Press Release - July 4, 2021
Rallye Baie des Chaleurs 2021 : André et René Leblanc
Photo credit : © Clément Tavernier / poleposition.ca
Brothers André and René Leblanc Claim Victory at
the Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs
July 4 2021.- After a seventeen-month break, the Eastern Canadian Rally Championship (ECRC) restarted this past weekend with its very first round of the 2021 season, the Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs, in the Gaspé region of Quebec. This rally was a long-awaited return to competition for all teams registered in the event’s different series and categories.
In ECRC, local favourites André and René Leblanc dominated the event at the wheel of a Subaru WRX STI prepared by Four Star Motorsports and multi-time Canadian champion Sprongl brothers. In the lead for the entire duration of the nine competitive stages making up the ECRC section of the event, they claimed victory by a margin of three minutes and twenty-nine seconds.
