The Morgan car manufacturer has unveiled its Plus Four CX-T, a model that is inspired by Morgan’s well documented history of competing in all-terrain endurance trials. Following the launch of the Plus Four in 2020, Morgan partnered with Rally Raid UK, renowned creator of Dakar race cars, to jointly design and engineer the Plus FourRead Full Story
In 1964, the Monte Carlo Rally was still a genuine adventure for all the competing racing drivers and the spectacle was broadcast live on television. This was the era when automobile manufacturers all over the world discovered rally sport as the perfect stage for presenting their models. And consequently, vehicles from different weight and performanceRead Full Story
Mark Jennings-Bates, a Western Canada rally champion returned to the sport the weekend of May 25-26 at the Rocky Mountain Rally in Invermere B.C. After taking a hiatus for several years, his goal, together with his wife Jackie was to finish in a top-10 spot. This year’s entries came close to 40 teams and withRead Full Story
The Rally Promoter Association of Canada (RPAC) has launched efforts to bring a round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) to Canada. “We started looking at this idea in 2011,” said founding director Keith Morison. “Recently things have started coming together and we think this is the right time to put a real effortRead Full Story
It was another first-place finish for Subaru Rally Team Canada (SRTC) and another podium sweep for Subaru at the 2017 Pacific Forest Rally (PFR) in Merritt, BC, the fifth round of the 2017 Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) season. The victory marked SRTC’s third in a row and keeps the team atop the championship standings withRead Full Story
The Perce-Neige de Maniwaki rally will become international in 2017, while becoming the first round of the Canadian Rally Championship and the maiden round of the new American National Championship. The best rally teams for all over North America will meet to compete. Based in Maniwaki since the late Seventies and held on the UpperRead Full Story
The Subaru Rally Team Canada (SRTC) driver Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Darren Garrod have won the 2016 Driver’s and Co-Driver’s Championships, securing the titles at the Big White Winter Rally in Kelowna, BC the weekend of December 10-11, 2016. L’Estage claimed his 9th Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) Driver’s title in impressive fashion, tackling notoriously winteryRead Full Story
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a recent visit to Tatarstan visited the KAMAZ Plant and congratulated employees and veterans of the enterprise with the 40th anniversary release of the first KAMAZ truck. During the visit the President asked the team leader and director of the international rally-marathon Silk Way Rally Vladimir Chagin on the preparationsRead Full Story
Pacific Forest Rally October 3 & 4, 2014 Presented by Subaru, Supported by Yokohama, Round 4 of the 2014 Canadian Rally Championship MERRITT, BC – The Canadian Rally Championship makes its annual Pacific Forest Rally (PFR) pit stop on Oct. 3 and 4, 2014 in the City of Merritt as the fourth round of theRead Full Story
Subaru Canada has established a three-year agreement with Patrick Richard and his Squamish, B.C.-based Rocket Rally Racing to continue their longtime Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) participation. The new partnership will extend over three years and solidifies Patrick Richard and Rocket Rally Racing as the official Subaru Rally Team Canada. The Canadian Rally Championship is comprisedRead Full Story
How often does a historic vehicle event come along that is not only amazing fun for the participants but also great PR for the hobby? An event that promotes and celebrates the joy of owning historic vehicles while attracting others to the historic vehicle community by demonstrating exactly what these vehicles can do? And toRead Full Story
On only the second day of the 2014 Dakar Rally, Stéphane Peterhansel (FR) behind the wheel of his #300 MINI ALL4 Racing entered by the Monster Energy X-raid Team enjoyed a compelling run through the 433 timed kilometres of the second Dakar leg. The 11-time Dakar champion and winner of the 2012 and 2013 DakarRead Full Story
Subaru Rally Team USA’s David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew were crowned the 2013 Rally America National Champions, with a spectacular victory at the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) on October 20, 2013; the final round of the 2013 Rally America Championship. Higgins entered LSPR locked in an epic season-long battle with rival Ken Block. Read Full Story
Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Craig Parry won the Pacific Forest Rally (October 4-5, 2013), fourth round of the Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) in their Mitsubishi Evolution; it was L’Estage’s sixth lifetime victory at the Merritt event and 41st of his career. For the Canadian and North American champion, the Pacific Forest Rally is his thirdRead Full Story
With 14 months to go, the organizers of The Sydney to London Classic Marathon Rally have announced that the first cargo plane, which will transport competitors’ cars to Turkey from the end of the Australian leg, is now full. With several people, who had previously expressed interest, recently confirming their intention to enter the event,Read Full Story
Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage (of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu) and his co-driver Nathalie Richard (of Halifax, Nova Scotia) completed the 2012 North American Rally Cup and the Canadian Rally Championship with a second-place finish at the Rally of the Tall Pines on November 25. Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard, 2012 champions. Photo: Maxime Poirier. The pair were bestedRead Full Story
The October 13-14, 2012 weekend, the fifth round of the Canadian Rally Championship, saw the crowning of new Canadian champions Antoine L’Estage from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. and co-driver Nathalie Richard from Halifax. Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard. Photo: Shawn Bishop The pair took an early lead in their Mitsubishi Evolution and coasted to another outrightRead Full Story
Pacific Forest Rally, October 12 & 13, 2012 Presented by Subaru, Yokohama & Mitsubishi Motors Round 5 of the 2012 Canadian Rally Championship CANADIAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO BC MERRITT, BC – The Canadian Rally Championship makes its annual Pacific Forest Rally (PFR) pit stop on Oct. 12 and 13, 2012 in the CityRead Full Story
