2009 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

2009 Asia-Pacific Rally season 2008 2010 The 2009 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season was an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. Australian Subaru driver Cody Crocker won his fourth successive title, the first driver to do so. Crocker's co-driver, Ben Atkinson likewise wrapped up the co-drivers title. Crocker scored 94 out of a possible 96 points to completely dominate the season. The Pacific Cup, decided over the first three rallies in the season was won by New Zealand pairing, Hayden Paddon and John Kennard. Crocker won the Asia Cup, held over the later four rallies of the season. Crocker's team mate, New Zealand driver Emma Gilmour finished second in the championship, moving past former champion Katsuhiko Taguchi at the final round to become the first woman to finish in the series top three positions. Subaru won the Manufacturers Cup. Calendar The 2009 APRC was as follows:FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/Secondary/2008/asia_pac.html 2008-09-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20081015194931/http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/Secondary/2008/asia_pac.html 15 October 2008 dead Round Date Event Location Winner 1 April 10–12 Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie FRA Nouméa, New Caledonia no registered competitors finished 2 May 9–10 Rally Queensland AUS Imbil, Australia AUS Cody Crocker 3 June 5–7 Rally of Whangārei NZL Whangārei, New Zealand AUS Cody Crocker 4 July 11–12 Rally Hokkaido JPN Hokkaidō, Japan AUS Cody Crocker 5 August 15–16 Malaysian Rally MYS Malaysia AUS Cody Crocker 6 October 3–4 Rally Indonesia IDN Indonesia AUS Cody Crocker 7 November 14–15 China Rally CHN China AUS Cody Crocker Points The 2009 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:2009 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Points Summary Points Standing After Round 7 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile http://www.fiaaprc.com/media/2009/11/2009-aprc-points-table.pdf 2009-11-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711000151/http://www.fiaaprc.com/media/2009/11/2009-aprc-points-table.pdf 2011-07-11 dead Position Driver Vehicle Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Total 1 AUS Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX 16 16 15 16 15 1694 2 NZL Emma Gilmour Subaru Impreza WRX 7 9 7 11 7 1253 3 JPN Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 12 11 13 1147 4 IND Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 1 2 312 5 NZL Brian Green Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 59 References External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20100527055135/http://www.fiaaprc.com/ 2010-05-27 APRC Live Podcast APRC News and Video https://web.archive.org/web/20180305063408/http://www.aprc.tv/ 2018-03-05 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally ChampionshipSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:Asia-Pacific Rally Championship seasons Asia-Pacific Rally Rally Rally