The Canadian Rally Championship is an automobile rallying championship sanctioned by the Canadian Association of RallySport (CARS) held since 1957 in Canada.
The Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) is Canada's only national rallying series. 2007 marked the of the Canadian Rally Championship, making it the longest running motorsport series in Canada. It has been run continuously since 1957 when Leslie Chelminski and Les Stanley from Montreal shared the very first national rally title in a factory-prepared Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia. In the early days, the rally championship was based on a navigational (also called time-speed-distance or TSD) rally series which, at times, had as many as twenty events in the series. The most notable Canadian car rallies in those days were the Canadian Winter Rally and the Shell 4000. Some Rally champions from the TSD era include Art Dempsey, Bill Silvera, and Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame inductees John Bird, Paul S. Manson, and Bruce D. Simpson.
As the sport gradually changed and adopted the European "stage" format, performance rallying became part of the Canadian motorsport picture. As opposed to TSD rallies, where competitors are required to follow the organizer's schedule, travel below posted speed limits and otherwise adhere to the rules of the public roads they are traveling on, performance rallies incorporate high speed "special stages" on roads closed to vehicles other than the rally cars, which must be specially prepared with full safety equipment. In 1973, the Canadian Rally Championship became based solely on stage rallies, including the Rally of the Tall Pines, which is still the premier event, and is held in November every year.
2018 CRC Seasonedit
The CRC consists of 7 national events for 2018. These events take place on gravel or snow-covered roads from coast to coast.
The following standings are based on an individual's placings in the first six overall positions on all Canadian Championship Performance Rallies from 1973 to 2016. There are 13 drivers who have attained Grand Master status (>2000 points)
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The Canadian Rally Championship is an automobile rallying championship sanctioned by the Canadian Association of RallySport CARS held since 1957 in Canada Canadian Rally ChampionshipCategoryRallyingCountryCanadaInaugural season1957Drivers championKarel CarreOfficial websitewww wbr carsrally wbr caCurrent seasonBryan Maplethorpe in his open class 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX rally car at the 2007 Kananaskis Rally in Alberta Canada The Canadian Rally Championship follows a 2 class format 2 Wheel Drive 4 All Wheel Drive Contents 1 Canadian rallying history 2 2018 CRC Season 2 1 2018 Event Calendar 2 2 2017 Drivers Championship Final Standings 2 3 2017 Co Drivers Championship Final Standings 2 4 2017 Manufacturers Championship Final Standings 3 Champions 4 Canadian Performance Rally Lifetime Standings 5 External linksCanadian rallying history editThe Canadian Rally Championship CRC is Canada s only national rallying series 2007 marked the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Rally Championship making it the longest running motorsport series in Canada It has been run continuously since 1957 when Leslie Chelminski and Les Stanley from Montreal shared the very first national rally title in a factory prepared Volkswagen Karmann Ghia In the early days the rally championship was based on a navigational also called time speed distance or TSD rally series which at times had as many as twenty events in the series The most notable Canadian car rallies in those days were the Canadian Winter Rally and the Shell 4000 Some Rally champions from the TSD era include Art Dempsey Bill Silvera and Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame inductees John Bird Paul S Manson and Bruce D Simpson As the sport gradually changed and adopted the European stage format performance rallying became part of the Canadian motorsport picture As opposed to TSD rallies where competitors are required to follow the organizer s schedule travel below posted speed limits and otherwise adhere to the rules of the public roads they are traveling on performance rallies incorporate high speed special stages on roads closed to vehicles other than the rally cars which must be specially prepared with full safety equipment In 1973 the Canadian Rally Championship became based solely on stage rallies including the Rally of the Tall Pines which is still the premier event and is held in November every year 2018 CRC Season editThe CRC consists of 7 national events for 2018 These events take place on gravel or snow covered roads from coast to coast 2018 Event Calendar edit Round Date Event Club Location Surface 1 February 2 3 Rallye Perce Neige Maniwaki CASLL