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              Team
              Regency Toyota
            
               Driver:
                  Paul Westwick   
  CoDriver:
  Andrew Dobric  
  Vehicle:
  1988 Toyota Celica AllTrac  
  Engine :
  2000cc inline4, 16 valve, turbocharged, 190 bhp  
  Drivetrain:
  four wheel drive  
  Class:
  Production GT
               Paul
                  Westwick and Andrew Dobric have been participating
                  together in performance rallying in western
                  Canada and the US Northwest since 1995. Expanding
                  from their Navigational rallying starts in
                  1985 and 1991, respectively, they have finished
                  every Performance rally they started, as well
                  as posting class wins in Novice and PGT. In
                  1999, Paul won the BC Navigational Rally Driver's
                  Championship. Their car, a production GT class
                  1988 Toyota Celica AllTrac, is also Paul's
                  daily commuter.
               Sponsored
            by: Regency Toyota, Comptech Performance   | 
           
          
            
                
              Scuderia
              Hysteria
            
              Team:
              As the team name implies – they are in this
              strictly for the laughs.   
Driver:
Peter Hill  
CoDriver & Car
Builder: Barry Gurnsey  
Vehicle:
1973 Toyota Corolla  
Engine:
1800cc inline 4, dual side draught carburetors, some power (but
not much)  
Drive train:
rear wheel drive  
Class:
Group 2
 Peter
    has been competing in regional and national rallies for the
    last 30 years in cars as different as an MGB to a Mazda 323
    AWD, starting in England in 1970. Best national finish in
    Canada: as a Driver 4th on Lobster Rally 1980; as a CoDriver
    2nd on Pacific Forest Rally 1982.
  Barry
    has been involved in rallying as Driver, Codriver, Crew and
    Stage marshal since the mid '80's. His high standards of
    preparation give the car the reliability it needs to overcome
    its age and technical shortcomings compared to most of the
    competition.
 Sponsored
      by: Tirecraft   | 
           
          
            
                
              Team
              RMT Contracting
            
              Driver:
              Scott Trinder   
CoDriver :
Bob Trinder  
Vehicle:
1988 Toyota Celica AllTrac  
Engine:
2000cc inline4, 16 valve, turbocharged, 190 bhp  
Drivetrain:
four wheel drive  
Class:
Open
 Father
    and son team, Bob and Scott have competed together and with
    other partners in numerous events throughout western Canada
    and Northwest US, in addition to marathon events such as
    the 1997 Panama-Alaska rally, in which they won their class
    and finished 6th overall. The team took the overall
    victory in Edge of the Rock, in Nanaimo, July 2000.
 Sponsored
      by : Richmond Toyota, Autoparts Plus, Bridgestone Tires,
      RMT Contracting   | 
           
          
            
                
              Team
              A&J Racing
            
              Driver:
              Mark Ward   
              CoDriver:
              Ken Kwong  
Vehicle:
1972 Datsun 510  
Engine:
2000cc inline4, fuel injected, 96 bhp  
Drivetrain:
rear wheel drive  
Class:
Group 2
 Mark
    Ward has run Navigational rallies since 1990 and has several
    wins to his name. In the last two years, Mark has been racing
    GoKarts with the A&J Racing Team, winning nearly all
    of the races he entered.
 Ken started
    co-driving Performance rallies this year and has pursued
    the sport with enthusiasm and confidence.  Ken concurrently
    competes as driver for navigational rallies and co-driver
    for performance rallies.  In the past, Ken competed
    in navigational rallies, such as the Thunderbird Rally held
    each year in early February.
 The car
    is a red 1972 Datsun 510 2door. It is equipped with a fuel
    injected 2.0L engine with performance exhaust and air intake
    system. The car uses Toyo Observe tires available at OK Tire
    Stores. The Datsun/Nissan marque has a long history of winning
    car rallies, including the East African Safari Rally.
 Sponsored
      by : A&J Racing, Toyo Tires, OK Tire Store, Civic
      Tool & Die   | 
           
          
            Driver: Maciej
                Ogrocki   
CoDriver:
Michael Nicols  
Vehicle:
1989 Honda Civic Si  
Engine :
1800cc inline4, fuel injected, 90 bhp  
Drivetrain:
front wheel drive  
Class:
Group 2
This little,
    reliable 1989 Honda Civic was built from scratch and is a
    great part of the team. Maciej, from Edmonton, has been rallying
    with Michael, from Calgary, since 1998. Last season, the
    team finished all eight regional events they entered and
    always in one of the top four positions. Also in 1999 they
    finished 2nd overall in the Novice class of the Western Canadian
    Rally Championship.
 Sponsored
      by:   | 
           
          
            
                
              Team
              JK Motorsports
            
              Driver:
              Janusz Komorowski Jr.   
CoDriver :
Tomasz Karzynski  
Vehicle :
1988 Mazda 323 GTX  
Engine:
1600cc inline4, 16valve, Turbocharged, 150 bhp  
Drivetrain:
four wheel drive  
Class:
Production GT
 Janusz
    began his rally career in 1998 competing in Navigational
    events. He enjoyed much success, including one victory. He
    moved into the Performance rally area in 1999 and, by the
    end of his first season, had scored topthree finishes in
    his class in the Western Canadian Rally Championship. So
    far 2000 has been good to Janusz, with an outright victory
    in the Calgary Winter Rally and Mountain Trials Rally plus
    two consecutive 2nd place finishes at the Big Horn and Rocky
    Mountain rallies.
  Tomasz
    began rallying in 1975. He won the Polish Rally Championship
    in 1986 as a codriver, and again in 1988 as a driver in Group
    N01. He has also contested the European Rally Championship
    three times. Tomasz started rallying in Canada in 1992, winning
    2nd in class nationally, and 1st in class in the Western
    Canadian Rally Championship. In 1998, he was the National
    Novice Champion with 4 national starts and 4 Novice wins
    to his credit.
 Sponsored
      by: Sum Canada Enterprises LTD, TSI Insulation LTD,
      Traditional Hardwood Floors, and Grafix in Motion   | 
           
