Rick Bates

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Rick Bates
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1965-03-19) 19 March 1965 (age 59)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Related to Neal Bates (twin brother)
Zach Bates (son)
Harry Bates (nephew)
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 1997 he won the Australian Formula 2 Rally Championship driving a Daihatsu Charade GTi.

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.

Rally results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1995 Australian Formula 2 Rally Championship 1st Daihatsu Charade GTi Daihatsu Motor Corp
1996Bulldog Midland Rally36thPorsche 911Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan
1997Panama - Alaska Rally1stPorsche 911Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan
1998Shield of Africa Rally11thPorsche 911Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan
2000 London-Sydney Marathon 3rdPorsche 911Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan
2006Carrera Sudamericana Rally1stHonda Integra Type-RRick Bates/Jenny Brittan
Australian Rally Championship 23rdFord FocusTeam Pirtek

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

Circuit results

Rick Bates
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Supercars Championship career
Championships0
Races20
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions0
SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2000 Shell Supercars Championship Series 39th Ford AU Falcon Colorscan Motorsport
2001 Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 5th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp
Shell Supercars Championship Series 42nd Holden VX Commodore Lansvale Racing Team
2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship 8th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 3rd
V8 Supercars Championship 54th Holden VX Commodore John Faulkner Racing
2003 Australian Production Car Championship 11th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp
Australian Production Car Championship - Class D 5th
V8 Supercars Championship 65th Ford AU Falcon ICS Team Ford
2004 Australian Production Car Championship 10th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp
Australian Production Car Championship - Class D 3rd
2005 Australian Production Car Championship 21st Toyota Corolla Sportivo Novocastrian Motorsport
2010 Australian Production Car Championship 31stMazda 3 MPSOsborne Motorsport
2012 Australian Production Car Championship - Class C 15thMazda 3 MPSOsborne Motorsport
2014 Australian Production Car Championship - Class C 11thMazda 3 MPSOsborne Motorsport
2015 Australian Production Car Championship 4thMitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution XPro-Duct Motorsport
2016 Australian Production Car Championship 8thRenault Megane RS275
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X		Osborne Motorsport
Pro-Duct Motorsport
2017 Australian Production Car Championship 6thMitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution XPro-Duct Motorsport
2018 Australian Production Car Championship 8thMitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution XPro-Duct Motorsport

Supercars Championship results

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

Supercars results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233PositionPoints
2000 Colorscan Motorsport Ford AU Falcon PHI
R1 		PHI
R2 		BAR
R3 		BAR
R4 		BAR
R5 		ADE
R6 		ADE
R7 		EAS
R8 		EAS
R9 		EAS
R10 		HDV
R11 		HDV
R12 		HDV
R13 		CAN
R14 		CAN
R15 		CAN
R16 		QLD
R17 		QLD
R18 		QLD
R19 		WIN
R20
24		 WIN
R21
22		 WIN
R22
24		 ORA
R23
27		 ORA
R24
23		 ORA
R25
Ret		 CAL
R26
30		 CAL
R27
23		 CAL
R28
26		 QLD
R29
18		 SAN
R30
21		 SAN
R31
15		 SAN
R32
18		 BAT
R33
15		39th100
2001 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VX Commodore PHI
R1 		PHI
R2 		ADE
R3 		ADE
R4 		EAS
R5 		EAS
R6 		HDV
R7 		HDV
R8 		HDV
R9 		CAN
R10 		CAN
R11 		CAN
R12 		BAR
R13 		BAR
R14 		BAR
R15 		CAL
R16 		CAL
R17 		CAL
R18 		ORA
R19 		ORA
R20 		QLD
R21
19		 WIN
R22 		WIN
R23 		BAT
R24
10		 PUK
R25 		PUK
R26 		PUK
R27 		SAN
R28 		SAN
R29 		SAN
R30 		42nd388
2002 John Faulkner Racing Holden VX Commodore ADE
R1 		ADE
R2 		PHI
R3 		PHI
R4 		EAS
R5 		EAS
R6 		EAS
R7 		HDV
R8 		HDV
R9 		HDV
R10 		CAN
R11 		CAN
R12 		CAN
R13 		BAR
R14 		BAR
R15 		BAR
R16 		ORA
R17 		ORA
R18 		WIN
R19 		WIN
R20 		QLD
R21
Ret		 BAT
R22
10		 SUR
R23 		SUR
R24 		PUK
R25 		PUK
R26 		PUK
R27 		SAN
R28 		SAN
R29 		54th56
2003 ICS Team Ford Ford AU Falcon ADE
R1 		ADE
R1 		PHI
R3 		EAS
R4 		WIN
R5 		BAR
R6 		BAR
R7 		BAR
R8 		HDV
R9 		HDV
R10 		HDV
R11 		QLD
R12 		ORA
R13 		SAN
R14
25		 BAT
R15
Ret		 SUR
R16 		SUR
R17 		PUK
R18 		PUK
R19 		PUK
R20 		EAS
R21 		EAS
R22 		65th100

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

Complete Bathurst/Eastern Creek 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Morgan 		Toyota Celica B21417th1st
1992 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Morgan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith Carling		 Toyota MR2 S2437th1st
1993 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Motorsport Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio II
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McKay		 Toyota MR2 S2456th1st
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Motorsport Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio II
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates 		Toyota MR2 S2494th1st
1995 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Alexander
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Rush		 Toyota MR2 S235DNFDNF
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott's Transport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gazzard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Hughes		Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution VIIIS2533rd2nd
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Osborne Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin OsborneMazda 3 MPSC15DNFDNF

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Osborne Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin OsborneRenault Mégane RS265C0DNSDNS
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Osborne Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin OsborneRenault Mégane RS265C11040th5th
2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Osborne Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Osborne
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zach Bates 		Renault Mégane RS265C0DNSDNS
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