nbsp Maniwaki Ice and snow covered gravel 2 May 25 27 Rocky Mountain Rally CSCC nbsp Invermere Gravel 3 June 29 July 1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs CRAB nbsp New Richmond Gravel 4 September 6 08 Rallye Defi CASDI nbsp Montpellier Quebec Gravel 5 September 28 30 Pacific Forest Rally WCRA nbsp Merritt Gravel 6 November 23 24 Rally of the Tall Pines MLRC nbsp Bancroft Gravel ice and snow cover possible 7 December 7 9 Big White Winter Rally WCRA nbsp Kelowna Ice and snow covered gravel 2017 Drivers Championship Final Standings edit Place Driver Car Points 1 Antoine L Estage Subaru 111 2 Brandon Semenuk Subaru 75 3 Leonid Urlichich Subaru 69 4 Nicholas Spencer Subaru 31 5 Nicolas Laverdiere Mitsubishi 30 5 Simon Vincent Subaru 30 7 Andre Leblanc Subaru 27 8 Travis Nease Subaru 22 9 Eric Grochowski Subaru 21 9 Wim van der Poel Ford 21 2017 Co Drivers Championship Final Standings edit Place Co Driver Points 1 Alan Ockwell 111 2 John Hall 82 3 Alex Kihurani 55 4 Grzegorz Dorman 35 5 Vincent Trudel 30 6 Leanne Junnila 27 6 Rene Leblanc 27 8 Liga Kotane 24 8 Patrick Levesque 24 10 Martin Burnley 22 2017 Manufacturers Championship Final Standings edit Place Team Points 1 nbsp Subaru 140 2 nbsp Mitsubishi 68 3 nbsp Ford 17 4 nbsp Porsche 4 5 nbsp Honda 2Champions editYear Driver Co Driver Marque 1957 Leslie Chelminski Les Stanley Volkswagen 1958 Leslie Chelminski 1959 Art Dempsey Bill A Silvera 1960 Art Dempsey Bill A Silvera 1961 Bill A Silvera 1962 George A Merson John C Wilson 1963 John Bird Volkswagen 1964 John Bird Volkswagen 1965 John Bird Volkswagen 1966 Bruce Simpson Volvo 1967 Klaus Ross Paul S Manson Datsun 1968 Keith Ronald John Slade Volkswagen 1969 Bruce Schmidt Betty Schmidt Paul S Manson Datsun 1970 Walter Boyce Doug Woods Datsun 1971 Walter Boyce Doug Woods Datsun 1972 Walter Boyce Doug Woods Datsun 1973 Walter Boyce Doug Woods Fiat 1974 Walter Boyce Doug Woods Toyota 1975 Jean Paul Perusse John Bellefleur Fiat 1976 Jean Paul Perusse John Bellefleur Fiat 1977 Taisto Heinonen Tom Burgess Toyota 1978 Taisto Heinonen Tom Burgess Toyota 1979 Taisto Heinonen Tom Burgess Toyota 1980 Taisto Heinonen Tom Burgess Toyota 1981 Randy Black Bob Lee Toyota 1982 Taisto Heinonen Tom Burgess Toyota 1983 Randy Black Tom Burgess Nissan 1984 Tim Bendle Mary Crundwell Toyota 1985 Tim Bendle Louis Belanger Toyota 1986 Bo Skowronnek Terry Epp Volvo 1987 Alain Bergeron Martin Headland Toyota 1988 Alain Bergeron Raymond Cadieux Toyota 1989 Paul Choiniere Martin Headland Audi 1990 Tom McGeer Trish Sparrow Audi 1991 Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl Audi 1992 Tom McGeer Trish Sparrow Audi 1993 Tom McGeer Trish Sparrow Subaru 1994 Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl Audi 1995 Frank Sprongl Mike Koch Audi 1996 Carl Merrill Yorgi Bittner Eagle 1997 Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl Audi 1998 Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl Audi 1999 Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl Audi 2000 Tom McGeer Mark Williams Subaru 2001 Tom McGeer Mark Williams Subaru 2002 Patrick Richard Ian McCurdy Subaru 2003 Tom McGeer Philip Erickson Subaru 2004 Patrick Richard Nathalie Richard Subaru 2005 Peter Thomson Rod Hendrickson Subaru 2006 Antoine L Estage Ole Holter Hyundai 2007 Antoine L Estage Nathalie Richard Hyundai 2008 Patrick Richard Alan Ockwell Subaru 2009 Patrick Richard Alan Ockwell Subaru 2010 Antoine L Estage Nathalie Richard Mitsubishi 2011 Antoine L Estage Nathalie Richard Mitsubishi 2012 Antoine L Estage Nathalie Richard Mitsubishi 2013 Antoine L Estage Nathalie Richard Mitsubishi 2014 Antoine L Estage Alan Ockwell Mitsubishi 2015 Antoine L Estage Alan Ockwell Subaru 2016 Antoine L Estage Darren Garrod Subaru 2017 Antoine L Estage Alan Ockwell Subaru 2018 Karel Carre Samuel Joyal Subaru 2019 Karel Carre Samuel Joyal Subaru 2021 Andre Leblanc Rene Leblanc Subaru 2022 Jerome Mailloux Philippe Poirier Subaru 2023 Jean Sebastien Besner Yvan Joyal FordCanadian Performance Rally Lifetime Standings editThe following standings are based on an individual s placings in the first six overall positions on all Canadian Championship Performance Rallies from 1973 to 2016 There are 13 drivers who have attained Grand Master status gt 2000 points Driver Lifetime Points CARS Points Career Wins Antoine L Estage 6190 1373 49 Taisto Heinonen 5580 1110 40 Frank Sprongl 5000 1065 36 Tom McGeer 4990 1053 21 John Buffum 4900 778 43 Patrick Richard 4160 894 22 Jean Paul Perusse 3860 784 21 Walter Boyce 2920 593 12 Randy Black 2880 570 10 Sylvain Vincent 2540 571 1 Bo Skowronnek 2390 503 5 Carl Merril 2350 382 8 Bjorn Anderson 2120 420 6External links editThe Canadian Association of Rallysport web site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canadian Rally Championship amp oldid 1192534196, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
