2015 Australian Rally Championship

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The 2015 East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship is the 48th season of the Australian Rally Championship. The season began on the 27th of March at the in Nannup, Western Australia and will end at the Scouts Rally in South Australia. The championship consists of five events including the two international events of Rally Australia and the International Rally of Queensland. The championship is divided into outright (2WD), 4WD Rally Series and Classic Rally Challenge classes. 2014 champion Scott Pedder will not be returning to defend his title after entering into the WRC-2 Championship.[1]

Calendar[]

The calendar has changed slightly from the 2014 season.[2]

Rnd. Dates Nat. Rally name Rally base
1 27–29 March Western Australia Nannup, Western Australia
2 15–17 May Australian Capital Territory National Capital Rally Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
3 19–21 June Queensland International Rally of Queensland Sunshine Coast, Queensland
4 10–13 September New South Wales Rally Australia Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
5 23–25 October South Australia Scouts Rally SA Barossa Valley, South Australia

Teams and drivers[]

Outright ARC Teams[]

Teams and drivers competing in the outright (2WD) ARC championship[3][4]

Team Vehicle Driver Co-driver Class Rounds
Citroen DS3 R3T Victoria (Australia) Queensland R3 1-3
Honda Civic Type R Victoria (Australia) Western Australia G2 1
Honda Jazz G2 2-3
Ford Fiesta ST Victoria (Australia) Victoria (Australia) G2 1-3
Citroen DS3 R3T Australian Capital Territory Queensland R3 1-3
Citroen DS3 R3T New South Wales New South Wales R3 1-3
Renault Clio R3 New South Wales Molly Taylor Western Australia G2 1-3
Volkswagen Polo Vivo Victoria (Australia) South Australia G2 1
Australian Capital Territory 2-3

4WD Rally Series Teams[]

Teams and drivers competing in the 4WD ARC championship

Team Vehicle Driver Co-driver Class Rounds
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Victoria (Australia) Victoria (Australia) P5U 1
Hyundai i20 Proto G4 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX RS South Australia South Australia P5U 1
Volkswagen Polo S2000 Victoria (Australia) New South Wales S2000 1
Peugeot 208 Maxi AP4 2-3
Subaru Impreza WRX Western Australia Western Australia P5U 1
Subaru Impreza WRX STi Western Australia Western Australia P5U 1
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Western Australia Western Australia P5U 1
Subaru Impreza WRX STi Western Australia Western Australia P5U 1
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory P5U 1-3
Subaru Impreza WRX STi Western Australia Western Australia P5U 1
Subaru Impreza WRX Western Australia Western Australia P6U 1
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX New South Wales Queensland P5U 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Tasmania Tasmania P5U 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Queensland Queensland P5 2-3
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX New South Wales Australian Capital Territory P5U 2
Queensland 3
Subaru Impreza WRX New South Wales New South Wales P5U 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX New South Wales New South Wales P5U 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V South Australia South Australia P6U 2
Subaru Impreza WRX New South Wales New South Wales P6 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Queensland Kent Lawrence Queensland P5 3

Classic Rally Challenge Teams[]

Teams and drivers competing in the Classic ARC championship

Team Vehicle Driver Co-driver Class Rounds
Toyota Celica RA40 Australian Capital Territory Neal Bates New South Wales Coral Taylor C1 1-2
Toyota Celica RA40 Queensland Queensland C1 1-3
Nissan Stanza New South Wales Australian Capital Territory C1 1
Queensland 2
Holden Commodore Western Australia Graeme Miles Western Australia C1 1-2
Nissan Bluebird Australian Capital Territory New South Wales C1 2
BMW M3 E30 Queensland South Australia C2 2-3
Toyota Corolla GT New South Wales Australian Capital Territory C1 2
Ford Escort MkII New South Wales New Zealand C1 2
Toyota Corolla KE35 New South Wales New South Wales C2 2
Toyota Celica TA22 Queensland Queensland Tony Best C1 3

Rally summaries[]

Round 1 — Quit Forest Rally[]

ECB ARC Heat results[5][6]

