Sébastien Clark / Pat Lévesque - Rallye Beauce-Appalaches 2026
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Sébastien Clark and Pat Lévesque Win a Closely Contested Rallye Beauce-Appalaches

September 13, 2026.— Making its debut in the Eastern Canadian Rally Championship (ECRC), Rallye Beauce-Appalaches was held this weekend for its third edition but was contested for the first time as a round of the North American, Canadian and ECRC championships. Staged in the beautiful St-Victor-de-Beauce region, the event represented an entirely new challenge, with roads ranging from fast to highly technical and unfamiliar to most competitors.

Summer sunshine, blue skies and the spectacular scenery of the Beauce region greeted fans and crews at the start of the opening leg on Friday. Then came the numerous timed stages — 27 in total, including 16 counting toward the ECRC classification. The stages proved to be extremely fast, often interrupted by chicanes set up on well-maintained gravel or asphalt roads. Engine power was a decisive factor for those hoping to win, but avoiding any driving or co-driving mistakes was an equally demanding challenge. Sébastien Clark and Pat Lévesque executed that task perfectly. Driving their Ford Fiesta R5, they dominated the event to claim victory by 23 seconds over Vincent Trudel and his American co-driver, Michelle Miller (Subaru WRX STI), the ECRC winners at the Rallye International Baie-des-Chaleurs earlier this summer.