Andrew Comrie-Picard
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Andrew Comrie-Picard is an X Games
athlete, professional race car driver, stunt driver, automotive journalist, and TV personality. He left a career as a New York City
entertainment lawyer to pursue his passion for racing. He has won events in Europe
and North America
, including the 2006 Sno*Drift Rally in Michigan
, the 2007 Rallye Perce-Neige in Quebec
, the 2009 Rally Colorado, and the 2010 Oregon Trail Rally. In 2008 he won outright the Modern division of the Targa Newfoundland
road race in the competition debut of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. He won the 2009 North American Rally Cup championship overall in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.
Comrie-Picard competed in the inaugural rally car event at X Games 12 in 2006, and competed again at X Games 13 in 2007, X Games 14 in 2008, X Games 15 in 2009, and X Games 16 in 2010, making him one of four drivers (with Tanner Foust
, Travis Pastrana
, and Ken Block
) to compete at the first five X Games where Rally Car Racing was featured. At X Games 16 he won the bronze medal in Rally Car Racing.
He also has raced off-road trucks and in 2010 he competed in drifting, driving the Dodge Motorsports BFGoodrich Samuel Hubinette Racing Dodge Viper. Also in 2010, he entered the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb
event where he crashed his Mitsubishi at Engineer's Corner. In 2011, after several seasons of rallying in the top-level AWD category, Comrie-Picard returned to rally competition in the 2WD category, campaigning a 2011 Scion xD in selected Rally America events. He also drove a Mark IV Toyota Supra to second place in the Modern division at Targa Newfoundland
, after coming in sixth in the same car in 2010. He is slated to compete on the Baja 1000
desert race in 2011 in a Baja Challenge buggy for BFGoodrich
.
Unusual for an automotive expert, he has five university degrees, including a B.A. from The University of Trinity College (University of Toronto), an M.A. from Trinity College, Oxford
, and MBA and LL.B. (law) degrees from McGill University
. He was a competitive rower at both Oxford and McGill.
In 1992 Comrie-Picard was appointed the Scribe, or head, of the Episkopon
society at Trinity College, Toronto. Comrie-Picard took the society underground by disassociating with the College in 1992, after the administration demanded that Episkopon develop a constitution and Comrie-Picard refused. He told the Globe and Mail newspaper, "It's humour."
He is a wine expert who worked in Bordeaux, France, ran the wine societies at the University of Toronto
and Oxford University, and competed on the Oxford University Blind Winetasting team.
His acting and television hosting centres on automobiles: he has co-hosted the Canadian Rally Championship on the CHUM
and A-Channel networks, Targa Newfoundland on SpeedTV and Rogers Cable
, hosted the reality show "War of the Wheels" on Global Television, and was an "extreme auto" correspondent for The New Drivers' Seat TV on CHUM and A-Channel. He co-hosted with car designer Chip Foose
and fabricator Lou Santiago a show for the Discovery Channel
called "Ultimate Car Buildoff". Ten episodes aired in the summer of 2010. Comrie-Picard has hosted a pilot for a new show called BattleXross on SpeedTV in which he sets up a stunt course for two top extreme drivers to compete on. The pilot is expected to air in late 2011. Comrie-Picard lives in Los Angeles
and is a Consulting Producer on Top Gear USA on the History Channel.
X Games
The X Games is a commercial annual sports event, controlled and arranged by US sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on action sports. The inaugural X Games was held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island....
athlete, professional race car driver, stunt driver, automotive journalist, and TV personality. He left a career as a New York City
New York City
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entertainment lawyer to pursue his passion for racing. He has won events in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, including the 2006 Sno*Drift Rally in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, the 2007 Rallye Perce-Neige in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, the 2009 Rally Colorado, and the 2010 Oregon Trail Rally. In 2008 he won outright the Modern division of the Targa Newfoundland
Targa Newfoundland
Targa Newfoundland is an annual long road rally. It is held over a seven-day period in September of each year on the paved roads of the eastern and central parts of Newfoundland....
road race in the competition debut of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. He won the 2009 North American Rally Cup championship overall in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.
