APRC Live Has Moved!
Thursday, 24 January 2008

APRC Live has moved to a brand new web site.

Click here to go to the new web site, where you'll find all the latest APRC Live podcasts and APRC rally news.

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Second Crocker for APRC 2028 ???
Tuesday, 15 January 2008

APRC champ Cody Crocker and wife Nicole have started 2008 in the best possible way, adding a bouncing baby girl, Abbey, to the Crocker family.

Congrats Nic and Cody, from everyone here at APRC Live.

Image courtesy of APRC.TV

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APRC 2007 DVD Promo
Saturday, 5 January 2008

Thinking about purchasing the APRC 2007 Season DVD, but not sure what's on it? Well check out this preview of the only DVD that covers all the APRC action from all the APRC rounds.



Plus, as a special offer, if you fax your order of 3 or more DVDs, you'll receive Ten Years of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship - Volume 1, a DVD containing APRC TV coverage from 1992 Rally of Malaysia, 1994 Rally of Indonesia, 2000 Rally of New Zealand and 2002 Rally of Thailand. (Only available for orders faxed to APRC.TV - see the web site for details).

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APRC 2007 DVD Out Now
Friday, 14 December 2007

The 2007 Season Highlights of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship are now available on DVD.

This DVD features an extended 58 minute version of the official TV programme, plus an additional 45 minutes of extra in-car camera footage compiled from all seven events.

The DVD is only US$30, including airmail postage. For more information, or to purchase a copy, please visit www.aprc.tv.

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Crocker and Atkinson Crowned APRC 2007 Champs
Monday, 10 December 2007

2007 APRC champions, Cody Crocker and Ben Atkinson, have officially been presented with their championship trophies at the FIA's gala end-of-year presentation, held in Monaco last Friday night.

Along with 2007 WRC champion Sebastien Leob, first-time Formula 1 champ Kimi Raikkonen, and the the winners of other FIA-sanctioned championships from around the world, Crocker and Atkinson collected their second APRC champions trophy.

While their 2007 title makes it two-from-two as a driver/co-driver combination, Ben Atkinson is quickly becoming one of the series most successful co-drivers, having previously won the S1600 category in 2003 and 2004, co-driving for brother Chris.

Photo courtesy of FIA.COM

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APRC Season Highlights on TV
Friday, 7 December 2007

The APRC's one-hour season highlights show is coming to a TV near you.

The 2007 review show, produced by the team at APRC.TV, features all seven rallies in the championship, with all the teams and drivers.

The show will also be aired in January by other broadcasters including China's GD-TV, the world-wide motorshows 'MotorSport Mundial' and 'Max Power', plus several Asian Airlines.

An expanded version of the TV programme and extra in-car footage from each event is available on DVD, further details available from http://www.aprc.tv/aprc-dvd.shtml

Source: aprc.tv
Photo courtesy of ~Aquila~

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Green Comes Out Clean in the Welsh Mud
Wednesday, 5 December 2007

APRC regular Brian Green and his co-driver Fleur Pedersen have completed the last of three fly-away events on a high, battling the mud and slush of Wales Rally GB to finish 55th overall.

Run over forestry and military roads near the host city of Swansea, even the WRC cars found the conditions tough going, with fog, rain and night stages presenting plenty of challenges for the 112-strong field.

Heavy rain and cold temperatures in the days prior the rally turned the normally muddy roads into bogs. And with night falling by the time the group-N cars set off on the the penultimate stage of day 1, a thick blanket of fog rolled in to provide a bit of extra excitement.

'The thickest fog I have ever seen', commented the Kiwi veteran. 'At times we had to come to a standstill, just to see where the road was, and if we were still on it!'.

The pair were again their Mitsubishi Evo 8, the same car they ran two weeks earlier at Rally Ireland. On this event, however, the car was not quite as reliable, a blown clutch ruining their run over the Super Special stage on day 2, held inside Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

But the toughest conditions were reserved for the final day, heavy rain and high winds battering the crews throughout Sundays final four stages. With so many cars running over the stages, the roads had become badly cut-up.

'The roads were all very slippery, and a lot of time was spent just trying to keep the car where it should have been on the road!'.

Having now completed back-to-back rallies in China, Ireland and Wales, the pair are heading back to New Zealand for a well-earned break, before starting afresh in 2008.

Photos courtesy of Jim Smith and Ryan Smith.

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