2008 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

The 2008 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season (APRC) was an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The champion was Australian driver Cody Crocker.[1] In winning the 2008 Malaysian Rally, Crocker successfully defended his title from the previous two years, to equal the record of three APRC titles set by Possum Bourne, Kenneth Eriksson and Karamjit Singh.

2008 Asia-Pacific Rally season
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Calendar

The 2008 APRC was as follows:[2]

Round Date Event Location Winner
1 April 12–13 Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie Nouméa, New Caledonia Katsuhiko Taguchi
2 May 10–11 Rally of Canberra Canberra, Australia Cody Crocker
3 June 7–8 Rally of Whangarei Whangarei, New Zealand Cody Crocker
4 July 11–13 Rally Hokkaido Hokkaidō, Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi
5 August 22–24 Rally of Indonesia Indonesia Gaurav Singh Gill
6 October 11–12 Malaysian Rally Malaysia Cody Crocker
7 November 8–9 China Rally China Cody Crocker

Points

The 2008 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:[3]

Position Driver Vehicle Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Total
1 Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX 16 16 8 9 15 15 79
2 Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 16 2 12 13 12 3 58
3 Hiroshi Yanagisawa Subaru Impreza WRX 6 4 12 11 13 46
4 Dean Herridge Subaru Impreza WRX 11 10 5 6 8 40
5 Rifat Sungkar Subaru Impreza WRX 5 3 4 5 7 4 28
6 Brian Green Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 4 2 4 3 20
7 Scott Peddar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2 2 8 3 4 19
8 Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2 15 17
9 Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza WRX 5 5 10
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References
  1. "Asia Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers - Champions". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  2. "FIA Asia-Pacific Rally C, championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  3. "2008 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Points Summary" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
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