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April 26,
2004
Immediate Release
Firedog Public Relations & Marketing
Hoskinson Signs
with Lachute Performance Division
Joan Hoskinson, 2003 Ontario P4 and Novice Champion,
and only female Canadian rally driver has joined with
Lachute Subaru Performance Division for her 2004 Rally
Season. Lachute Subaru Performance Division is a full
service, high performance garage that manages rally
teams. 
Hoskinson, owner of a 1996 Subaru Impreza RS 2.5
is returning this year for a comprehensive racing
season and is kicking off the season with big ‘blonde’
ambitions. Hoskinson will be testing her Impreza at
the Rallye Sanair. The car had an impressive 2003
season, first winning the SCCA Northeast Division
Production GT Championship where it was driven by
New Yorker, Eugene Michniuk. Hoskinson then brought
it to Canada in November for the Rally of the Tall
Pines, where she clinched two championship titles
in the CARS Ontario Division.
Says Hoskinson; “I am very impressed with the
whole team at Lachute Performance. They are all very
talented professionals, very enthusiastic, and dedicated
to the sport of Rally Racing. It is wonderful to have
such a great team of people to work with.”
Rallye Sanair is an annual event in the St-Haycinthe
Region, Quebec. The event takes place over 2 days.
On Saturday, April 24th, the performance rally takes
place. This event is part of the Quebec Cup Championship.
The following day, Sunday April 25th, is the rally
cross. (www.rallyesanair.ca)
This 2004 season promises to be full of new challenges
for Hoskinson and will be a transition year for Joan
and her co-driver, Laurence-Fanny L’Estage.
Although L’Estage will be co-driving for her
father Jacques L’Estage at Sanair, they will
reunite for the Rocky Mountain Rally in Calgary, and
both women have the desire and the drive to finish
at the top this season. Whatever the outcome of the
tests at Sanair, the spectacle of this female team
is not to be missed.
reprinted with permission
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