Antoine L'estage North American Rally Champion After This Weekend ?
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Press Release For Immediate Publication Rocky Mountain Rally this weekend ... Antoine L'Estage North American Rally Champion After This Weekend ? Montréal (Québec), October 30, 2013.- Quebec driver Antoine L’Estage (of St-Jean-sur- Richelieu) will contest this weekend’s Rocky Mountain Rally, in British Columbia, an event counting towards both the Canadian and North American Rally Championships. It is here that the Rockstar team driver will be attempting to earn his sixth event victory as well as capture the North American title. Antoine L'Estage has always had a lot of success at the Rocky Mountain Rally, back when the rally was held near Calgary, Alberta. This year the rally will introduce an entirely new location, near Invermere, British Columbia : « We’re starting from scratch but everyone is in the same boat » explains the Quebec driver, who adds : « I adore contesting new events, I’m really confident but we won’t be taking any strategic risks, we’re bringing with us the entire lineup of Yokohama tires for snow, ice, mud, and gravel in order to be prepared for all weather conditions, which is the big question mark for this rally ». Antoine L'Estage will be co-driven by Welshman Craig Parry at the Rocky Mountain Rally. This team claimed the victory at the previous round of the Canadian Rally Championship earlier this month, the Pacific Forest Rally. The win was an important one as it enabled Antoine to close the gap even more in the fight for the Canadian drivers’ title as well as put Mitsubishi in the lead for the manufacturers’ title. « Our goal at the Rocky Mountain Rally is the same as at PFR – to win ! » confides Antoine L'Estage, who has won the last three Canadian events and is currently leading the North American Rally Cup drivers’ title hunt. He could lock it up this weekend. With a victory for the Rockstar team and a third place finish or worse for their main rivals in the Canadian Rally Championship, Antoine L’Estage could also take the lead of the Canadian series with just the Rocky Mountain Rally this weekend and one last round in Ontario in November to conclude the 2013 season. Antoine L’Estage holds five North American championship titles (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012), five Canadian titles (2006, 2007, 2010 - 2012), one American title (2010), and forty-one overall victories in Canada and the US. Craig Parry comes to the team with plenty of experience in Europe, in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and the European Rally Championship (ERC). Antoine L’Estage participates in the 2013 Rally America and Canadian Rally Championships with the support of Rockstar Energy Drink, Fenetres Concerto, Mitsubishi Canada, Yokohama Tires, Drenth Motorsport Gearboxes, Énergie Cardio, Formica Group, Alpinestars, VP Racing Fuels, Exe-Tc Suspensions, Driver's Edge Autosport, and Libra Racing. For more information on the team or on rallying in general, visit antoinelestage.com. Source : Coyote Rallye Media Services, (514) 825 - 4332 2013 Canadian Rally Championship Calendar Date Event Location February 2 RALLYE PERCE-NEIGE Maniwaki, Québec DNF June 29 – 30 RALLYE BAIE-DES-CHALEURS New Richmond, Québec 1st September 6 – 7 RALLYE DÉFI Ste-Agathe, Québec 1st October 4 – 5 PACIFIC FOREST RALLY Merritt, British Columbia 1st November 2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RALLY Invermere, British Columbia November 30 RALLY OF THE TALL PINES Bancroft, Ontario Rally America Series 2013 Calendar Date Event Location January 25 – 26 SNO*DRIFT Atlanta, Michigan 1er February 22 – 23 100 ACRE WOOD Salem, Missouri DNF May 3 – 4 OREGON TRAIL Portland, Oregon DNF May 31 – June 1 STPR Wellsboro, Pennsylvania D.N.E. July 26 - 27 NEW ENGLAND FOREST RALLY Bethel, Maine DNF August 22 – 23 OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY Detroit Lakes, Minnesota DNF October 18 - 19 LAKE SUPERIOR PRO RALLY Houghton, Michigan 2nd Photo : Antoine L’Estage, reigning Canadian and North American Rally Champion. Credit : Aaron Kathman. High resolution available upon request. - 30 - .