2014 Australian Rally Championship

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The 2014 East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship was the 47th season of the Australian Rally Championship, one of the world's oldest continuously run rally championships. The season began 28 February at the National Capital Rally, and ended 15 November at , after six events. The championship incorporated two international events; Round 5 was a World Rally Championship event, Rally Australia, while Round 3, the International Rally of Queensland was a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Each domestic rally was contested over two heats, with three or four components to the two international events.[1]

The championship was won for the first time by Scott Pedder, taking a total of eight heat wins and the overall wins for the two international events. He won the title by 44 points ahead of Brendan Reeves, who took 5 heat wins during the season. Third place in the championship was taken by Adrian Coppin, who took podium placings in eight heats without victory. The only other driver to take a heat win was Steven Mackenzie, who won the final heat of the season, at Rally Victoria.

Event calendar and results[]

The 2014 Australian Rally Championship was as follows:[1]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 National Capital Rally Heat 1
(28 February–1 March)[2] 		1 Australia Mazda 2 1:20:23.0 8 108.22 km 56 44
2 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:20:51.5
3 Australia Neal Bates Toyota Celica 1:21:25.7
Heat 2
(2 March)[3] 		1 Australia Mazda 2 50:03.8 7 81.94 km 56 41
2 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:09.2
3 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 50:57.2
2 Heat 1
(4–5 April)[4] 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:08:06.6 10 104.43 km 74 57
2 Australia Subaru Impreza WRX 1:08:13.3
3 Australia Mazda 2 1:08:39.4
Heat 2
(6 April)[5] 		1 Australia Subaru Impreza WRX 1:09:01.9 8 111.76 km 53 44
2 Australia Mazda 2 1:10:03.3
3 Australia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1:10:15.3
3 International Rally of Queensland Heat 1
(20–21 June) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:14:06.7 10 118.60 km 47 33
2 Australia Mazda 2 1:15:08.9
3 Australia Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:15:51.7
Heat 2
(22 June) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:07:11.7 5 103.70 km 43 26
2 Australia Mazda 2 1:08:12.2
3 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:08:43.3
Overall
(20–22 June) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 2:21:18.4 15 222.30 km 41 21
2 Australia Mazda 2 2:23:21.1
3 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2:26:30.2
4 Scouts Rally SA Heat 1
(1 August) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 16:36.5 3 26.53 km 21 17
2 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 16:37.5
3 Australia Mazda 2 16:49.0
Heat 2
(2 August) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 48:34.8 9 85.44 km 40 24
2 Australia Mazda 2 49:22.0
3 Australia Citroën DS3 R3T 50:56.8
Heat 3
(3 August) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 32:20.9 7 54.38 km 35 32
2 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 32:42.5
3 Australia Neal Bates Toyota Celica 33:12.0
5 Rally Australia Heat 1
(11–12 September) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:05:56.6 8 95.84 km 44 39
2 Australia Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:08:32.7
3 Australia Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:10:49.7
Heat 2
(13 September) 		1 Australia Mazda 2 1:13:52.6 6 116.80 km 40 36
2 Australia Citroën DS3 R3T 1:16:43.7
3 Australia Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:16:45.9
Heat 3
(14 September) 		1 Australia Mazda 2 48:32.3 5 78.74 km 37 30
2 Australia Citroën DS3 R3T 50:08.5
3 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:27.6
Overall
(11–14 September) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 3:13:57.1 19 291.38 km 44 30
2 Australia Volkswagen Polo Vivo 3:23:41.5
3 Australia Citroën DS3 R3T 3:29:57.4
6 Heat 1
(14 November) 		1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 42:58.2 4 63.30 km 35 29
2 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 43:05.9
3 Australia Mazda 2 43:12.7
Heat 2
(15 November) 		1 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:31:44.6 9 136.36 km 56 47
2 Australia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:32:04.5
3 Australia Ford Fiesta ST 1:33:19.0

Championship standings[]

The 2014 Australian Rally Championship points were as follows:[6]

Australian Championship[]

Position Driver Vehicle Capital Forest Queensland SA Australia Victoria Total
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2
1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 4 2 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 6 1 4 3 1 1 1 2 483
2 Australia Mazda 2 1 1 6 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 Ret 1 1 5 5 2 5 6 439
3 Australia Citroën DS3 R3T 3 3 3 3 5 6 5 1 3 3 6 1 5 2 2 3 1 4 4 361
4 Australia Citroën DS3 R3T 5 Ret 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 3 3 3 1 333
5 Australia Ford Focus Ret 4 5 4 1 6 Ret 3 5 6 152
6 Australia Volkswagen Polo Vivo 6 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 5 6 2 123
7 Australia Ford Fiesta 2 6 EX Ret 4 EX Ret 1 117
8 Australia Volkswagen Polo Vivo Ret Ret 4 4 4 3 5 Ret 2 2 3 Ret Ret 115
9 Australia Volkswagen Polo Vivo Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 6
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2014 Season Calendar". rally.com.au. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ eWRC-results.com - rally database
  3. ^ eWRC-results.com - rally database
  4. ^ eWRC-results.com - rally database
  5. ^ eWRC-results.com - rally database
  6. ^ "2014 Australian Rally Champion ‐ Driver Pointscore ‐ Provisional" (PDF). rally.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2014.[permanent dead link]

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