Canadian Rally Championship

Canadian Rally Championship

The Canadian Rally Championship is an automobile rallying tournament sanctioned by the Canadian Association Of RallySport (CARS).

Canadian rallying history

The Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) is Canada's only national rallying series. 2007 marks 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 L. Chelminski and L. Stanley from Montreal shared the very first national rally title. In the early days, the rally championship was based on a navigational rally series which, at times, had as many as twenty events in the series the most notable were the Canadian Winter Rally and the [http://www.shell-4000-rally.org Shell 4000] . As the sport gradually changed and adopted the European "stage" format, performance rallying became part of the Canadian motorsport picture. In 1973, the Canadian Rally Championship became based solely on stage rallies. Some Rally champions from the past include Paul S. Manson (Toronto), John Bird (Toronto), Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Inductee as of Feb 10, 2007, Bruce D. Simpson, Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Inductee as of Feb 10, 2007, Walter Boyce (Ottawa), Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Inductee and Doug Woods (Ottawa)

2008 CRC Season

Co-Drivers' Championship

Canadian Performance Rally Lifetime Standings

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 present.There are 11 drivers who have attained Grand Master status (>2000 points)

External links

* [http://www.carsrally.ca/ The Canadian Association of Rallysport web site] .
* [http://www.cmhf.ca Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame] In addition, several regional series are also supported throughout Canada:
* [http://www.rsq.qc.ca/ Rallysport Quebec]
* [http://www.rallysport.on.ca/ Rallysport Ontario]
* [http://www.rallywest.com/ Rally West]
* [http://www.edmontonrallyclub.ca/ Edmonton Rally Club (ERC)]
* [http://www.armsinc.ca/ Atlantic Region]
* [http://www.rallybc.com/ RPM Rally BC]


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