Comrie-Picard competed in the inaugural rally car event at X Games 12 in 2006, and competed again at X Games 13 in 2007, X Games 14 in 2008, X Games 15 in 2009, and X Games 16 in 2010, making him one of four drivers (with Tanner Foust
Tanner Foust
Tanner Foust is a professional racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in rally, drift, ice racing, time attack and rallycross with multiple podium placements and national championships. He is a co-host on the American version of the motoring television series, Top...
, Travis Pastrana
Travis Pastrana
Travis Alan Pastrana is an American motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing. He runs a show called Nitro Circus with some of his friends...
, and Ken Block
Ken Block (rally driver)
Ken Block is a professional rally driver with the Monster World Rally Team. Block is also one of the co-founders and recently appointed Chief Brand Officer of DC Shoes...
) to compete at the first five X Games where Rally Car Racing was featured. At X Games 16 he won the bronze medal in Rally Car Racing.
He also has raced off-road trucks and in 2010 he competed in drifting, driving the Dodge Motorsports BFGoodrich Samuel Hubinette Racing Dodge Viper. Also in 2010, he entered the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb
Pikes Peak International Hillclimb
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb , also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of over 156 turns, climbing from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at on grades averaging 7% over...
event where he crashed his Mitsubishi at Engineer's Corner. In 2011, after several seasons of rallying in the top-level AWD category, Comrie-Picard returned to rally competition in the 2WD category, campaigning a 2011 Scion xD in selected Rally America events. He also drove a Mark IV Toyota Supra to second place in the Modern division at Targa Newfoundland
Targa Newfoundland
Targa Newfoundland is an annual long road rally. It is held over a seven-day period in September of each year on the paved roads of the eastern and central parts of Newfoundland....
, after coming in sixth in the same car in 2010. He is slated to compete on the Baja 1000
Baja 1000
SCORE Baja 1000 is an off-road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in November. The Baja 1000 is part of the SCORE Championship Desert Racing Series that include the Baja 500, San Felipe 250 and the new San Felipe Challenge of Champions in place of the Primm 300 which had...
desert race in 2011 in a Baja Challenge buggy for BFGoodrich
BFGoodrich
BFGoodrich is an American brand of tires. Separated from the Goodrich company and now owned by Michelin.Some Michelin competition tyres are now branded BFGoodrich to increase brand awareness....
.
Unusual for an automotive expert, he has five university degrees, including a B.A. from The University of Trinity College (University of Toronto), an M.A. from Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
, and MBA and LL.B. (law) degrees from McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
. He was a competitive rower at both Oxford and McGill.
In 1992 Comrie-Picard was appointed the Scribe, or head, of the Episkopon
Episkopon
Episkopon is a controversial secret society at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, which has been active since 1858 when its male branch was founded. The 225th reading was held in 2011. A female branch of Episkopon has been active since 1899, holding their 150th Reading in 2009...
society at Trinity College, Toronto. Comrie-Picard took the society underground by disassociating with the College in 1992, after the administration demanded that Episkopon develop a constitution and Comrie-Picard refused. He told the Globe and Mail newspaper, "It's humour."
He is a wine expert who worked in Bordeaux, France, ran the wine societies at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
and Oxford University, and competed on the Oxford University Blind Winetasting team.
His acting and television hosting centres on automobiles: he has co-hosted the Canadian Rally Championship on the CHUM
CHUM
CHUM may refer to:* The former CHUM Radio division now known as Bell Media Radio* CHUM , a Toronto AM station* CHUM-FM, a Toronto FM station...
and A-Channel networks, Targa Newfoundland on SpeedTV and Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...
