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Martel And Hubert Win Double Tall Pines Rally And 2022 Championship Titles

November 28, 2022
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Martel And Hubert Win Double Tall Pines Rally And 2022 Championship Titles

Olivier Martel and Vincent Hubert in their Test Racing Subaru WRX STI at the Rally of the Tall Pines. CREDIT Richard Bouchard

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The conclusion of the 2022 Eastern Canadian Rally Championship (ECRC) took place on November 26, with a double-header programme as part of Bancroft, Ont.’s Rally of the Tall Pines. On frozen gravel roads covered in ice patches and mud, competitors needed to fine tune their concentration levels for this event. Olivier Martel and Vincent Hubert were up to the challenge and won both regional rounds in their Test Racing Subaru WRX STI. In doing so, the duo also claimed the 2022 ECRC driver’s and co-driver’s championship titles.

The Quebec team’s double victory adds to their win at the Rallye Perce-Neige that opened the season. Martel also won the Rallye de Charlevoix last month, but with Hubert absent from that event, he needed the points that a double victory would bring in order to clinch the 2022 co-driver’s title. Their objective was met this weekend as he and driver Martel completely dominated the two regional events presented as part of the 2022 Rally of the Tall Pines.

In the first regional event, comprised of eight morning competitive stages and three short spectator stages, Martel and Hubert built a lead of one minute and 40 seconds over fellow Quebec competitors Jean-Sébastien Besner and Yvan Joyal (Mitsubishi Evo Lancer). The battle for second-place was contested by four teams, with Besner/Joyal finishing with a gap of 24.8 seconds over Jonathan Drake and Ian Lantz (third in their Subaru WRX STI). Less than 40 seconds behind them were Ontarians Mathew Ballinger and Gary Sutherland (fourth) and Trevor Pougnet/Ryan Rouleau (fifth), both in Subaru’s and respectively finishing in first and second places in the Production four-wheel drive class.

The top-six was rounded out by Gabriel Monette and Lyne Turgeon (Subaru), just 0.2 seconds ahead of Phil Wearn and Kyle Miller (Subaru), while in the two-wheel drive class, Kurtis Duddy and Matthieu Toupin (Nissan Sentra) cliched a third consecutive victory this season. They also finished in ninth-place overall, one position ahead of Production 2WD winners Crawford New and Zvonimir Bracika (Plymouth Neon).

The second regional event saw Martel/Hubert win once again, this time with a 30.7-second lead over Rouleau/Pougnet, their closest rivals in the hunt for the 2022 ECRC title. Besner/Joyal finished in third-place, just 0.9 second behind Rouleau and Pougnet.

Ballinger/Sutherland finished in fourth-place, trailing the leaders by 46 seconds at the end of the eight new stages, highlighted by strong battles amongst the leaders. Monette/Turgeon, Wearn/Miller and Martin Donnelley/Cezary Maciocha (Subaru) completed the top-seven, ahead of Kurtis Duddy and Matthieu Toupin, eighth overall and once again two-wheel drive leaders. This team also claimed the 2022 title in its category.

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Two minutes and 32 seconds behind Duddy/Toupin were Charles Hammer and Guillaume Dezois in their historic Volvo 242, finishing second in two-wheel drive, to go along with their third-place 2WD finish in the first round. New/Bracika finished third and first in the Production 2WD class.

In total, 13 of the 17 Eastern Canadian Rally Championship competitors completed the 2022 Tall Pines Rally. The event also counted towards the Canadian Rally Championship, with the victory going to Jérôme Mailloux and Philippe Poirier (Subaru WRX STI).

The Eastern Canadian Rally Championship’s 2023 season will kick off on February 4, with the Rallye Perce-Neige Maniwaki, in the Haute Gatineau region of Quebec.

For all information and complete results and standings from the 2022 ECRC season, please visit www.ecrc-crec.ca.

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