The 2008 International Rally of Canberra was the second Round on the Australian Rally Championship calendar. The 2008 version of the Rally once again saw competitors from the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, the Australian Rally Championship and the local Rally Championship in the Australian Capital Territory (PCD Engineering ACT Regional Rally Series). A total of 62 competitors started the Rally.
The results
The race was once again held around the Nation's Capital. The gravel roads surrounding the city were once again utilized in the race. A total of 48 cars (not including the local Rally series competing alongside the 2 main competitions) competed across the 18 stages of the Rally. One special note is that the 2008 British Rally Championship Winner, Guy Wilks also competed in this year's Rally.
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship International Rally Results LEG ONE Pos. Driver Class Time Time Behind 1 Cody Crocker APRC 01:12:13.5 00:00.0 2 Scott Pedder APRC 01:13:01.3 00:47.8 3 Eli Evans APRC 01:13:15.9 01:02.4 4 Dean Herridge APRC 01:13:32.4 01:18.9 5 Guy Wilks APRC 01:14:57.0 02:43.5 6 Rifat Sungkar APRC 01:15:50.0 03:36.5 7 Hiroshi Yanagisawa APRC 01:15:53.6 03:40.1 8 Jean-Louis Leyraud APRC 01:16:47.2 04:33.7 9 Atushi Masumura APRC 01:19:45.4 07:31.9 10 Brian Green APRC 01:22:14.4 10:00.0Retirements Driver ClassReason Katsuhiko Taguchi APRCMechanical Nathan Quin APRCFuel Pump Takuma Kamada APRCSuspension Patrick Christian APRCGearbox Patrick Yanai APRCLEG TWO Pos. Driver Class Time Time Behind 1 Cody Crocker APRC 02:23:31.9 00:00.0 2 Dean Herridge APRC 02:26:23.5 02:51.6 3 Hiroshi Yanagisawa APRC 02:29:47.8 06:15.9 4 Rifat Sungkar APRC 02:30:38.2 07:06.3 5 Jean-Louis Leyraud APRC 02:31:24.8 07:52.9 6 Atushi Masumura APRC 02:38:24.5 14:52.6 7 Brian Green APRC 02:41:22.1 17:50 Retirements Driver ClassReason Guy Wilks APRCStopped after SS10 Eli Evans Super 2000Stopped after SS10 Scott Pedder APRCDamaged Sump Takuma Kamada APRCStopped after SS12
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