, hosted the reality show "War of the Wheels" on Global Television, and was an "extreme auto" correspondent for The New Drivers' Seat TV on CHUM and A-Channel. He co-hosted with car designer Chip Foose
Chip Foose
Chip Foose is a hot rod shop owner, automotive designer and fabricator, and former star of the reality TV series Overhaulin on TLC.-Life and career:...
and fabricator Lou Santiago a show for the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
called "Ultimate Car Buildoff". Ten episodes aired in the summer of 2010. Comrie-Picard has hosted a pilot for a new show called BattleXross on SpeedTV in which he sets up a stunt course for two top extreme drivers to compete on. The pilot is expected to air in late 2011. Comrie-Picard lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and is a Consulting Producer on Top Gear USA on the History Channel.
Canadian Rally Championship Results
He currently ranks 21st in lifetime points, with 1340pts.| Year | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mitsubishi Evolution IV | Rallye de Quebec DNF |
Rallye Perce-Neige 3 |
Bighorn Rally 3 |
Rocky Mountain Rally 3 |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs 3 |
Défi St-Agathe 17 |
Rally of the Voyageurs DNF |
Rally International Charlevoix 2 |
Rally of the Tall Pines 4 |
2nd | 78 |
| 2003 | Mitsubishi Evolution IV | Rallye Perce-Neige DNF |
Rallye de Quebec 3 |
Bighorn Rally 2 |
Rocky Mountain Rally DNF |
Pacific Forest Rally DNF |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs 2 |
Défi St-Agathe 6 |
Rally of the Tall Pines DNF |
4th | 51 | |
| 2004 | Mitsubishi Evolution V | Rallye Perce-Neige DNF |
Rocky Mountain Rally 2 |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs DNF |
Défi St-Agathe DNP |
Pacific Forest Rally DNP |
Rally of the Tall Pines DNF |
5th | 30 | |||
| 2006! | Mitsubishi Evolution IV | Rallye Perce-Neige DNF |
Rocky Mountain Rally 12 |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs DNP |
Défi St-Agathe 2 |
Pacific Forest Rally DNP |
Rally of the Tall Pines DNF |
9th | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Mitsubishi Evolution IX | Rallye Perce-Neige 1 |
Rocky Mountain Rally 2 |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs 2 |
Défi St-Agathe 2 |
Pacific Forest Rally 3 |
Rally of the Tall Pines DNF |
2nd | 88 | |||
| 2008 | Mitsubishi Evo IX | Rallye Perce-Neige 2 |
Rocky Mountain Rally DNF |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs DNF |
Défi St-Agathe DNF |
Pacific Forest Rally DNP |
Rally of the Tall Pines 11 |
8th | 24 | |||
| 2009 | Mitsubishi Evo IX/X Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or Evo, is a high-performance sedan manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. There have been ten official versions to date, and the designation of each model is most commonly a roman numeral... |
Rallye Perce-Neige 1 |
Rocky Mountain Rally 2 |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs 5 |
Défi St-Agathe DNF |
Pacific Forest Rally DNP |
Rally of the Tall Pines 2 |
4th | 47 | |||
| 2010 | Mitsubishi Evo IX | Rallye Perce-Neige 12 |
Rocky Mountain Rally DNP |
Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs DNP |
Défi St-Agathe DNP |
Pacific Forest Rally DNP |
Rally of the Tall Pines DNP |
48 | 2 |
Complete Rally America results
| Year | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mitsubishi Evo IV | Sno*Drift 1 |
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood DNP |
Oregon Trail DNP |
Susquehannock Trail DNF |
Maine Forest 4 |
Ojibwe Forests DNP |
Colorado Cog 3 |
LSPR DNF |
Wild West Rally DNP |
6th | 50 |
| 2007 | Mitsubishi Evo IX | Sno*Drift 5 |
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood 3 |
Oregon Trail DNF |
Olympus Rally Olympus Rally The Olympus Rally is an event in the motorsport of rallying. While it has usually been run as a national rally, in 1986-1988, it was a round in the FIA World Rally Championship, the most recent time a WRC rally has been run in the United States.... 8 |
Susquehannock Trail DNF |
New England Forest Rally New England Forest Rally The New England Forest Rally is a performance rally event in New Hampshire and Maine, United States. Originally known as the Maine Forest Rally, it first appeared in 1991 as a winter rally... 2 |
