Rick Bates

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Rick Bates
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1965-03-19) 19 March 1965 (age 59)
Canberra, Australia
World Rally Championship record
Active years1997, 1999
TeamsDaihatsu Australia
Rallies2
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally 1997 Rally Australia
Last rally 1999 China Rally

Richard Glen Bates (born 19 March 1965) is an Australian rally driver. He is the twin brother of the rally and racing driver, Neal Bates. Whilst Neal has achieved more success in the Australian Rally Championship, winning it four times, Rick has won two major cross country events in a nine-year span. The first was Panama-Alaska in 1997 and the next win was the Carrera Sudamericana in 2006.

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He has, on at least one occasion, competed directly against his twin brother.

Career

In 1997, Bates won the Panama to Alaska rally driving a Porsche 911 with his co-driver Jenny Brittan. He has also appeared in two events of the World Rally Championship. First, he drove to 30th place at Rally Australia 1997 in a Daihatsu Charade GTi. Then, he drove at China Rally 1999, this time in a Volkswagen Jetta GTX, but he retired on the fifth special stage.

In both occasions, he was co-driven by Jenny Brittan with whom he won the Panama to Alaska rally in 1997. The former event saw him race with his twin brother Neal who scored points with an eighth-place finish.

In 2000, he was third in the London-Sydney Marathon, finishing behind Stig Blomqvist and Michele Mouton.

In 2006, Bates and Brittan also won the Carrera Sudamericana in Argentina.

Results

Complete V8 Supercars Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPoints
2000 Colorscan Motorsport Ford AU Falcon PHI BAR ADE ECR HID CAN QLD WIN
28
ORA
DNF
CAL
30
QLD
18
SAN
20
BAT
15
39th100
2001 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VX Commodore PHI ADE ECR HID CAN BAR CAL ORA QLD
19
WIN BAT
10
PUK SAN 42nd388
2002 John Faulkner Racing Holden VX Commodore ADE PHI ECR HID CAN BAR ORA WIN QLD
Ret
BAT
10
SUR PUK SAN 54th56
2003 ICS Team Ford Ford AU Falcon ADE PHI ECR WIN BAR HID QLD ORA SAN
25
BAT
Ret
SUR PUK PUK SAN 65th100

WRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314WDCPoints
1997 Daihatsu Australia Daihatsu Charade GTi MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN IDN ITA AUS
30
GBR NC0
1999 Volkswagen FRD Rally Team Volkswagen Jetta GTX MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN
Ret
ITA AUS GBR NC0

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearCar#TeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1990 3Search for a Champion Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gazzard Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 157DNFDNF
1991 70 Toyota Team Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT 376DNFDNF
1992 70 Toyota Team Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT B12524th3rd
1993 6 Caltex CXT Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Smith Toyota Corolla Seca B113DNFDNF
2000 22Colourscan Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Peters Ford AU Falcon 15715th15th
2001 3 Lansvale Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville Holden VX Commodore 16010th10th
2002 46 John Faulkner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Faulkner Holden VX Commodore 16010th10th
2003 23ICS Team Ford Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Ford AU Falcon 62DNFDNF

Complete Sandown endurance results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2001 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Hughes Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI A1506th1st
2003 ICS Team Ford Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Ford AU Falcon 13625th25th

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