Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

The Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) is an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The championship was first held in 1988 and won by Japan's Kenjiro Shinozuka in a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. Other winners include the two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz of Spain and the 1986 Group A world champion Kenneth Eriksson of Sweden.^[1]

The 2007 championship includes seven rallies. The host countries are France, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. The last two events, China Rally and Rally Indonesia, were formerly part of the WRC calendar.

[edit] Champions

Year	Driver	Car
2006	Cody Crocker	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2005	Jussi Välimäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8
2004	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert
2003	Armin Kremer	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7
2002	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert
2001	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert
2000	Possum Bourne	Subaru Impreza WRX
1999	Katsuhiko Taguchi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6
1998	Yoshio Fujimoto	Toyota Corolla WRC
1997	Kenneth Eriksson	Subaru Impreza WRC
1996	Kenneth Eriksson	Subaru Impreza 555
1995	Kenneth Eriksson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 3
1994	Possum Bourne	Subaru Impreza 555
1993	Possum Bourne	Subaru Legacy RS
1992	Ross Dunkerton	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1991	Ross Dunkerton	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1990	Carlos Sainz	Toyota Celica GT-Four
1989	Rod Millen	Mazda 323 4WD
1988	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4