Northern Forest
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The Northern Forest is an off-road race
Off-road racing
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 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia
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. It is the second event in the FIA
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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 International Cup for Cross Country Bajas season, and the second event in the Russian national season. It is a rally raid
Rally raid
Rally raid, also known as cross country rallying is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. Each day may require traveling up to . The length of the event can be 3–15 days...

 event run on ice and snow in late February. Entrants need an FIA competition license.

The rally shares some of the sections that were used in the White Nights rally. The average temperature during the rally is usually round the -10 °C.

History

The race began in 2002 as a Russian Cup event. Two years later it became part of the Russian Championship. It became an international race in 2006, and it was added to the FIA calendar in 2007.

Winners

YearDriverCodriverCar
2003   Sergey Shmakov   Evgeniy Kandzuba Bowler Wildcat 200
Bowler Offroad
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2004   Ruslan Misikov   Sergey Shatinskiy Bowler Wildcat
Bowler Offroad
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2005   Alexey Berkut   Anton Nikolaev Mitsubishi L200
2006   Alexey Berkut   Anton Nikolaev Mitsubishi Pajero
Mitsubishi Pajero
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2007   Boris Gadasin   Alexander Mironenko Nissan Pickup
2008   Leonid Novitskiy   Oleg Tyupenkin Mitsubishi L200
2009   Boris Gadasin   Vladimir Demyanenko G-Force Proto
2010   Boris Gadasin   Vladimir Demyanenko G-Force Proto

Eligible vehicles

Group T1: Improved Cross-Country Cars prepared according to the Appendix. «J» of the International Sporting Code Art. 285.

Classes:

T1.1 4x4 Gasoline

T1.2 4x4 Diesel

T1.3 4x2 Gasoline

T1.4 4x2 Diesel

Group T2: Cross-Country Series Production Cars prepared according to the Appendix. «J» of the International Sporting Code Art. 284.

Classes:

T2.1 Gasoline

T2.2 diesel
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