Publicat in: September 23, 2008, Vizualizari: 140
The Hellendoorn Rally in Holland was won by Erik Wevers. The earlier leader Mark van Eldik crashed his Subaru heavily and suffered a hand injury. Fords finished the rally 1-2-3.
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Krszysztof Holowczyc, European rally champion in 1997 and now a European
member of Parliament, emerged from semi-retirement to win the Polish
championship Rally Orlen.
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Conrad Rautenbach used the Rallye Corte - Central Corse as a shakedown test prior to next month's Tour de Corse and finished second overall.
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On the final championship round in Finland, Jari Ketomaa won the event outright but second placed driver Juha Salo took the Group N title, the major award in the series. 42 year old Ari Vihavainen won the Group A/World Rally Car category. In Spain, Dani Sola beat his rival Xevi Pons on the Rallye Villaquilambre but Pons clinched the national gravel
championship.
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Argentine championship leader and Munchi's World Championship driver Federico Villagra won the seventh round of his national series, the Rally de Entre Rios based at Concepcion del Uruguay, 8.3 seconds ahead of fellow Mitsubishi driver Alejandro Cancio.
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Subaru Impreza Group N cars were unbeatable in the nine-day Camino del Incas city-to-city rally in Peru, but the remarkable last day 555km asphalt stage was won by the Mitsubishi Evo IX of Palomino at an average speed of 170kph. British driver Steve Perez finished provisionally seventh
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Encouraged by a long awaited victory at the IRC Asturias Rally in Spain, five works prepared Abarths have been entered on home ground on this week's IRC Sanremo Rally. Highlight of this year's Sanremo Rally will be a 60km stage around the mountains to be run around midnight...
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Opel's prototype Corsa OPC Super 2000 car is to appear as Course Car next weekend on the Cork 20 Rally in the Republic of Ireland, in the hands of Austin MacHale. The following week it is to be homologated for competition purposes by the FIA.
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The Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally will be based in Perth, Scotland, and is a special one day event organized as a tribute to 1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae. The event and has attracted a world class entry list including previous champions driving Escorts: Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Ken Block, Kris Meeke, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes , Stig Blomqvist. Travis Pastrana; driving Porsches: Bjorn Waldegard, Jimmy McRae, John Buffum and Louise Aitken Walker driving a Sunbeam Lotus.
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