The 2008 Australian Rally Championship Rally of WA was held in, around and near the town of Nannup, Western Australia. Once again, 20 stages were featured in the Rally and it was won for the 6th time by Toyota Team Racing driver, Neal Bates. [1]
The rally commenced at Busselton with 2 special stages. It then moved across through Kinky, Ferndale, Ellis, Healthway before returning to Nannup, Western Australia at the end of the First Leg. The 2nd Leg started once again at Busselton before moving to Brockman(A stage for the Targa Rally) and repeating the Heathlway and Ellis stages before finally finishing the 2 day rally at Hellium. [2]
LEG ONE [3]
| LEG TWO(FINISHING POSITIONS) [5]
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Driver | Class | Pts |
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Neal Bates | Super 2000 | 74 |
Eli Evans | Group N | 52 |
Justin Dowell | Privateer | 48 |
Micheal Guest | Group N | 43 |
Simon Evans | Super 2000 | 41 |
Spencer Lowndes | Privateers | 38 |
Roman Watkins | Privateer | 38 |
Brenton Kaitler | Privateer | 36 |
Darren Windus | Group N | 36 |
Glen Raymond | Group N | 32 |
Mark Butcher | Privateer | 30 |
Barry Kirk | F16 | 26 |
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