Ojibwe Forests DNP |
Rally Colorado DNP |
LSPR DNF |
10th | 32 |
| 2008 | Mitsubishi Evo IX | Sno*Drift 5 |
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood 4 |
Olympus Rally Olympus Rally The Olympus Rally is an event in the motorsport of rallying. While it has usually been run as a national rally, in 1986-1988, it was a round in the FIA World Rally Championship, the most recent time a WRC rally has been run in the United States.... 4 |
Oregon Trail 2 |
Susquehannock Trail DNF |
New England Forest Rally New England Forest Rally The New England Forest Rally is a performance rally event in New Hampshire and Maine, United States. Originally known as the Maine Forest Rally, it first appeared in 1991 as a winter rally... DNF |
Ojibwe Forests 12 |
Rally Colorado DNP |
LSPR DNF |
4th | 63 |
| 2009 2009 Rally America season The 2009 Rally America season was the fifth season of Rally America. The season consisted of 9 rallies and began on January 30, with the Sno* Drift National Rally in Michigan. The final stage of Rally in the 100 Acre Wood was canceled due to impassable conditions... |
Mitsubishi Evo IX | Sno*Drift 3 |
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood 2 |
Olympus Rally Olympus Rally The Olympus Rally is an event in the motorsport of rallying. While it has usually been run as a national rally, in 1986-1988, it was a round in the FIA World Rally Championship, the most recent time a WRC rally has been run in the United States.... 2 |
Oregon Trail 4 |
Susquehannock Trail 13 |
New England Forest Rally New England Forest Rally The New England Forest Rally is a performance rally event in New Hampshire and Maine, United States. Originally known as the Maine Forest Rally, it first appeared in 1991 as a winter rally... 3 |
Ojibwe Forests DNP |
Rally Colorado 1 |
LSPR DNF |
3rd | 86 |
| 2010 2010 Rally America season The 2010 Rally America season is the sixth season of Rally America. The season consists of 6 rallies and began on January 29, with the Sno* Drift National Rally in Michigan. They will also be hosting 3 rally-cross competitions in the fall at New Jersey Motor Sports Park... |
Mitsubishi Evo IX | Sno*Drift 4 |
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood DNP |
Olympus Rally Olympus Rally The Olympus Rally is an event in the motorsport of rallying. While it has usually been run as a national rally, in 1986-1988, it was a round in the FIA World Rally Championship, the most recent time a WRC rally has been run in the United States.... DNF |
Oregon Trail 1 |
Susquehannock Trail DNP |
New England Forest Rally New England Forest Rally The New England Forest Rally is a performance rally event in New Hampshire and Maine, United States. Originally known as the Maine Forest Rally, it first appeared in 1991 as a winter rally... DNF |
4th | 35 | |||
| 2011 2011 Rally America season The 2011 Rally America season was the seventh season of Rally America. The season consisted of 6 rallies and began on January 29, with the Sno*Drift National Rally in Michigan. It was the first rally won by a Super Production Car in Rally America's history... |
Scion xD Scion xD The Scion xD is a five-door hatchback subcompact marketed in the US and Canada by Japanese manufacturer Toyota beginning with the 2008 model year — replacing the xA. The Scion xD and the second generation xB were first shown to the public on February 8, 2007 at the Chicago Auto Show... |
Sno*Drift DNP |
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood DNP |
Olympus Rally Olympus Rally The Olympus Rally is an event in the motorsport of rallying. While it has usually been run as a national rally, in 1986-1988, it was a round in the FIA World Rally Championship, the most recent time a WRC rally has been run in the United States.... 17 (4 in 2WD) |
Oregon Trail 7 (1 in 2WD) |
Susquehannock Trail DNP |
New England Forest Rally New England Forest Rally The New England Forest Rally is a performance rally event in New Hampshire and Maine, United States. Originally known as the Maine Forest Rally, it first appeared in 1991 as a winter rally... 6 (2 in 2WD) |
12th | 17 |