh American Rally Cup for the fourth time in his career, Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage (of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) is set to contest the second last round of the Canadian Rally Championship this weekend with his longtime co-driver Nathalie Richard (of Halifax, NS). With a 41 point [...]

     
  • Mitsubishi Brigade in BC: parade of champions

    Mitsubishi Brigade in BC: parade of champions

    Team PR September 28, 2011 4:20 pm no comments

    The 5th round of the Canadian Rally Championship will take place this coming weekend out of Merritt, British Columbia, a small community in the Rockies north-east of Vancouver. Leading their respective categories, some of the Mitsubishi teams will be able to seal more national championships. Enjoying at this point a [...]

     
  • Incentives for returnees to the Caribbean’s biggest motor sport event

    Incentives for returnees to the Caribbean’s biggest motor sport event

    international September 28, 2011 4:07 pm no comments

    Nearly 200 International competitors can benefit from the incentive programme on offer from the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) for next year’s running of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, Sol Rally Barbados. On-line entries open on Saturday (October 1) on the event’s official web site, www.rallybarbados.bb. Subject to final [...]

     
  • Rally New York, Ltd. Announces New Events and Its 2012 Calendar

    Rally New York, Ltd. Announces New Events and Its 2012 Calendar

    Event PR September 23, 2011 10:41 am no comments

    Rally New York, Ltd. has announced new events and its Calendar of events for the 2012 racing season. There are new venues, new partners, added senior staff members and new locations for several of our events in 2012. A part of this effort is to expand competitor and spectator access [...]

     
  • Dates Announced for Sol Rally Barbados 2012

    Dates Announced for Sol Rally Barbados 2012

    international September 23, 2011 10:37 am no comments

    Entries open on October 1 On-line entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 will open on Saturday, October 1, on the event’s official web site, www.rallybarbados.bb. Subject to final ratification by the island’s governing body, Sol RB12 will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 9/10, with Scrutineering and the Shell [...]

     
  • Last Ditch Racing partners with X-Vision for Historic Video

    Last Ditch Racing partners with X-Vision for Historic Video

    Team PR September 23, 2011 9:29 am no comments

    Maine’s Last Ditch Racing rally team makes rally history in partnership with Canada’s X-Vision. Working together, the two have pioneered the use of their 360 degree video technology in a stage rally car. Driver John Cassidy and co-driver Jennifer Daly faced considerable adversity during the recent Rallye Defi, round four [...]

     
  • USRC Pacific Division Wraps up at the 24th Annual Prescott Rally

    USRC Pacific Division Wraps up at the 24th Annual Prescott Rally

    Event PR September 22, 2011 12:26 pm no comments

    The final round of the 2011 United States Rally Championships’ Pacific Division will be run in the central mountains of Arizona September 30th and October 1st. The Prescott Rally will take competitors through the historic mining district of Jerome and the ranchlands of the Verde River Valley. A compressed two-day [...]

     
  • Rally America Announces New Ownership and 2012 Rally Schedule

    Rally America Announces New Ownership and 2012 Rally Schedule

    Event PR September 22, 2011 11:10 am no comments

    Business veteran takes the helm and navigates course for more fan and sponsor opportunities in the 2012 National Championship Series Rally America, Inc., the premier sanctioning and Rally promotion organization in the United States, announced today the seamless transition of ownership to Vermont business professional, Bill Fogg. Fogg has twenty-five [...]

     
  • Last Ditch Racing pushes to finish at Rallye Defi!

    Last Ditch Racing pushes to finish at Rallye Defi!

    Team PR September 19, 2011 10:38 am no comments

    Last Ditch Racing overcame significant adversity to finish Rallye Defi, round four of the 2011 Canadian Rally Championship. Driver John Cassidy and Co-Driver Jennifer Daly started Friday’s stages with a failing front differential and an elusive oil leak near the turbocharger, which continued to cause considerable smoke in, and around, [...]

     
  • Johnson and Manago win Rally New York Autumn Rallysprint 2011

    Johnson and Manago win Rally New York Autumn Rallysprint 2011

    Event PR September 14, 2011 3:52 pm no comments

    Niall Johnson and Daniela Manago driving a Subaru Impreza won the Rally New York Autumn Rallysprint 2011 this past Saturday. The Rallysprint took place on the roads of Ten Mile River Scout Reservation on Narrowsburg. The event was a round of the New York Rally Championship – Thunder 102 Cup. [...]