Heat Podium finishers Statistics
Pos. Drivers Team Time Stages Length
1 1 New South Wales Molly Taylor
Western Australia 		Australia
(Renault Clio R3) 		1:07:54.1 10 102.02 km
2 Victoria (Australia)
Queensland 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		1:08:09.6
3 Victoria (Australia)
Western Australia 		Australia
(Honda Civic Type R) 		1:10:10.7
Heat Podium finishers Statistics
Pos. Drivers Team Time Stages Length
2 1 Victoria (Australia)
Queensland 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		1:11:08.8 9 113.14 km
2 Victoria (Australia)
Western Australia 		Australia
(Honda Civic Type R) 		1:11:55.5
3 New South Wales Molly Taylor
Western Australia 		Australia
(Renault Clio R3) 		1:12:08.8

ECB ARC Power Stage results[7]

Pos. Drivers Team Final time Points
1 Victoria (Australia)
Western Australia 		Australia
(Honda Civic Type R) 		2:39.75 5
2 New South Wales
New South Wales 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		2:41.00 3
3 Australian Capital Territory
Queensland 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		2:41.26 1

Former champion began the season with a win at after taking second in heat one and first in heat two. Molly Taylor made history becoming the first female driver to win a heat in the Australian Rally Championship taking heat one despite having to crawl through the final two stages with damaged steering.[8] Four time champion marked his return to the championship with a win in the power stage and third overall with a third and second in heat one and two respectively. Former team mates and both rolled out of the lead in their Citroen DS3 R3T's in heat one before the cars were repaired for heat two.[9]

Round 2 — National Capital Rally[]

ECB ARC Heat results[10]

Heat Podium finishers Statistics
Pos. Drivers Team Time Stages Length
1 1 New South Wales
New South Wales 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		1:03:47.1 6 101.68 km
2 New South Wales Molly Taylor
Western Australia 		Australia
(Renault Clio R3) 		1:03:49.1
3 Australian Capital Territory
Queensland 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		1:04:08.2
Heat Podium finishers Statistics
Pos. Drivers Team Time Stages Length
2 1 Victoria (Australia)
Queensland 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		1:19:27.5 6 105.76 km
2 New South Wales Molly Taylor
Western Australia 		Australia
(Renault Clio R3) 		1:20:45.3
31 Australian Capital Territory
Queensland 		Australia Neal Bates Motorsport
(Toyota Corolla) 		1:22:06.5

ECB ARC Power Stage results[11]

Pos. Drivers Team Final time Points
1 Victoria (Australia)
Queensland 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		1:53.55 5
2 Victoria (Australia)
Western Australia 		Australia
(Honda Jazz) 		1:56.26 3
3 Australian Capital Territory
Queensland 		Australia
(Citroen DS3 R3T) 		1:57.07 1

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Notes
  • ^1  – Harry Bates was ineligible for championship points[12]

Results and standings[]

Australian Rally Championship for Drivers[]

Points are awarded to the top twenty classified finishers. Bonus points are awarded to the top three in Power stage and winner of the most stages.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 40 34 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver WA ACT QLD NSW SA Total
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2 H3
1 Victoria (Australia) 2 1 1 Ret 5 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 305
2 New South Wales Molly Taylor 1 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 1 274
3 Australian Capital Territory 7 1 5 3 1 4 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 229
4 Victoria (Australia) 6 4 4 5 4 5 4 2 2 3 2 227
5 Victoria (Australia) 4 7 Ret Ret 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 142
6 New South Wales 5 3 6 1 3 Ret 7 Ret 1 6 Ret Ret Ret 3 138
7 Victoria (Australia) 3 5 2 5 3 DNS Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 122
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)

Australian Rally Championship for Co-drivers[]

Points are awarded to the top twenty classified finishers. Bonus points are awarded to the top three in Power stage and winner of the most stages.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 40 34 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver WA ACT QLD NSW SA Total
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2 H3
1 Western Australia 1 3 2 2 138
2 Queensland 2 1 1 Ret 5 1 1 121
3 New South Wales 5 3 6 1 3 115
4 Queensland 7 1 5 3 4 98
5 Western Australia 3 5 2 5 3 DNS 94
6 Victoria (Australia) 6 4 4 5 94
7 South Australia 4 7 44
Australian Capital Territory Ret Ret 0
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)

Australian 4WD Rally Series for Drivers[]

