Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Podcast
This season may be Katsu Taguchi’s best opportunity to win a second APRC title. And the Japanese driver completed a classy win at his home event, steering clear of trouble with a measured, mature drive. His teammate Gaurav Gill set the pace throughout the event, but some bad luck and enormous pressure from Taguchi saw […]
Cody Crocker performed a clean-sweep of the 2009 Asia Pacific Rally Championship, claiming the final round of the series in China. While Crocker made it siz wins from six events this year, his team-mate Emma Gilmore battled through the pain of a broken hand to move ahead of Katsu Taguchi in the championship points to […]
Cody Crocker created history in Makassar, becoming the first driver in APRC history to win four championships. Katsu Taguchi has fought hard all year to stem the tide, but the Motor Image Subaru Impreza is now just too fast for the Taguchi’s older Mitsubishi Evo 9. Emma Gilmore battled hard to claim the final podium […]
He did it again, and he did it in style! While the rest of the field struggled in the hot and wet Malaysian palm plantations, Cody Crocker sailed away with the rally. Blindingly fast from the very first stage, he finished the rally more than 20 minutes in front of second-placed Emma Gilmore. But for […]
It was tight during the opening leg, but an afternoon puncture cost Katsu Taguchi any chance of victory at his home rally, and handed Cody Crocker what may yet be a critical win in the 2009 APRC. In our coverage of Rally Hokkaido 2009, we talk to Crocker and Taguchi, Gaurav Gill and Emma Gilmore, […]
Close from start to finish, Katsu Taguchi shadowed Cody Crocker all event, but Emma Gilmore was ready to pounce if either of them faltered. And ahead of them all, Hayden Paddon won the rally outright and capture the Pacific Cup for 2009. To catch up with all the Rally Whangarei action, just press the ‘Play’ […]
You can’t deny him! First event of his season, and already Cody Crocker has taken a lead in the championship. His new Motor Image Subaru ran without a hitch, and even though MRF’s Katsu Taguchi didn’t strike any problems, Crocker’s local knowledge gave him a speed advantage over both days of the event. To catch […]
It was one of the strangest rallies in the APRC’s history. We catch up with all the highlight, lowlights, and torrential rain of Rally New Caledonia, as another great season kicks off in the APRC.
It might have been a ‘dead rubber’, but China Rally was a classic. Cody Crocker arrived with the 2008 APRC title in the bag, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t going to fight for his third Chinese victory in a row. But Hiroshi Yanagisawa, who has turned his season around since Rally Whangarei, wasn’t going […]
He’s was unstoppable! At Rally Malaysia Cody Crocker claimed his third Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in as many years. Joining Kenneth Ericsson, Karamjit Singh and Possum Bourne as the only drivers to claim three APRC titles, Crocker defied torrential rain, slippery roads, and a determined Katsu Taguchi to seal victory. In this podcast we go through […]