From the Canadian Rally Championship
In hot and dusty conditions, championship defendant Pat Richard and Alan Ockwell won the 2009 Rocky Mountain Rally, round two of six in the Canadian Rally Championship.
The win earned critical championship points for Richard, who failed to finish the first event of the season.
The pair took advantage of road position on Friday to take an early lead and held their first place position to the end.
Andrew Comrie-Picard and co-driver Robbie Durant finished second at their first Canadian event in their Mitsubishi Evolution X.
Third place went to Nick Mathew and his sister Kelly Mathew who earned their first national podium finish.
While battling for the lead, Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard of suffered a mechanical failure, ending their event, and costing them valuable championship points. Coming into the Rocky Mountain Rally, L'Estage was leading the Championship, but now sits tied with Pat Richard.
Eric Grochowski and co-driver Leanne Junnila won top points in the two-wheel drive championship in their Volkswagen Golf. The two struggled through the final stage after a rear wheel fell off, but were still able to cross the finish line with a nine-second lead.
The series heads East for the next round of the championship, the Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs, in New Richmond, Que., June 26-27, 2009.
Rocky Mountain Rally Partial Final Results:
1) Pat Richard - Alan Ockwell (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1 hours 32 min. 34 sec.
2) Andrew Comrie-Picard - Robbie Durant (Mitsubishi EVO X) - 1:38:50
3) Nick Mathew - Kelly Mathew (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:41:03
4) Simon Losier - Francois Morin (Mitsubishi EVO VIII) - 1:41:42
5) Colin Armstrong - Keith Morison (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:41:45
6) Gord Olsen - Todd Patola (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:42:06
7) Hardy Schmidtke - Adam Vokes (Subaru Impreza WRX) - 1:42:57
8) Rejean Losier - Maxime Losier (Mitsubishi EVO VIII) - 1:43:26
9) Piotr Kadlubowski - Krystian Ostrowski (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:44:04
10) Bruno-Pierre Allard - Lyne Murphy (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:45:49
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23) Antoine L'Estage - Nathalie Richard (Mitsubishi EVOX) - Retired
In hot and dusty conditions, championship defendant Pat Richard and Alan Ockwell won the 2009 Rocky Mountain Rally, round two of six in the Canadian Rally Championship.
The win earned critical championship points for Richard, who failed to finish the first event of the season.
The pair took advantage of road position on Friday to take an early lead and held their first place position to the end.
Andrew Comrie-Picard and co-driver Robbie Durant finished second at their first Canadian event in their Mitsubishi Evolution X.
Third place went to Nick Mathew and his sister Kelly Mathew who earned their first national podium finish.
While battling for the lead, Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard of suffered a mechanical failure, ending their event, and costing them valuable championship points. Coming into the Rocky Mountain Rally, L'Estage was leading the Championship, but now sits tied with Pat Richard.
Eric Grochowski and co-driver Leanne Junnila won top points in the two-wheel drive championship in their Volkswagen Golf. The two struggled through the final stage after a rear wheel fell off, but were still able to cross the finish line with a nine-second lead.
The series heads East for the next round of the championship, the Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs, in New Richmond, Que., June 26-27, 2009.
Rocky Mountain Rally Partial Final Results:
1) Pat Richard - Alan Ockwell (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1 hours 32 min. 34 sec.
2) Andrew Comrie-Picard - Robbie Durant (Mitsubishi EVO X) - 1:38:50
3) Nick Mathew - Kelly Mathew (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:41:03
4) Simon Losier - Francois Morin (Mitsubishi EVO VIII) - 1:41:42
5) Colin Armstrong - Keith Morison (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:41:45
6) Gord Olsen - Todd Patola (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:42:06
7) Hardy Schmidtke - Adam Vokes (Subaru Impreza WRX) - 1:42:57
8) Rejean Losier - Maxime Losier (Mitsubishi EVO VIII) - 1:43:26
9) Piotr Kadlubowski - Krystian Ostrowski (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:44:04
10) Bruno-Pierre Allard - Lyne Murphy (Subaru Impreza STI) - 1:45:49
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23) Antoine L'Estage - Nathalie Richard (Mitsubishi EVOX) - Retired