Specialty
Subaru Pacific Forest Rally
Presented by Nokian Tyres
September 14th and 15th Cache Creek, BC
Round 5 of the Western Canadian Rally Championship
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TRINDER BROTHERS VICTORIOUS IN PACIFIC FOREST RALLY
September 16, 2001
CACHE CREEK, BC - The team of Scott and Adam
Trinder, of Vancouver, BC, celebrated their first
rally victory of the season in a newly acquired
Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS. This feat was accomplished
using the car which local sensation Patrick Richard
drove to the triple crown of Production GT class
victories in the Canadian, US and North American
championships last year. Dry, dusty weather
made for ideal driving conditions on the twisty
mountain roads of the Arrowstone hills, east
of Cache Creek last Saturday.
The Trinder brothers took the lead on the first
stage, but were closely followed by championship
leaders Janusz Komorowski and Tomasz Karzynski,
from Calgary, Alberta, in their Mazda 323 GTX. These
two teams proceeded to trade seconds back
and forth over each subsequent stage, with Komorowski
taking the lead in the second stage, and Trinder
taking it back with a stellar drive on a long
downhill stage just before the halfway point
of the rally.
Part way into the second leg, Komorowski's Mazda
suffered terminal suspension failure while pushing
hard to regain the lead. The front end
of his car dropped to the road, leaving them
stranded and blocking the route for the following
cars. This left Trinder with a comfortable
lead, but, not being one to back off, he kept
the pressure on. The Trinder brothers won
7 of the 10 stages outright, finishing with a
margin of 1 minute 50 seconds over nearest rivals
Dave Koszegi, from Port Alberni, BC, and Bill
Westhead of Vancouver, in a Subaru Legacy.
Koszegi's strong finish puts him in second place
behind Komorowski in the Western Canadian Rally
Championship, with one event remaining. In
fact, with Komorowski failing to finish, there
are now three drivers with a chance of taking
the championship, including Zbigniew Szewczyk
of Calgary who finished third at the Pacific
Forest Rally.
For 2001, everything has come down to the final
event in the championship, the Kananaskis Rally,
November 10th in Bragg Creek, Alberta.
Many thanks go out to the town of Cache Creek
for their warm welcome, and to event sponsors
Nokian Tyres, Polaris Water, and Specialty Subaru. |