2013 Australian Rally Championship

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The 2013 East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship is the 46th season of the Australian Rally Championship, one of the world's oldest continuously run rally championships. The season began 1 March at the newly revived National Capital Rally, and is scheduled to end 16 November at Rally Victoria, after six events.

The championship incorporates two international events, Round 5 is a World Rally Championship event, Rally Australia, while Round 4, the International Rally of Queensland is a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.

Each domestic rally is contested over two heats, with three or four components to the two international events. [1]

With the championship now awarded specifically to two-wheel-drive cars exclusively has seen an influx of European and Asian Super 2000 and Super 1600 cars as well as a revival of older rear-wheel-drive performance cars. While most of the top drivers have moved out of the Mitsubishi Lancer and Subaru Impreza 4WD turbos, they remain competitive with reigning Western Australian rally champion Alex Stone winning a heat at the Forest Rally.

Between Honda Jazz driver Eli Evans and Renault Clio driver Scott Peddar have dominated the 2013 season, winning all bar one heat and taking eleven of the 18 top three positions. Evans leads the championship by 29 points over Peddar. Peddar's teammate Tom Wilde is 88 points behind Evans in third. Mazda 2 driver Brendan Reeves, who is also racing in the NACAM Rally Championship is fourth a distant 119 points from Peddar. Proving the flexibility of the new regulations, Jack Monkhouse is fifth in the championship driving a 1999 model Nissan Silvia.

Race calendar and results

The 2013 Australian Rally Championship is as follows: [1]

RoundRally namePodium finishersStatistics
RankDriverCarTimeStagesLengthStartersFinishers
1 National Capital Rally Heat 1
(1–2 March) [2] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 47:58.0696.06 km6654
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 48:06.1
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 48:48.5
Heat 2
(3 March) [3] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 58:12.2795.34 km6547
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 58:24.7
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 58:45.3
2 Quit Forest Rally Heat 1
(5–6 April) [4] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Stone Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1:09:08.310105.89 km4735
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:10:47.2
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:11:31.9
Heat 2
(7 April) [5] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:04:42.59104.17 km4127
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:05:01.5
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Hynes Subaru Impreza WRX 1:05:18.8
3 Scouts Rally SA Heat 1
(24–25 May) [4] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 57:53.611117.05 km5142
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 58:12.3
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Declan Dwyer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 58:13.3
Heat 2
(26 May) [6] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 50:39.3793.81 km4436
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:57.2
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 51:13.4
4 International Rally of Queensland Heat 1
(12–13 July)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:02:30.512111.24 km7453
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:02:54.8
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:03:55.4
Heat 2
(14 July)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:05:20.59102.82 km6448
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:06:42.2
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Shepheard Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:07:06.7
Overall
(12–14 July) [7] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2:07:51.021214.06 km7448
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 2:10:37.6
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2:12:26.0
5 Rally Australia Heat 1
(12–13 September)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 49:35.6994.54 km6964
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 50:06.1
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 50:19.8
Heat 2
(14 September)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:25:00.76132.68 km6657
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:25:02.2
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:25:50.4
Heat 3
(15 September)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 36:25.0362.57 km6247
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 36:34.7
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 36:47.6
Overall
(12–15 September)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2:51:25.418289.79 km6947
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 2:51:41.5
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 2:53:45.2
6 Rally Victoria Heat 1
(15 November)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 41:13.3455.20 km3734
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 41:16.5
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 41:17.8
Heat 2
(16 November)		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:36:13.37143.20 km6456
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:36:40.1
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:36:46.0

Championship standings

The 2013 Australian Rally Championship points are as follows: [8]

Australian Championship

PositionDriverVehicleCapitalForestSAQueenslandAustraliaVictoriaTotal
H1H2H1H2H1H2H1H2OverallH1H2H3OverallH1H2
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Honda Jazz 21 412 511 6111 11231 611 6508
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 3112354 1322 5334333326
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1231 222275 110415 1RetRet 1326
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 Ret9 546 3336RetRet 3212222293
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Pedder Honda Jazz 64RetRet6543365544Ret230
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Patton Volkswagen Polo 877RetRetDNS756998655178
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Coppin Ford Fiesta R2 988Ret9886711897152
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicholas Box Holden VK Commodore
Nissan 370Z 		1110Ret514Ret54487RetRet125
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Monkhouse Nissan Silvia 53 15711Ret 3RetRetRet5RetRetRet 3122
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Ret56476RetDNSRet4RetRetRet119
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Mackenzie Ford Fiesta ST 7689RetRetRetRet668RetRet106
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Raymond Mazda RX-7 710796484
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Orders Nissan Silvia 4RetRetRet4Ret52
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Four wheel drive class

PositionDriverVehicleCapitalForestSAQueenslandAustraliaVictoriaTotal
H1H2H1H2H1H2H1H2OverallH1H2H3OverallH1H2
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Ret1 1111 11121 121253
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ritchie Dalton Subaru Impreza WRX STi
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 		16623234312 1212
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Bailey Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 34342545474183
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Harding Subaru Impreza WRX STi 22822RetRet46160
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gerald Schofield Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4756566RetRet85127
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Lee Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4163116
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Tostevin Subaru Impreza WRX STi 323Ret98
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 321286
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Middleton Subaru Forester RetRetRetRet4544Ret71084
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Di Lallo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI RetRet245Ret78
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John O'Dowd Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1370
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graeme Miles Subaru Impreza WRX 4Ret9470
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Derek Reynolds Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Ret57756
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bethany Cullen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 953555
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justin Dowell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2854
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Doyle Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6350
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Rodda Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3648
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Mitchell Subaru Impreza WRX 1079642
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Hynes Subaru Impreza WRX Ret1 141
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Declan Dwyer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1Ret 141
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Mee Mazda 323 4WD6840
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Fawcett Porsche Cayenne 10538
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cath Donohue Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 77638
24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Jaques Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 11811736
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Webber Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5936
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Keen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 12910833
27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Penny Subaru Impreza WRX 7Ret8931
28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert King Subaru Impreza WRX 9830
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Till Subaru Impreza WRX 10730
30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gerard McConkey Subaru Impreza WRX 8Ret61128
31 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Dunn Subaru Impreza WRX STi Ret10121219
32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marius Swart Volkswagen Polo S2000 Ret3Ret15

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