Trevor Pougnet / Ryan Rouleau - Black Bear Rally 2025
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Trevor Pougnet and Ryan Rouleau Continue Winning Streak at Black Bear Rally

August 11, 2025.– Marking the halfway point of the 2025 Eastern Canadian Rally Championship (ECRC), the Black Bear Rally was held Saturday in the Catchacoma region of Ontario. With headquarters and stages identical to the 2024 edition, it also saw the same winners, as Ontarians Trevor Pougnet and Ryan Rouleau repeated their 2024 triumph aboard their Subaru WRX STI. The pair also claimed their second ECRC victory in the last three events.

It was a hot summer day, with heat and dust covering the gravel roads of the Quarry and Loom Lake stages, each run twice in both directions for a total of eight special stages. Jeremy Drake and Deric Jackson (Subaru WRX STI) were the early leaders, but yielded the top spot to Pougnet/Rouleau at the end of Stage 2. The two crews remained locked in battle until the penultimate stage, when Drake/Jackson lost 20 minutes, and of course any chance of victory.