China Rally

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The China Rally is the largest rally racing event held in China. The first event was run in 1997, and was introduced to the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar for 1999, but was replaced the following year. Since then it has been part of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC). "Force majeure because of government", according to the organisers, led to the cancellation of the event in 2003, while the race was not run in 2006 either for unknown reasons.

[edit] List of previous winners

Year	Name	Dates	Winner	Car	Rally Classification
1999	3rd China Rally	17-19 November	Didier Auriol	Toyota Corolla WRC	WRC
2000	4th 555 China Rally	7-9 November	Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Subaru Impreza WRX	APRC
2001	5th Rally of China Shaoguan	20-22 October	Nico Caldarola	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	APRC
2002	6th Rally of China Shaoguan	19-21 October	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	APRC
2004	7th TCL China Rally Huizhou	22-24 October	Katsuhiko Taguchi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	APRC
2005	8th China Rally Shaoguan	26-28 November	Jussi Välimäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	APRC