Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Winter 2009/2010 Legacy | Page 16

CANADIAN RALLY

SUBARU WINS CANADIAN
RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

RALLY ON
THE ROCK

Subaru Canada closed out the 2009 season as Canadian rally champions after
taking the Manufacturer’s Plate in the Canadian Rally Championship for the second
year in a row. This was Subaru’s eighth championship since 2000 and ninth overall.
Subaru Rally Team Canada driver Pat Richard and co-driver Alan Ockwell drove
their 2008 Impreza WRX STI into first place during the Rally of the Tall Pines,
securing the Canadian Rally Driver’s and Co-driver’s Championship for the second
consecutive year. It was Pat Richard’s tenth year of rallying and his fourth national
championship during that time.
Hardy Schmidtke and Adam Vokes from Alberta won the Production GT Driver’s
and Co-driver’s Championship and earned Subaru the Manufacturer’s trophy in
the Production GT class. They had three class wins and placed second in two others
over the course of the season to claim the championship.
Craig Henderson and Lyne Murphy of St-Constant, Quebec, won the Subaru
President’s Trophy in their Subaru Impreza WRX STI for a second year. The
President’s Trophy is awarded to the top-placing non-manufacturer-sponsored
Subaru of the season.
Comprised of six events held nationwide, the Canadian Rally Championship
season finished off in Bancroft, Ontario, with the Rally of the Tall Pines this past
November. Fans can catch up on all of the action from the comfort of home
by visiting www.carsrally.ca for full CRC season details. The new season gets
underway in February 2010.

Targa Newfoundland is a 2,200-km tarmac
rally that covers much of the central and
eastern portion of Newfoundland. From
September 12 to 19, enthusiastic entrants
raced against the clock and wound their way
through many of the small communities that
dot the glorious coastline.
Subaru Rally Team Canada (SRTC)
experienced quite an unexpected start to this
year’s event, yet came away with successful
results. Although Subaru’s race-prepared
Impreza WRX STI was involved in a minor
mishap prior to the race, the team came
together and worked around the clock to get
it back on the road in time for the race.
Automotive journalist Marc Lachapelle
was in the driver’s seat and SRTC head
mechanic Stewart Hoo was in the co-driver’s
seat for the first time ever (a last-minute
replacement for original co-driver Keith
Townsend). With a little coaching from
Townsend, Lachapelle and Hoo managed to
cross the finish line second in their class in
the Modern division. They also claimed the
2009 Churchill Motorsports International
Team Trophy, alongside the teams of
Sprongl/Hendrickson and Buchanan/Adams.
In addition, SRTC received the Rick
Stryjski Outstanding Service Crew Award,
given to the service crew that’s done the
most to help fellow competitors stay in
the rally.
Not only did spectators and competitors
witness serious SRTC action on the tarmac
this year, they witnessed real team spirit!
Targa Newfoundland is the only event of
its kind to be held in North America and one
of only three internationally recognized
Targa motorsport events in the world.
Visit www.targanewfoundland.com to
learn more.

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