National Rally championships News

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Originally Posted by EightGear

Peter van Merksteijn jr. won the Hellendoorn Rally again like last year. There was a nice battle between him and Jeroen Swaanen but Peter was pretty much in control of the rally.

1. Peter van Merktsteijn jr. (Citroen C4 WRC)
2. Jeroen Swaanen (Ford Focus WRC) +8.4
3. Bernhard ten Brinke (Ford Fiesta WRC) +1.14.6
4. Bob de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +2.29.8
5. Bert de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +3.59.4
6. Hermen Kobus (Ford Fiesta S2000) +5.49.9

Eric Bolhaar (Skoda Fabia WRC) retired after just a few hundred meters but returned on saturday.
Erik van Loon (Ford Fiesta WRC) retired on SS3 after hitting a tree.
Edwin Schilt (Subaru S14 WRC) broke the engine on SS4.

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maybe a stupid question but... is Swaanen the 2012 Dutch Champion after this result or still not?

No not yet. There are still 2 events to go so normally it shouldn't be much of a problem for him from now.

My video of the biggest Dutch rally of the year!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZy0yl72v1s

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Originally Posted by EightGear

Peter van Merksteijn jr. won the Hellendoorn Rally again like last year. There was a nice battle between him and Jeroen Swaanen but Peter was pretty much in control of the rally.

1. Peter van Merktsteijn jr. (Citroen C4 WRC)
2. Jeroen Swaanen (Ford Focus WRC) +8.4
3. Bernhard ten Brinke (Ford Fiesta WRC) +1.14.6
4. Bob de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +2.29.8
5. Bert de Jong (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC) +3.59.4
6. Hermen Kobus (Ford Fiesta S2000) +5.49.9

Eric Bolhaar (Skoda Fabia WRC) retired after just a few hundred meters but returned on saturday.
Erik van Loon (Ford Fiesta WRC) retired on SS3 after hitting a tree.
Edwin Schilt (Subaru S14 WRC) broke the engine on SS4.

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What ever happened to Mark van Eldik?

Taking a break for now at least..

Esapekka Lappi in last round of Swedish championship next weekend in what I think is Tidemand's Fabia S2000 (Tidemand in Alsace at the same time). Good that he gets mileage.

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French rally tuner Automeca brought yesterday a brand new Citroen DS3 R3 to Romania for a local driver. First DS3 R3 to compete full schedule in the national championship (CNR).

Pics & 2 short videos :
Răspopa a testat Citroën DS3 R3 la Vâlcea

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Esapekka Lappi in last round of Swedish championship next weekend in what I think is Tidemand's Fabia S2000 (Tidemand in Alsace at the same time). Good that he gets mileage.

Resultatservice - Anmälda

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Yep, same car what tidemand used this year in rally SM.

Rain and sun, day and night, speed and adrenaline on all types of surfaces on tricky Latvian turns and curves.
Video from Rally Latvia 2012:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gd3ZP9n4NY

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Originally Posted by martini2771

Rain and sun, day and night, speed and adrenaline on all types of surfaces on tricky Latvian turns and curves.
Video from Rally Latvia 2012:

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I like that one - Rally Latvija 2012 - YouTube