Michael Dimkovski & Simon Levac - Rally of the Voyageurs 2026
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Michael Dimkovski and Simon Levac Win the Rally of the Voyageurs by Two Tenths of a Second!

May 10, 2026.– The Eastern Canadian Rally Championship (ECRC) held the second round of its 2026 season this Saturday with the Rally of the Voyageurs. Created in the mid-1970s, the event was originally known as the Barum Rally Sprint, attracting renowned drivers such as John Buffum, Taisto Heinonen, and Randy Black. It later moved to Owen Sound as a full rally under the name Peninsula Rally, before becoming the Muskoka Rally and, by the late 1980s, the Rally of the Voyageurs. After further relocations, it was held in Mattawa and then Parry Sound until 2002. Revived in 2017, it is now contested on the Parnell Quarry Road in the Catchacoma region of Ontario.

This year’s edition was the second since 2025 to count toward the ECRC championship, and after 70 kilometres of timed stages spread across eight special stages, Ontario’s Michael Dimkovski, co-driven by Quebec’s Simon Levac in a Subaru WRX STI, claimed victory. After a dramatic battle that lasted right to the finish line, the duo won by just two tenths of a second; the closest margin ever recorded in the series.