Former World Rally Championship star and British Rally champion Alister McRae has been linked to a full-time return to the sport with Proton. The Scot, who drove for Hyundai and Mitsubishi at the height of his WRC career, is believed to be in line for a drive in the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in one […]
By Brian Young – APSM.tv The first half of Rally Hokkaido, 4th round of the 2009 Asia Pacific Rally Championship was a great battle between multiple champion Cody Crocker and Japan’s Katsu Taguchi. Both drivers attacked from the very first stage and unbelievably both drivers had small offs on the very first corner of the […]
Last weekend marked the competitive debut of Cusco’s Lancer EVO Xs at the MSCC Tokyo Rally. But it wasn’t such a stunning debut for the two cars that will line-up next month for Rally Hokkaido. Held in the Fukushima prefecture, Hiroshi Yanagisawa and Yuya Sumiyama drove the EVO Xs they’ll use for the Asia Cup […]
Close from start to finish, Katsu Taguchi shadowed Cody Crocker all event, but Emma Gilmore was ready to pounce if either of them faltered. And ahead of them all, Hayden Paddon won the rally outright and capture the Pacific Cup for 2009. To catch up with all the Rally Whangarei action, just press the ‘Play’ […]
The 2005 APRC champion, Jussi Valimaki, has lined up ifor the first round of the Chinese Rally Championship, Rally Nanjing. Driving for the Hongyun Honghe rally team Valimaki and co-driver Marko Sallinen found themselves pitted against last years APRC Pacific Cup title winner, Dean Herridge. Herridge is now in his third season as lead driver […]
Gaurav Gill’s dream of capturing a Production World Rally Championship is over. At least for this year, anyway. The 2007 Indian champion took over the TSI Racing Subaru Impreza from countryman Naren Kumar at the end of 2008. But a contractual dispute between TSI and his APRC team, MRF, has forced his withdrawal from further […]
Victory in the NAC Insurance International Rally of Whangarei resulted in an array of successes for 22-year-old Hayden Paddon from Geraldine. The current New Zealand rally champion battled with former local rally champion Richard Mason, from Masterton, for most of the weekend. The local pair held out three-time Asia Pacific champion Cody Crocker on the […]
Gaurav Gill will miss the PWRC round in Italy. Contractual obligations with MRF Tyres is believed to have become a sticking point in discussions between Gill and TSI Racing boss Mohan Nagrajan, with whom Gill competes in the PWRC. Speaking to AUTOCAR INDIA, Nagrajan admitted that discussions were still on-going between him and Gill to […]
You can’t deny him! First event of his season, and already Cody Crocker has taken a lead in the championship. His new Motor Image Subaru ran without a hitch, and even though MRF’s Katsu Taguchi didn’t strike any problems, Crocker’s local knowledge gave him a speed advantage over both days of the event. To catch […]
Transcript of APRC Live – Rally Queensland 2009 There’s a change of venue for the second round of the season, and the big guns of the competition are back to fight for the championship crown. It’s Rally Queensland time, and we’ve got all the news and results from the last round on the Sunshine Coast, […]
