Canadian Rally Championship
The Canadian Rally Championship is an automobile rallying championship sanctioned by the Canadian Association of RallySport held since 1957 in Canada.
The Canadian Rally Championship follows a 2 class format; 2-Wheel Drive, 4/All-Wheel Drive.
Canadian rallying history
The Canadian Rally Championship is Canada's only national rallying series. 2007 marked the of the Canadian Rally Championship, making it the longest running motorsport series in Canada. It has been run continuously since 1957 when Leslie Chelminski and Les Stanley from Montreal shared the very first national rally title in a factory-prepared Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia. In the early days, the rally championship was based on a navigational rally series which, at times, had as many as twenty events in the series. The most notable Canadian car rallies in those days were the Canadian Winter Rally and the . Some Rally champions from the TSD era include Art Dempsey, Bill Silvera, and Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame inductees John Bird, Paul S. Manson, and Bruce D. Simpson.As the sport gradually changed and adopted the European "stage" format, performance rallying became part of the Canadian motorsport picture. As opposed to TSD rallies, where competitors are required to follow the organizer's schedule, travel below posted speed limits and otherwise adhere to the rules of the public roads they are traveling on, performance rallies incorporate high speed "special stages" on roads closed to vehicles other than the rally cars, which must be specially prepared with full safety equipment. In 1973, the Canadian Rally Championship became based solely on stage rallies, including the , which is still the premier event, and is held in November every year.
2026 CRC Season
The 2026 Canadian Rally Championship is a season of rally racing sanctioned by the Canadian Association of Rallysport. The championship features a calendar of eight events across Canada, held on surfaces including gravel, snow, and ice. The season's competition includes various vehicle classes, such as Open 4WD, Prepared 4WD, Open 2WD, and Prepared 2WD.Calendar
2026 Event Calendar
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| 1 | 06 February | 07 February |  Results and standingsSeason summary2025 Drivers' Championship StandingsEach driver earns 1 point for starting a rally and 1 additional point for finishing it. Position-based points are awarded according to standard CRC regulations.
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