Points are awarded to the top twenty classified finishers. Bonus points are awarded to the top three in Power stage and winner of the most stages. The best three events go towards final championship points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 40 34 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver WA ACT QLD NSW SA Total Best 3
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2 H3
1 Australian Capital Territory 2 1 1 2 148 148
2 Victoria (Australia) Justin Dowell 6 3 3 2 1 3 1 119 119
3 Tasmania 3 3 1 73 73
4 Western Australia 1 5 62 62
5 Western Australia 7 5 2 1 58 58
6 South Australia 4 4 52 52
7 Western Australia 3 6 50 50
8 Western Australia 5 4 48 48
9 New South Wales 5 5 44 44
10 New South Wales 6 7 38 38
11 New South Wales 7 6 38 38
12 Victoria (Australia) 4 Ret Ret Ret 26 26
13 New South Wales 8 Ret 16 16
14 Queensland 9 14 14
15 New South Wales Ret 5 DNS 5 5
16 Western Australia Ret 1 DNS 1 1
Western Australia Ret Ret 0 0
South Australia Ret DNS 0 0
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)

Australian 4WD Rally Series for Co-drivers[]

Points are awarded to the top twenty classified finishers. Bonus points are awarded to the top three in Power stage and winner of the most stages. The best three events go towards final championship points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 40 34 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver WA ACT QLD NSW SA Total Best 3
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2 H3
1 Australian Capital Territory 2 1 1 2 148 148
2 Victoria (Australia) 6 3 3 2 1 3 1 119 119
3 Tasmania 3 3 1 73 73
4 Western Australia 1 5 62 62
5 Western Australia 7 5 2 1 58 58
6 South Australia 4 4 52 52
7 Western Australia 3 6 50 50
8 Western Australia 5 4 48 48
9 New South Wales 5 5 44 44
10 Australian Capital Territory 6 7 38 38
11 New South Wales 7 6 38 38
12 New South Wales 4 Ret Ret Ret 26 26
13 New South Wales 8 Ret 16 16
14 Queensland 9 DNS 16 16
15 Queensland Ret 5 DNS 5 5
16 Western Australia Ret 1 DNS 1 1
Western Australia Ret Ret 0 0
South Australia Ret DNS 0 0
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)

Australian Classic Rally Challenge for Drivers[]

Points are awarded to the top twenty classified finishers. A bonus point is awarded winner of the most stages during an event. The best three events go towards final championship points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 40 34 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver WA ACT QLD NSW SA Total Best 3
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2 H3
1 Australian Capital Territory Neal Bates 1 1 1 1 1 1 162 162
2 Queensland 2 2 4 2 128 128
3 New South Wales 3 3 5 4 108 108
4 Western Australia Graeme Miles 4 4 7 6 90 90
5 Queensland 3 3 60 60
6 New South Wales 6 5 42 42
7 Australian Capital Territory 2 Ret 34 34
New South Wales Ret DNS 0 0
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)

Australian Classic Rally Challenge for Co-drivers[]

Points are awarded to the top twenty classified finishers. A bonus point is awarded winner of the most stages during an event. The best three events go towards final championship points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 40 34 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver WA ACT QLD NSW SA Total Best 3
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2 H3
1 New South Wales Coral Taylor 1 1 1 1 1 1 162 162
2 Queensland 2 2 4 2 128 128
3 Western Australia 4 4 7 6 90 90
4 Australian Capital Territory 3 3 60 60
5 South Australia 3 3 60 60
6 Queensland 5 4 48 48
7 New Zealand 6 5 42 42
8 New South Wales 2 Ret 34 34
New South Wales Ret DNS 0 0
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. ^ "Scott Pedder to take WRC2 plunge". 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Season Calendar | Calendar Australian Rally Championship". Archived from the original on 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  3. ^ http://rally.redsourcemedia.netdna-cdn.com/images/stories/2015_QFR_Entry_List_FINAL.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://rally.redsourcemedia.netdna-cdn.com/images/stories/2015_Nat_Cap_Entry_Listv4.pdf[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ http://www.rallyresults.com.au/arc/2015/WA/StageSummary_Heat1_ARC.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ http://www.rallyresults.com.au/arc/2015/WA/StageSummary_Heat2_ARC.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ http://www.rallyresults.com.au/arc/2015/WA/Powerstage.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "Molly Taylor takes historic ARC heat win". 28 March 2015.
  9. ^ "[HEAT ONE] Molly Steers Clear Of Trouble For Win | ARC News Australian Rally Championship". Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  10. ^ http://www.rallyresults.com.au/arc/2015/ACT/Stage_Summary_Heat1_ARC.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  11. ^ http://www.rallyresults.com.au/arc/2015/ACT/Powerstage.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  12. ^ http://rally.redsourcemedia.netdna-cdn.com/images/stories/2015_Nat_Cap_Entry_Listv4.pdf[permanent dead link]

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