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Team autoTRADER.ca Third on Mazda Adventure Rally

Team autoTRADER.ca has claimed a podium result on the 2017 Madza Adventure Rally, and in the process won $1,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

The rally is run by Mazda Canada and in this iteration saw 10 teams drive the all new 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF in and around Ontario's Muskoka region. The challenges included blind-map navigtion, scavenger hunts, sign hunts and even a hunt for specific murals in the multi-town Group of Seven outdoor art exhibit.

The winners were Team Supernovae's Mark Richardson and Emily Atkins, who took home $10,000 for their charity of choice - the Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre, and Team Exhausted.ca's Jeff Voth and Peter Hessels, who took home $2,000 for Intercede International,on behalf of Good Samaritan in India.

The joint autoHEBDO.net and autoTRADER.ca team of Nadine Filion and Jacob Black were competing in their first rally and now qualify for an automatic invite to next year's event.

You can read more about the rally in our feature to be published on Monday.