     
  • Sterckx Rally Sport Team selects AlphaStar as Tech Partner

    Sterckx Rally Sport Team selects AlphaStar as Tech Partner

    Team PR September 13, 2011 12:06 pm no comments

    David Sterckx Rally Sport team of David Sterckx and Karen Jankowski is pleased to announce a sponsorship relationship with AlphaStar for the 2011 & 2012 rally seasons. AlphaStar is a leading global provider of physics based simulation technologies and services for structural modeling and analysis of advanced materials (http://www.alphastarcorp.com). As [...]

     
  • Mitsubishi Brigade at Rallye Defi : a perfect weekend!

    Mitsubishi Brigade at Rallye Defi : a perfect weekend!

    Team PR September 13, 2011 12:03 pm no comments

    The 4th round of the Canadian Rally Championship, Rallye Defi, was held last weekend in the Quebec Laurentians. The Mitsubishi Brigade crews came out victorious on all counts in the overall and class standings. Already vice-champions in the Rally America series, Antoine L’Estage from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC and co-driver Nathalie Richard [...]

     
  • QS Motorsport Team – 3rd place (open class) in 5th round of the Polish Rally Championship

    QS Motorsport Team – 3rd place (open class) in 5th round of the Polish Rally Championship

    international September 13, 2011 11:18 am no comments

    Team QS Motorsport Management, with driver Peter Malaszuk and his co-driver Darek Szerejko, came back to the United States with third place on the Open class. The first day of the 21′st Lower Silesian Rally (Rajd Dolnoslaski), the fifth round of Polish Rally Championship, started well for the team, and [...]

     
  • L’Estage Cruises to Sixth Career Rallye Defi Win

    L’Estage Cruises to Sixth Career Rallye Defi Win

    Event PR September 12, 2011 11:28 am no comments

    Antoine L’Estage (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) and Nathalie Richard (Halifax) knew that the 2011 Rallye Defi would be won on the first two stages of the event. “That’s what happened last year,” said L’Estage. “We took maybe 45 seconds lead there last year and managed that to the end.” This year, the [...]

     
  • Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard Earn the Victory and the North American Title at the Rallye Defi

    Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard Earn the Victory and the North American Title at the Rallye Defi

    Team PR September 12, 2011 11:18 am no comments

    Invincible in a Full Year of the Canadian Rally Championship… Leaders of the Canadian Rally Championship and the North American Rally Cup heading into this weekend’s Rallye Defi, Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage (of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) and his co-driver Nathalie Richard (of Halifax, NS) had a problem-free performance, which was capped [...]

     
  • Mitsubishi Brigade at Rally Defi : looking for a perfect season

    Mitsubishi Brigade at Rally Defi : looking for a perfect season

    Team PR September 12, 2011 11:14 am no comments

    The Canadian Rally Championship shifts into its second half this weekend with the fourth round on the calendar, Rallye Defi, being held over the Quebec Laurentians forest roads. The Mitsubishi Brigade will be represented by nine teams out of the 35-car starting grid. Perfect so far with three wins in [...]

     
  • Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard Aiming for the North American Rally Title

    Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard Aiming for the North American Rally Title

    Team PR September 7, 2011 11:33 am no comments

    Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage (of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) and his co-driver Nathalie Richard (of Halifax, NS) will return to competition this weekend, after an eight-week pause in the North American rally calendar. Contesting the Rallye Defi, the fourth of six rounds in the 2011 Canadian Rally Championship, L’Estage and Richard will [...]

     
  • Greenhouse heading to New York for Black River Stages

    Greenhouse heading to New York for Black River Stages

    Team PR September 7, 2011 11:09 am no comments

    Defending three-time RallyAmerica Central Region Group 2 Champion Chris Greenhouse is going to New York later this month to compete at Black River Stages. The event, sanctioned by NASA RallySport, will be held in Harrisville, NY on September 23-24. Joining Chris in the co-driver seat will be veteran co-driver Brian [...]

     
  • Last Ditch Racing heads North to Rallye Defi!

    Last Ditch Racing heads North to Rallye Defi!

    Team PR September 6, 2011 10:18 am no comments

    Last Ditch Racing’s Driver John Cassidy and Co-Driver Jennifer Daly will head to Canada to participate in Rallye Defi, round four of the 2011 Canadian Rally Championship. Having completed an ambitious mid-summer schedule, including Rallye Baie des Chaleurs, the Mt. Washington Hillclimb and New England Forest Rally, the team is [...]