For more than 35 years, Tom Burgess blazed across the rally trail in Canada and the United States as a competitor. His record speaks for itself: 39 National victories, six National championships and two North American championships. He was National Rally Director from 1984 to1986, President of the B.C. Region of the Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs in1975 and ’76 and B.C. Rally Director in 1973 and ’74, and, as a member of the National Rally Committee, helped to write the Canadian Rally rulebook.