Targa Newfoundland 2018 Recap

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Another year, another Targa Newfoundland.

This was an interesting year, with a crash during the prologue, some chilly temps and rain some days. As with any motoring event, there were some cars that didn’t survive the full event.

Congratulations go out to Four Star Motorsports friend and customer Mark Rittenhouse. He piloted his MItsubishi EVO X to a first place finish, leading the entire event. Of course Dan Sprongl was there as service crew for him. Dan even won an award for great service crew for his help of other competitors. The famous Jim Kenzie took part as well in the Four Star prepared Nissan Juke.

It seems like a fun time was had by all that competed in this years event.

See everyone next year?

Rallying In Mexico - Chihuahua Express Recap

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From April 19-22, Four Star Motorsports friend and customer Mark Rittenhouse competed in his Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X at the Chihuahua Express rally event covering 1670km around the Chihuahua, Mexico area. Mark placed 1st in his class and 4th overall in a field of over 40 participants . He had the help of Mark Laitenberger as his co-driver and Dan Sprongl as his service crew. Mark managed to keep the car out of any danger and avoided the need for any major repairs, which can be difficult over the 1,600+ km (all on the well performing Pirelli Trofeo R tire) the cars travel during the event.


Congratulations Mark, Mark and Dan.

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Rallye Perce Neige Recap

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This past weekend in the coldness of Maniwaki, QC the Rallye Perce Neige took place. It was a cold event with some tricky conditions, an event where only 60% of the cars finished.

Four Star Motorsports friends and customers L3 Rallye team (André, René  and Adam LeBlanc) out of New Richmond, QC managed to take their 2005 Subaru WRX STi to 1st in class and overall in the ECRC and OPRC events and 6th in class and overall in the CRC portion of the event. They were as high as 2nd during the event, but 2 flat tires on the same side at the same time slowed them down a bit.

Another Four Star Motorsports customer and friend Laurens Wit piloted his 2002 Subaru WRX to 1st in his class for the OPRC and CRC events and 2nd in the the ECRC portion of the event.

Congratulations guys!

Black Bear Rally Recap

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This past weekend was the MLRC Black Bear Rally event in Gilmour, Ontario. This event is the 5th event of the Eastern Canadian Rally Championship and the 4th event of the Ontario Performance Rally Championship. We are proud to say that Four Star Motorsports friends and customers capped the podium in a tightly challenged race. The team of Laurens Wit and Jonathan Cox finished 1st in their class and 1st overall in their production class and Four Star tuned 2002 Subaru WRX. Laurens would like to thank Minden Subaru, Warren and Tonik Motorsports and of course us here at Four Star Motorsports. Following closely behind was the team of Matthew Ballinger and Bruce Leonard who finished 2nd in their class and 2nd overall in their production class and Four Star tuned 2002 Subaru WRX.

Special thanks to Jacek Gielas for the action photos.

Subaru Drag Car For CSCS

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As mentioned previously, we at Four Star Motorsports are proud sponsor of the Canadian Sport Compact Series (CSCS). CSCS now has 4 different drag classes running all day alongside Test & Tune. The next event is June 25/17 at Toronto Motorsport Park in Cayuga, and we will be there.

One car we will have there is this Subaru Impreza STi drag car. It's got a 2.6L dry sump GT42 engine. It's been stripped down and is ready for a couple runs down the drag strip. Hope to see you there.