Victorian Rally Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Victorian Rally Championship was the evolution series of car rallies in Victoria, Australia. Prior to 1972, car rallies/trials relied heavily on the ability of a navigator to read a map and direct their driver over a planned course covering shire roads and forest tracks at night.

In 1972 the series evolved in line with the improvement of forest tracks, and the population of properties along Shire roads – into a more driver-oriented event.

Route instructions became comprehensive, making it easier for a crew to avoid getting lost, and results were effectively determined by how fast the drivers drove on the generally narrow forest roads.

Since 1990, many of these events have been held during daylight hours – making the competition more attractive to spectators.

At present, the Victorian Rally Championship includes awards for overall champion, two wheel drive champion, and class champions.[1] Two single car make championships are associated with the Victorian Rally Championship: The Fiesta Rally Series and the Grant Walker Parts Excel Rally Series.[2][3]

Victorian Rally Champions[]

Winners of the Victorian Rally Championship and the preceding Victorian Trials Championship are as follows:[4]

Year Driver Navigator/co-driver Car
1961 Geoff Russell Martin Hartigan Volkswagen 1200
1962 Geoff Russell R.H.Collingwood Ford Falcon
1963 Harry Firth Graham Hoinville Ford Anglia
1963 Frank Kilfoyle Mike Flanagan Ford Falcon
1964 Frank Kilfoyle Roger Abraham Ford Falcon
1965 Harry Firth Graham Hoinville
1966 Tony Roberts Peter Haas HD Holden
1967 Reg Lunn* Roger Vaughan * HR Holden
1968 Bob Watson Jim McAuliffe HK Holden V8
1969 Bob Watson Jim McAuliffe Renault 16TS
1970 Bob Watson Jim McAuliffe Renault R8 Gordini
1971 Mal McPherson* Peter Haas* Renault R8 Gordini
1972** Gil Davis* Roger Bonhomme* Holden Torana GTR XU1
1973 Bob Watson Jeff Beaumont Renault R12G, Holden HQ
1974 Garrie Harrowfield Geoff Boyd Ford Cortina
1975 David Bond Ian Richards Mitsubishi Lancer
1976 Bob Waterhouse Paul Paterson Datsun 1600
1977 Gil Davis David Long Datsun 1600
1978 Warwick Smith Paul Paterson Mitsubishi Lancer
1979 Warwick Smith Paul Paterson Mitsubishi Lancer
1980 Chris Brown Simon Brown Datsun 1600
1981 Geoff Portman Ross Runnalls Datsun Stanza
1982 Chris Brown Noel Richards Datsun 180B SSS
1983 David Officer Kate Hobson Mitsubishi Galant
1984 Peter A Thompson* Anthony Sartory* Datsun P510
1985 Brian Smith John Birrell Mitsubishi Sigma
1986 Geoff Portman Peter Gale Datsun 1600
1987 Geoff Portman Peter Gale Datsun 1600
1988 David Greig Paul Tirant
1989 Greg Hoinville Michael Cains
1990 David Greig Paul Tirant Datsun 260Z
1991 Peter Fyfe Gerry Bashford Nissan Pulsar
1992 Peter Fyfe Gerry Bashford Nissan Pulsar
1993 Graeme Wise Helen Wylie Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
1994 Graeme Wise Helen Wylie Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
1995 Graeme Wise* Greg Foletta* Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
1996 Graeme Wise Rob Beekman Mitsubishi Lancer
1997 Mike Reeves Robin Smalley Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1998 Craig Morris Jenny Cole Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1999 Scott Pedder Paul Humm Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
2000 Scott Pedder Paul Humm Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
2001 David Stannus Peter Campbell Nissan Pulsar
2002 Brett Thompson Rob Vanderee Mitsubishi Galant VR4
2003 Mike Reeves Robin Smalley Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
2004 Peter Montgomery Chris Montgomery Subaru Impreza
2005 Justin Dowel Matt Lee Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2006 Justin Dowel Matt Lee Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2007 Justin Dowel Matt Lee Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2008 Mark Fawcett Simon Ellis Subaru Impreza WRX
2009 Mark Fawcett Carrie Morris Subaru Impreza WRX
2010 Nathan Reeves Scott Spedding Subaru Impreza WRX
2011 Warren Lee David Lethlean Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
2012 Stephen Raymond Glen Raymond Toyota Corolla
2013 Tristan Penhall Jolie Middleton Subaru Impreza WRX
2014 Justin Dowel Scott Spedding Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2015 Darren Windus* David Lethlean* Subaru Impreza WRX
2016 Darren Windus Joe Brkic Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2017 Glen Raymond Kate Catford Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2018 Ben Hayes Cathy Hayes Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2019 Arron Windus Daniel Brkic Subaru Impreza WRX
2020 Not conducted
2021

* Driver and navigator were not from the same crew. ** Victorian Rally Championship introduced; previously, this was known as the Victorian Trials Championship.

Since 2003, there has been a separate Two Wheel Drive Championship contested as part of the Annual Championships. Winners of the Victorian 2WD Rally Championship are as follows:

Year Driver Navigator/co-driver
2003 Andrew Vibert David Gallacher
2004 Ben Fawcett Tony Boyd
2005 Brian Semmens David Leoncini
2006 Brian Semmens David Leoncini
2007 Brian Semmens David Leoncini
2008 Andrew Taylor Robin Smalley
2009 Brian Semmens David Leoncini
2010 Alan Friend Robin Smalley
2011 Brian Semmens Dan Parry
2012 Brian Semmens Dan Parry
2013 Brian Semmens Dan Parry
2014 Justin Walker Bianca Lowe
2015 Brian Semmens Dan Parry
2016 Mike Conway Jenny Cole
2017 Grant Walker Steph Richards
2018 Grant Walker Steph Richards
2019 Justin Walker Adam Wright
2020 Not conducted
2021

References[]

Retrieved from ""