Antoine L'Estage (born February 26, 1973) is a Canadian rally driver. He has won national championships in both the Canada and the USA. He lives in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec.
Rally Antoine L'Estage was born into the world of rally. As a young boy, he and his siblings would watch their father compete as a driver. He started racing in 1995 at the Rallye de Quebec in regional events. He won Rookie of the year for the 2001 season for the Canadian Rally Championship. He won the Canadian championship in 2006, 2007, and eight in a row from 2010 to 2017, coming second to Patrick Richard in 2004, 2008 and 2009. In 2011, he broke the record of most wins at Défi St-Agathe Rallye (previously set by John Buffum) when he won the event for the sixth time in seven years. In 2014 he became the first 7-time champion as well as the first driver in the history of the CRC to win all six events in the same season.
Antoine also competed in the USA-based Rally America series from 2006 to 2015. He won the North American Rally Cup in 2007, 2008, and from 2010 to 2014, coming second to Andrew Comrie-Picard in 2009. In 2010, Antoine ended Travis Pastrana's four-year reign over the Rally America championship. He later claimed the North American and the Canadian Rally Championships and secured the Triple Crown for 2010 by winning all three titles in the same year. In 2011 and 2012 Antoine completed the Rally America series as runner-up behind former British champion David Higgins. In 2013 he rented a MML Sports built WRC-spec Mitsubishi Lancer for the Oregon Trail, resulting in a spectacular crash. He competed three times in Rally Car Racing at X Games. He raced his Hyundai Tiburon for X Games 13, borrowed a Rockstar Energy Subaru for X Games 14, finishing ninth, and then he took his Mitsubishi Evo X to a Bronze medal finish at X Games 16 in 2010. He has also been a test driver on a show in Quebec called Le Guide de l'Auto.
Canadian Rally Championship Results As of November 2015, Antoine L'Estage became the most successful Canadian rally driver ever, overtaking Taisto Heinonen at 5590 lifetime points, and tying with John Buffum for most wins at 43. L'Estage went on to win 4 events in the 2016 season on his way to his ninth Canadian Championship, and he was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in October 2016. Year Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2001 Eagle Talon Rallye de Quebec5 Rallye Perce-NeigeDNF Bighorn RallyDNP Rocky Mountain RallyDNP Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs5 Rally of the VoyageursDNF Rally International CharlevoixDNP Rally of the Tall Pines4 8th 26 2002 Eagle Talon/Hyundai Elantra Rallye de QuebecDNF Rallye Perce-Neige4 Bighorn RallyDNP Rocky Mountain RallyDNP Rallye Baie Des ChaleursDNF Défi St-AgatheDNF Rally of the VoyageursDNF Rally International Charlevoix5 Rally of the Tall PinesDNP 8th 18 2003 Hyundai Elantra Rallye Perce-Neige2 Rallye de Quebec8 Bighorn RallyDNF Rocky Mountain Rally4 Pacific Forest RallyDNP Rallye Baie Des ChaleursDNF Défi St-AgatheDNF Rally of the Tall Pines2 5th 46 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX/Hyundai Tiburon Rallye Perce-NeigeDNP Rocky Mountain Rally3 Rallye Baie Des ChaleursDNF Défi St-AgatheDNF Pacific Forest Rally2 Rally of the Tall Pines1 2nd 47 2005 Hyundai Tiburon Rallye Perce-NeigeDNF Rocky Mountain RallyDNF Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall PinesDNF 2nd 60 2006 Hyundai Tiburon Rallye Perce-Neige1 Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des ChaleursDNF Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally2 Rally of the Tall Pines1 1st 106 2007 Hyundai Tiburon Rallye Perce-Neige3 Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall Pines1 1st 124 2008 Hyundai Tiburon Rallye Perce-Neige1 Rocky Mountain RallyDNF Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs3 Défi St-AgatheDNF Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall PinesDNF 2nd 64 2009 Mitsubishi Evo X Rallye Perce-Neige1 Rocky Mountain RallyDNF Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs4 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally2 Rally of the Tall Pines5 2nd 84 2010 Mitsubishi Evo X Rallye Perce-Neige16 Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs6 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall Pines1 1st 98 2011 Mitsubishi Evo X Rallye Perce-Neige1 Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally2 Rally of the Tall PinesDNF 1st 106 2012 Mitsubishi Evo X Rallye Perce-Neige1 Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-Agathe2 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall Pines2 1st 122 2013 Mitsubishi Evo X Rallye Perce-NeigeDNF Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall Pines2 1st 106 2014 Mitsubishi Evo X Rallye Perce-Neige1 Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall Pines1 1st 132 2015 Subaru WRX STI Rallye Perce-Neige1 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-AgatheDNF Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rally of the Tall PinesDNF 1st 90 2016 Subaru WRX STI Rallye Perce-NeigeDNF Rocky Mountain Rally1 Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs13 Défi St-Agathe14 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall Pines1 Big White Winter Rally1 1st 92 2017 Subaru WRX STI Rallye Perce-NeigeDNF Rocky Mountain RallyDNF Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs1 Défi St-Agathe1 Pacific Forest Rally1 Rally of the Tall Pines1 Big White Winter Rally1 1st 111
Complete Rally America results Year Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2006 Hyundai Tiburon Sno*DriftDNP Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNP Oregon TrailDNP Susquehannock Trail5 Maine ForestDNF Ojibwe ForestsDNP Colorado CogDNP LSPRDNP Wild West RallyDNP 29th 11 2007 Hyundai Tiburon Sno*DriftDNP Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNP Oregon TrailDNP Olympus RallyDNP Susquehannock TrailDNF New England Forest Rally2 Ojibwe ForestsDNP Rally ColoradoDNP LSPRDNP 15th 18 2008 Hyundai Tiburon Sno*Drift1 Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNF Olympus RallyDNP Oregon TrailDNP Susquehannock Trail1 New England Forest RallyDNF Ojibwe ForestsDNP Rally ColoradoDNP LSPRDNP 7th 46 2009 Mitsubishi Evo X Sno*DriftDNP Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNF Olympus RallyDNP Oregon TrailDNP Susquehannock Trail8 New England Forest Rally3 Ojibwe ForestsDNP Rally ColoradoDNP LSPR2 11th 36 2010 Mitsubishi Evo X Sno*Drift2 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood2 Olympus Rally2 Oregon Trail3 Susquehannock Trail1 New England Forest Rally1 1st 87 2011 Mitsubishi Evo X Sno*DriftDNF Rally in the 100 Acre Wood1 Olympus Rally2 Oregon Trail2 Susquehannock Trail2 New England Forest Rally1 2nd 96 2012 Mitsubishi Evo X Sno*Drift2 Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNF Oregon TrailDNF Susquehannock Trail1 New England Forest Rally1 Olympus Rally3 2nd 77 2013 Mitsubishi Evo X Sno*Drift1 Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNF Oregon TrailDNF Susquehannock TrailDNP New England Forest RallyDNF Ojibwe ForestsDNF LSPR2 5th 43 2014 Mitsubishi Evo X Sno*Drift2 Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNF Oregon TrailDNP Susquehannock TrailDNP Mt. Washington HillclimbDNP New England Forest RallyDNP Ojibwe ForestsDNP LSPRDNP 16th 18 2015 Subaru WRX STI Sno*DriftDNP Rally in the 100 Acre WoodDNP Oregon TrailDNP Olympus RallyDNF Susquehannock TrailDNP New England Forest RallyDNP Ojibwe ForestsDNP LSPRDNP -- --
Personal life
See also Canadian Rally Championship Rally America Mitsubishi Evo
References
External links
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