1988 Australian Rally Championship

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1988 Australian Rally Championship
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The 1988 Australian Rally Championship was a series of four rallying events held across Australia. It was the 21st season in the history of the competition.

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The series for 1988 was only a disappointing four events, although all were well organised and at the end of the year produced an unexpected result with Queenslanders Murray Coote and Iain Stewart taking out the title in their Mazda 323 4WD. 4WD vehicles dominated the series signalling the end of any chances of two wheel drive vehicles being competitive. The Alpine Rally was not included in the year's events, and the Esanda Rally in the ACT was only included at the last minute after the cancellation of the Queensland rally round due to withdrawal of Police permission to use Shire Roads.

Season review

The 21st Australian Rally Championship was held over four events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for Tasmania, Western Australia, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.

The Rallies

The four events of the 1988 season were as follows. [1]

RoundRallyDate
1APPM/TT-Line Rally Tasmania26–27 March 1988
2BP Visco Forest Rally (WA)30 April – 1 May 1988
32EC Bega Valley Rally (NSW)11–12 June 1988
4Esanda Finance Rally of Australia (ACT)12–14 August 1988

Round One – APPM/TT-Line Rally Tasmania

PositionDriverNavigatorCarTime
1Murray CooteIain Stewart Mazda 323 4WD 4h 17m 06s
2 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Mitsubishi Starion 4h 20m 42s
3Peter GlenniePeter Clark Subaru RX Turbo 4h 24m 33s
4David OfficerKate Officer Mitsubishi Starion 4h 25m 57s
5Patrick BarberSimon Brown Ford Laser TX3 4WD 4h 25m 36s
6Graham AlexanderDavid Stewart Toyota Corolla GT 4h 30m 30s
7George KahlerTony Best Mazda 323 4WD 4h 31m 35s
8Adrian TaylorDave Ambrose Honda Civic CRX 4h 32m 02s

Round Two – BP Visco Forest Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarTime
1Wayne BellDave Boddy Mazda 323 4WD 3h 17m 59s
2 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Mitsubishi Starion 3h 20m 08s
3Murray CooteIain Stewart Mazda 323 4WD 3h 22m 09s
4Rob HerridgeSteve Vanderbyl Subaru RX Turbo 3h 22m 37s
5John MacaraRod van der Straaten Subaru RX Turbo 3h 22m 46s
6Patrick BarberSimon Brown Ford Laser TX3 4WD 3h 30m 49s
7Mark TolcherDavid Tolcher Subaru RX Turbo 3h 32m 15s
8Tony FloodMartin Morris Toyota Corolla GT 3h 32m 34s

Round Three – 2EC Bega Valley Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarTime
1David EadieChris Shearer Mazda 323 4WD 2h 55m 42s
2Mark RoachMark Price Mazda 323 4WD 2h 58m 27s
3 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Mitsubishi Starion 2h 58m 33s
4Murray CooteIain Stewart Mazda 323 4WD 2h 59m 00s
5Eric PietilaMike Rebbechi Mazda 323 4WD 3h 01m 14s
6Mark TolcherDavid Tolcher Subaru RX Turbo 3h 03m 58s
7Ian HillPhil Bonser Subaru RX Turbo 3h 04m 50s
8Patrick BarberSimon Brown Ford Laser TX3 4WD 3h 06m 47s
9George KahlerTony Best Mazda 323 4WD 3h 09m 18s
10Graham AlexanderDavid Stewart Toyota Corolla GT 3h 09m 30s

Round Four – Esanda Finance Rally of Australia

PositionDriverNavigatorCarTime
1Murray CooteIain Stewart Mazda 323 4WD 3h 26m 54s
2David EadieChris Shearer Mazda 323 4WD 3h 28m 17s
3Peter ClarkDavid Boddy Mazda 323 4WD 3h 28m 23s
4 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Mitsubishi Starion 3h 29m 14s
5Ed OrdynskiMark Nelson Subaru RX Turbo 3h 31m 11s
6David OfficerKate Officer Mitsubishi Starion 3h 34m 58s
7George KahlerTony Best Mazda 323 4WD 3h 37m 11s
8Adrian TaylorDave Ambrose Honda Civic CRX 3h 38m 02s
9Jon WaterhouseRuss Witty Mazda RX-7 3h 40m 56s
10Jim MiddletonDale Payne Holden Commodore V8 3h 41m 12s

1988 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1988 is as follows. [2]

Murray Coote – Champion Driver 1988

PositionDriverCarPoints
1Murray Coote Mazda 323 4WD 62
2 Greg Carr Mitsubishi Starion 52
3David Eadie Mazda 323 4WD 35
4Wayne Bell Mazda 323 4WD 20
5Patrick Barber Ford Laser TX3 4WD 18
6Mark Roach Mazda 323 4WD 15

Iain Stewart – Champion Navigator 1988

PositionNavigatorCarPoints
1Iain Stewart Mazda 323 4WD 62
2Fred Gocentas Mitsubishi Starion 52
3Chris Shearer Mazda 323 4WD 35
4Dave Boddy Mazda 323 4WD 20
5Simon Brown Ford Laser TX3 4WD 18
6Mark Price Mazda 323 4WD 15

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References

  1. Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89 ISSN 0158-4138
  2. Australian Motor Racing Year 1989/90 ISSN 0158-4138