Bernd Casier was one of the stars of Ypres 2008 here is a video of him testing prior to the rally and one of him during it

Bernd Casier certainly impressed in the Rene Georges Rally Sport Polo S2000 on the Ieper rally but it started very differently at shakedown. Casier went off on his first run crashing into a house, it wasn’t known how badly the car was damaged and if it could be fixed for the rally in the morning. He didn’t even set a time for shakedown!

Thankfully the car wasn’t as badly damaged as was… Continue reading

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Patrick Snijers plans to contest IRC 2009 and may do Madiera this year

Patrick Snijers enjoyed himself so much on this year’s Ypres Rally that he is already in negotiations to do next year’s IRC, according to autoklub.pl. Snijers, who finished fifth at Ypres, states has plans to purchase a Kronos Peugeot 207 S2000 and may even compete on this year’s Madiera Rally which is a round of the IRC.

Wim Soenens, CEO of the company GEKO and Snijers sponsor, states that they are in… Continue reading

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Ypres Westhoek Rally 2008 Final Results, Loix cruises to a dominant victory

Freddy Loix took a convincing win on the Ypres Rally 2008 and was never headed throughout the event. He started Day 2 with a 1m 13s lead to Vouilloz and then increased this when Vouilloz spun off the road on SS10 and dropped to 4th. Bernd Casier in the Polo S2000 took up the challenge as he climbed to second (one of the drives of the rally) but… Continue reading

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Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally 2008 Shakedown, Loix fastest from IRC leader Rossetti

Freddy Loix (207) claimed fastest time in shakedown to take a slight psychological advantage into tomorrow’s rally. IRC leader Luca Rossetti (207) was second with Jan Kopecky in the Punto third. Local hero Snijers was down in 12th while Alen was 18th, obviously with a problem. Higgins was a lowly 24th in the MG but the rally starts tomorrow and there may have been a few niggles to sort. Janos Toth… Continue reading

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