RALLYING: Official Tall Pines Program 2010

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Working in conjunction with the promoters of the upcoming Rally of the Tall Pines, Inside Track Communications has produced the Official Event Program. The legendary event takes place Nov. 19-20 in and around Bancroft, Ontario. The program contains schedules, maps, driver bios and more.

VIDEO: RALLY OF THE TALL PINES: Andrew Comrie-Picard on-board video

This 7-minute clip is a raw, on-board video of Canadian rally racer Andrew Comrie-Picard in action at the recent Rally of the Tall Pines. The start-to-stop stage footage is courtesy of TV2GO. Complete coverage of the CRC event from Bancroft, Ontario airs on TSN on Saturday, December 19 at noon and on RDS on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.

(h/t J.R.)

Rally of the Tall Pines this weekend

Just a reminder that the Rally of the Tall Pines takes place this weekend (Nov. 20-21) in Bancroft, Ontario. Click here to view the entire Official Event Program, produced by Inside Track.

Tall Pines Rally... Official Program Online

Click here or on the image at right to flip through the pages of the Official Event Program of the 2009 Rally of the Tall Pines. The event takes place next weekend (Nov. 19-21) in Bancroft, Ontario.

Produced by Inside Track Communications, the Official Event Program is being distributed prior to and during the event, but is also available online. It's full of information about the rally (schedule, route, entry list, features and profiles).

Be sure to check it out before heading to the event. And while you're in Bancroft, be sure to support the advertisers who make the event and the program possible.

RALLYING: Rally of the Tall Pines Results

Bancroft (Ontario), November 25, 2007 - The last event of the Canadian Rally Championship, presented by Subaru and Castrol, was run this past weekend in Bancroft, Ontario, on snow and ice covered roads. Driver Antoine L'Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard, both from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (QC) had a perfect weekend, winning the event and the championship for drivers and co-drivers. It's a second title for L'Estage and Richard, who are also North-American champions for 2007.

Due to bad weather conditions, the rally proved to be difficult for several top teams who finished their rally off-road. Among them are Andrew Comrie-Picard (Toronto, ON) and Marc Goldfarb (Atkinson, NH) in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9. Comrie-Picard still had a mathematical chance of winning the championship but two off-roads, the second one definitive, ended his hopes. Two other potential winner teams were forced to retire after going off-road: Peter Thomson (Toronto, ON)/Rod Hendricksen (Clinton, NJ), in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8, and Americans Ken Block/Alex Gelsomino, in a Subaru Impreza WRX STi.

So most of the rally showcased the dual between L'Estage/Richard and Frank Sprongl (Georgetown, ON)/Brian Maxwell (Port Hope, ON), in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7. Sprongl, six-times Canadian rally champion and a crowd favorite back in the 1990s, took the lead in the first third of the rally, but L'Estage gained command and led the rest of the way. Shortly before the halfway mark, the rally was so hard fought, both teams were equal at the top.

Rookie team Craig Henderson/Lyne Murphy, from Saint-Constant, QC, makes up the top three. In their Subaru Impreza WRX and running their fourth national rally ever, the team amazed everyone, avoiding pitfalls and pushing top teams in every stage.

Fourth in this Tall Pines, third overall and champions in their Production 4 class, Martin Gauvin and Daniel Duchesneau, both from New Richmond, QC, in a Subaru Impreza WRX, also gave a solid performance. Gauvin/Duchesneau lead Americans Ted and Lise Mendham (Subaru Impreza WRX) and Ontario rookie driver Leonid Urlichich/American co-driver Dave Shindle. Driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STi that used to be driven by former Canadian champion Tom McGeer, Ulrichich also had a very good drive in this rally where he could pass as a local, since he is from Peterborough, south of Bancroft.

In the final standings, drivers' championship, Antoine L'Estage finishes first with 124 points. He leads Andrew Comrie-Picard (88), Martin Gauvin (44), Craig Henderson (33), Gord Olsen (24) and Ted Mendham (21). In the co-drivers' championship, Nathalie Richard wins with 124 points, and leads Marc Goldfarb (71), Daniel Duchesneau (44), Brian Maxwell (34), Lyne Murphy (33) and Todd Patola (24). In the manufacturers' championship, Hyundai wins with 112 points, ahead of Mitsubishi (92) and Subaru (76).

The fifty-second season of the Canadian Rally Championship will start on February 9, 2008, with the presentation of Rallye Perce-Neige, in Maniwaki (QC).

Filming of the 2007 championship for TV has been provided by ATV Productions. For more information on the Canadian Rally Championship and rally events, please visit http://www.carsrally.ca/.

Rally of the Tall Pines final standings (complete results on www.rallyscoring.com):

1) Antoine L'Estage – Nathalie Richard (Hyundai Tiburon 4WD) – 2 hours 00 min. 22 sec.
2) Frank Sprongl – Brian Maxwell (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.7) – 2h01'32
3) Craig Henderson – Lyne Murphy (Subaru Impreza WRX) – 2h10'10
4) Martin Gauvin – Daniel Duchesneau (Subaru Impreza WRX) – 2h11'10
5) Ted Mendham – Lise Mendham (Subaru Impreza WRX) – 2h14'21
6) Leonid Urlichich – Dave Shindle (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) – 2h14'56
7) Peter Reilly – Phil Assad (Volkswagen Golf AWD) – 2h17'33
8) Martin Losier – François Morin (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.5) – 2h18'13
9) John Cassidy – Dave Getchell (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) – 2h19'02
10) John Vanos – Jeff Secor (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) – 2h19'10

Available Photos: Low res photos of the top 3 teams are attached. High res photos are available for media use only by contacting rally@poleposition.ca.
Photos by VINCENT FORTIN.

From Canadian Association of Rallysport