2013 Australian Rally Championship

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]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 National Capital Rally Heat 1
(1–2 March)[2]		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 47:58.0 6 96.06 km 66 54
2 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 48:06.1
3 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 48:48.5
Heat 2
(3 March)[3]		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 58:12.2 7 95.34 km 65 47
2 Australia John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 58:24.7
3 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 58:45.3
2 Quit Forest Rally Heat 1
(5–6 April)[4]		 1 Australia Alex Stone Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1:09:08.3 10 105.89 km 47 35
2 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:10:47.2
3 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:11:31.9
Heat 2
(7 April)[5]		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:04:42.5 9 104.17 km 41 27
2 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:05:01.5
3 Australia Leigh Hynes Subaru Impreza WRX 1:05:18.8
3 Scouts Rally SA Heat 1
(24–25 May)[4]		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 57:53.6 11 117.05 km 51 42
2 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 58:12.3
3 Australia Declan Dwyer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 58:13.3
Heat 2
(26 May)[6]		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 50:39.3 7 93.81 km 44 36
2 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:57.2
3 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 51:13.4
4 International Rally of Queensland Heat 1
(12–13 July)		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:02:30.5 12 111.24 km 74 53
2 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:02:54.8
3 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:03:55.4
Heat 2
(14 July)		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:05:20.5 9 102.82 km 64 48
2 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:06:42.2
3 Australia Steven Shepheard Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:07:06.7
Overall
(12–14 July)[7]		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2:07:51.0 21 214.06 km 74 48
2 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 2:10:37.6
3 Australia John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2:12:26.0
5 Rally Australia Heat 1
(12–13 September)		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 49:35.6 9 94.54 km 69 64
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 50:06.1
3 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 50:19.8
Heat 2
(14 September)		 1 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:25:00.7 6 132.68 km 66 57
2 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:25:02.2
3 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:25:50.4
Heat 3
(15 September)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 36:25.0 3 62.57 km 62 47
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 36:34.7
3 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 36:47.6
Overall
(12–15 September)		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2:51:25.4 18 289.79 km 69 47
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 2:51:41.5
3 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 2:53:45.2
6 Rally Victoria Heat 1
(15 November)		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 41:13.3 4 55.20 km 37 34
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 41:16.5
3 Australia Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 41:17.8
Heat 2
(16 November)		 1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:36:13.3 7 143.20 km 64 56
2 Australia John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:36:40.1
3 Australia Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:36:46.0

Championship standings

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

Australian Championship
Position Driver Vehicle Capital Forest SA Queensland Australia Victoria Total
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Overall H1 H2 H3 Overall H1 H2
1 Australia Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2 1 4 1 2 5 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 6 1 1 6 508
2 Australia Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 3 11 2 3 5 4 1 3 2 2 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 326
3 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 7 5 1 10 4 1 5 1 Ret Ret 1 326
4 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 Ret 9 5 4 6 3 3 3 6 Ret Ret 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 293
5 Australia Mark Pedder Honda Jazz 6 4 Ret Ret 6 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 Ret 230
6 Australia Michael Patton Volkswagen Polo 8 7 7 Ret Ret DNS 7 5 6 9 9 8 6 5 5 178
7 Australia Adrian Coppin Ford Fiesta R2 9 8 8 Ret 9 8 8 6 7 11 8 9 7 152
8 Australia Nicholas Box Holden VK Commodore
Nissan 370Z		 11 10 Ret 5 14 Ret 5 4 4 8 7 Ret Ret 125
9 Australia Jack Monkhouse Nissan Silvia 5 3 1 5 7 11 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 122
10 Australia Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Ret 5 6 4 7 6 Ret DNS Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 119
11 Australia Steven Mackenzie Ford Fiesta ST 7 6 8 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 6 8 Ret Ret 106
12 Australia Glen Raymond Mazda RX-7 7 10 7 9 6 4 84
13 Australia Will Orders Nissan Silvia 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 52
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Four wheel drive class
Position Driver Vehicle Capital Forest SA Queensland Australia Victoria Total
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Overall H1 H2 H3 Overall H1 H2
1 Australia John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 253
2 Australia Ritchie Dalton Subaru Impreza WRX STi
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX		 1 6 6 2 3 2 3 4 3 1 2 1 212
3 Australia Michael Bailey Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 3 4 3 4 2 5 4 5 4 7 4 183
4 Australia Michael Harding Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2 2 8 2 2 Ret Ret 4 6 160
5 Australia Gerald Schofield Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 7 5 6 5 6 6 Ret Ret 8 5 127
6 Australia Warren Lee Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 1 6 3 116
7 Australia Doug Tostevin Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 2 3 Ret 98
8 Australia Peter Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3 2 1 2 86
9 Australia Brett Middleton Subaru Forester Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 5 4 4 Ret 7 10 84
10 Australia Adrian Di Lallo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Ret Ret 2 4 5 Ret 78
11 Australia John O'Dowd Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1 3 70
Australia Graeme Miles Subaru Impreza WRX 4 Ret 9 4 70
13 Australia Derek Reynolds Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Ret 5 7 7 56
14 Australia Bethany Cullen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 9 5 3 5 55
15 Australia Justin Dowell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2 8 54
16 Australia Joshua Doyle Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6 3 50
17 Australia James Rodda Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 6 48
18 Australia Stephen Mitchell Subaru Impreza WRX 10 7 9 6 42
19 Australia Leigh Hynes Subaru Impreza WRX Ret 1 1 41
Australia Declan Dwyer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1 Ret 1 41
21 Australia Stephen Mee Mazda 323 4WD 6 8 40
22 Australia Mark Fawcett Porsche Cayenne 10 5 38
Australia Cath Donohue Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 7 7 6 38
24 Australia Chris Jaques Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 11 8 11 7 36
Australia Robert Webber Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5 9 36
26 Australia John Keen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 12 9 10 8 33
27 Australia Andrew Penny Subaru Impreza WRX 7 Ret 8 9 31
28 Australia Robert King Subaru Impreza WRX 9 8 30
Australia Brad Till Subaru Impreza WRX 10 7 30
30 Australia Gerard McConkey Subaru Impreza WRX 8 Ret 6 11 28
31 Australia Peter Dunn Subaru Impreza WRX STi Ret 10 12 12 19
32 Australia Marius Swart Volkswagen Polo S2000 Ret 3 Ret 15

References
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  2. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
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