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Paolo Andreucci secures his first IRC victory in Sanremo, while Juho Hanninen closes on the IRC drivers' title with second place.

Fredy Loix came out on top of a changing order over the final four stages of the Barum Czech Rally Zlin.

Freddy Loix becomes the second winner of the Colin McRae IRC Flat Out Trophy

Freddy Loix completed a dream return to the IRC by taking an uncontested victory on home soil in Belgium.

Live TV deal revealed for Rally Sardinia next month

Jan Kopecky makes it four different IRC winners in as many events as he heads home a Skoda 1-2-3 on Rally Islas Canarias.

Rally Scotland winner Kris Meeke excluded from event after Peugeot 207 fails post-event checks

Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) debutant Dave Weston Junior catches the eye as he chases 2009 champion Kris Meeke and former BRC title-winners Guy Wilks and Alister McRae on Rally of Scotland before being forced into retirement

Finale time in Scotland as the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season comes to a close.

Alister McRae gets set to chase success for Proton in both Asia and closer to home on the Rally of Scotland

WRC event winner Francois Duval will return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge on Rallye Sanremo in Italy next week - and he now wants to continue in the series next season too.

Toni Gardemeister will drive the Hankook Opel Corsa OPC Super 2000 later this month, when he takes in the next round in the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the Rally Principe de Asturias in Spain.

Andreas Mikkelsen has completed his preparations for the Barum Czech Rally Zlin this weekend following a successful test with the Hankook motorsport team.

Giandomenico Basso leads the 50th Rali Vinho Madeira, round seven of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, heading into the second and final leg today after an engrossing 13 special stages so far.

Andreas Mikkelsen will compete on the Barum Rally Zlin later this month in an Opel Corsa OPC Super 2000, as MSD and Hankook step up their programme in preparation for a full assault on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010.

Organisers of the Rally of Scotland have unveiled the route for the event that will play host to the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in November,

Peugeot UK driver Kris Meeke delivered a string of fastest stage times on the closing day of the Sata Rallye Azores, round four of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, to take victory and the overall championship points lead.

Peugeot UK driver Kris Meeke has charged to a commanding lead at the end of the first full day's running in the Sata Rallye Acores, round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Francois Duval has revealed that he hopes to return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge during the 2009 season. The Belgian made his last outing in the series in Portugal last season but was forced to retire from the event due to a wheel bearing failure on his Abarth Grande Punto.

Eurosport Events, the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, has announced that Proton has become the seventh manufacturer to sign up for the 2009 season with its Satrio Neo S2000.

MML Sports Ltd, the company formed from the core team behind Mitsubishi's WRC campaign, has taken the wraps off its Group N version of the new Lancer Evo X.

The Intercontinental Rally Challenge will embrace a new concept with this weekend's Rally Internacional de Curitiba, which gets underway in Brazil on Friday, as the event will be held at the same venue as the opening round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship.

Kris Meeke will hope for an impressive season in 2009 after a inking a deal with Peugeot to contest the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Meeke will debut in the 207 S2000 in the Monte Carlo Rally and the aim for the season is clear - to fight for the championship crown.

The 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge drew to a close in China this weekend, with visting driver Jarkko Miettinen claiming victory in his Group N Mitsubishi.