          
            
                
              Team
              ZZ Construction
            
              Driver:
              Zbigniew Szewczyk   
CoDriver:
Piotr Krol  
Vehicle:
1988 Toyota Celica AllTrac  
Engine :
2000cc inline4, 16 valve, turbocharged, 190 bhp  
Drivetrain:
four wheel drive  
Class:
Production GT
2000
      Results:  
    4th in
    class, 6th overall at the regional Big Horn Rally, Edson
    Alberta  
  4th in class,
  9th overall at the regional Rocky Mountain Rally, Calgary Alberta  
  3rd in
  class, 6th overall at the Mountain Trials Rally,
  Cache Creek BC  
  3rd in
  class, 5th overall at the Edge of the Rock Rally,
  Nanaimo BC
 Sponsored
      by : Minute Muffler & Brake (Foothills Crossing),
      ZZ Construction LTD.   | 
           
          
            
                
              Team
              Wilspeed Racing
            
              Driver:
              Martin Wilson   
CoDriver :
Bill Westhead  
Vehicle:
1980 Toyota Corolla  
Engine:
2000cc inline4, 16 valve, fuel injected, 240 bhp  
Drivetrain:
rear wheel drive  
Class:
Group 2
 Martin
    Wilson has been rallying since 1980 and has several class
    wins to his credit, among them the 1992 AlaskaRendezvous
    and twice at the Thunderbird Rally, including the 2000 event.
    This is Martin's first year driving this very special rally
    car, an exCanadian National Championship winning 1980 Toyota
    Corolla, previously driven by 5time Canadian champion: Taisto
    Heinonen.
 Bill Westhead
    only just started codriving in Performance rallies this year,
    yet already has siz finishes and one topten national result
    to his credit. Prior to this year, Bill had competed in numerous
    Navigational rallies in BC and the US Northwest. In 1998,
    he was the WCRA Novice Driver's Champion and, earlier this
    year, he and Martin won their class in the Thunderbird Rally.
 Martin and
    Bill took first novice and 2nd in Group 2 at the
    Mountain Trials rally this year.
  Sponsored
      by: Martin's Forklift Service, Wilkinson's Automobilia,
      NGK Spark Plugs   | 
           
           
            
                
              Team
              Rowdy Rally Racing
            
              Driver:
              Bud Stanley   
              CoDriver :
              Matt Southcott  
Vehicle:
1986 Toyota MR2  
Engine:
1600cc inline4, 16v, fuel injected, 119 bhp  
Drivetrain:
rear wheel drive  
Class :
Production Sport
 This
    is Bud's first year in Performance rallying. Last year he
    competed in several Navigational rallies, where his best
    finish was 2nd at the Midnight Rally. The Rowdy Rally Racing
    car is also his daily driver with 365 000km on the clock.
    In the future he hopes, with the help of sponsors, to regularly
    compete in the Subaru Canadian Rally Championship.
 Bud has
    also competed professionally in Europe in hockey and snowboarding.
    He hopes to carry on this tradition of highlevel competition
    into motorsports.
 Sponsored
      by : Rev Snowboards, TRD, Regency Toyota and G.I.B.
      motors.   | 
           
          
            
                
              Team
              Richmond Toyota
            
              Driver:
              Christian Chia   
CoDriver :
Carol Chia  
Vehicle:
1986 Toyota Corolla GTS  
Engine:
1600cc inline4, 16 valve, fuel injected, 120 bhp  
Drivetrain:
rear wheel drive  
Class :
Production Sport
 Christian
    has been rallying since 1995 and was hooked on the sport
    after he entered a Lancia Delta Evoluzione in the 1995 FIA
    Rally of Indonesia. In the years that followed, Christian
    was also active in track racing, completing the Ericsson
    China Challenge in a Subaru Impreza Turbo.
  Christian
    is the President of one of Vancouver's largest automobile
    dealership groups. His dealerships include Western Canada's
    largest Toyota and Lexus stores (Richmond Toyota and Richmond
    Lexus), as well as Middlegate Honda in Burnaby and Barnet
    Toyota in Port Moody.
 Christian's
    wife Carol, is a novice in the sport, having completed several
    Navigational rally events in BC. She continues to pursue
    the sport with enthusiasm.
 Sponsored
      by: Richmond Toyota   | 
           
           
            
                
              Team
              S.O.L.D.
            
              Driver:
              Fred Wiedemann   
              CoDriver :
              Shelly Donaldson  
Vehicle:
1989 Suzuki Swift gti  
Engine:
1300cc inline4, 16 valve, fuel injected, 131 bhp  
Drivetrain:
front wheel drive  
Class :
Production 1750
 Fred
    and Shelley began entering navigational rallies in 1999,
    winning the WCRA Novice Championship, and have now caught
    the performance rally bug.  The car has been a working
    project since June, and the Pacific Forest Rally will be
    its maiden voyage.  Fred and Shelly are also active
    participants in the organization of the sport, having volunteered
    at Mountain Trials, and organized the Gold Digger navigational
    rally.
 Sponsored
      by: Orgar Motorsports and Hawk Wildlife Control  
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