Ed Ordynski

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World Rally Championship record
Active years1989 - 2004
Teams Mitsubishi
Rallies22
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Total points27
First rally1989 Rally Australia
Last rally2004 Rally Australia
World Rally Championship record
Active years(Group N) 1989 - 2001
Teams Mitsubishi
Rallies28
Championships 0
Rally wins 9
Podiums0
Total points122
First rally1989 Rally Australia
First win1989
Last win2001
Last rally2001 Rally Australia
The Holden Commodore (VR) in which Ed Ordynski and Ross Runnalls won the 1995 Mobil 1 Trial The Holden VR Commodore of Ed Ordynski.jpg
The Holden Commodore (VR) in which Ed Ordynski and Ross Runnalls won the 1995 Mobil 1 Trial

Ed Ordynski (born 21 July 1957) is an Australian former rally driver. He served as Chairman of the Australian Rally Commission (ARCom) in 2007. [1]

Ordynski is best known for his exploits driving Mitsubishi cars. Driving a Galant VR-4, he won the Australian Rally Championship in 1990. He also won the Group N category that year, and went on to win that category three more times (1993, 1994, 1995), driving a Lancer Evolution. [1] [2]

Ordynski won the 1995 Mobil 1 Round Australia Trial driving a Holden Commodore (VR) [3] entered by the Mobil Bridgestone Rally Team. [4] He also drove 5.0 Litre Touring Cars in 1995, recording a tenth place in the 1995 Sandown 500, [5] and a retirement in the 1995 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst in a Holden Commodore (VP). [6]

Away from rallying and motorsport, Ed Ordynski was a Year 5 Primary school teacher at Mitcham Primary School circa 1985

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References

  1. 1 2 "Club Patron - Ed Ordynski". MG Car Club of South Australia. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  2. Whitten, Jeff (22 September 2006). "EXCLUSIVE: The Ed Ordynski interview". RallySport Magazine. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  3. The lion roars again, Mobil 1 Round Australia Trial, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 266 to 268
  4. Entry List, Official Spectator Guide, Round Australia '95 Mobil 1 Trial
  5. Sandown 500, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, page 277
  6. 1995 Tooheys 1000, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, page 281
  7. "Where are they now: Australian rally driver ed Ordynski". 19 December 2017.


Preceded by Winner of the Australian Rally Championship
1990
Succeeded by