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The Northern Forest is an off-road race in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the second event in the FIA International Cup for Cross Country Bajas season, and the second event in the Russian national season. It is a rally raid event run on ice and snow in late February. Entrants need an FIA competition license.
The rally shares some of the sections that were used in the White Nights rally.[1] The average temperature during the rally is usually round the −10 °C (14 °F).
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History
The race began in 2002 as a Russian Cup event.[1] Two years later it became part of the Russian Championship.[1] It became an international race in 2006, and it was added to the FIA calendar in 2007.[1]
Winners
Year Driver Codriver Car 2003 
Sergey Shmakov Evgeniy KandzubaBowler Wildcat 200 2004 Ruslan Misikov Sergey ShatinskiyBowler Wildcat 2005 Alexey Berkut Anton NikolaevMitsubishi L200 2006 Alexey Berkut Anton NikolaevMitsubishi Pajero 2007 Boris Gadasin Alexander MironenkoNissan Pickup 2008 Leonid Novitskiy Oleg TyupenkinMitsubishi L200 2009 Boris Gadasin Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto 2010 Boris Gadasin Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto Eligible vehicles
Group T1: Improved Cross-Country Cars prepared according to the Appendix. «J» of the International Sporting Code Art. 285.
Classes:
T1.1 4x4 Gasoline
T1.2 4x4 Diesel
T1.3 4x2 Gasoline
T1.4 4x2 Diesel
Group T2: Cross-Country Series Production Cars prepared according to the Appendix. «J» of the International Sporting Code Art. 284.
Classes:
T2.1 Gasoline
T2.2 diesel
References
- ^ a b c d Konya, Rita (2007-12-03). "Northern Forest: Extreme and beautiful Baja in Russia". Marathon Rally. http://www.marathonrally.com/news/northern_forest_extreme_and_beautiful_baja_in_russia.8443.0.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
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