2014 Australian Rally Championship

The 2014 East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship was the 47th season of the Australian Rally Championship, one of the world's oldest continuously run rally championships. The season began 28 February at the National Capital Rally, and ended 15 November at Rally Victoria, after six events. The championship incorporated two international events; Round 5 was a World Rally Championship event, Rally Australia, while Round 3, the International Rally of Queensland was a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Each domestic rally was contested over two heats, with three or four components to the two international events.[1]

The championship was won for the first time by Scott Pedder, taking a total of eight heat wins and the overall wins for the two international events. He won the title by 44 points ahead of Brendan Reeves, who took 5 heat wins during the season. Third place in the championship was taken by Adrian Coppin, who took podium placings in eight heats without victory. The only other driver to take a heat win was Steven Mackenzie, who won the final heat of the season, at Rally Victoria.

Event calendar and results

The 2014 Australian Rally Championship was as follows:[1]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 National Capital Rally Heat 1
(28 February–1 March)[2]		 1 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:20:23.0 8 108.22 km 56 44
2 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:20:51.5
3 Australia Neal Bates Toyota Celica 1:21:25.7
Heat 2
(2 March)[3]		 1 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 50:03.8 7 81.94 km 56 41
2 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:09.2
3 Australia Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 50:57.2
2 Quit Forest Rally Heat 1
(4–5 April)[4]		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:08:06.6 10 104.43 km 74 57
2 Australia Dylan King Subaru Impreza WRX 1:08:13.3
3 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:08:39.4
Heat 2
(6 April)[5]		 1 Australia Dylan King Subaru Impreza WRX 1:09:01.9 8 111.76 km 53 44
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:10:03.3
3 Australia Doug Tostevin Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1:10:15.3
3 International Rally of Queensland Heat 1
(20–21 June)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:14:06.7 10 118.60 km 47 33
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:15:08.9
3 Australia Matt van Tuinen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:15:51.7
Heat 2
(22 June)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:07:11.7 5 103.70 km 43 26
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:08:12.2
3 Australia Peter Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:08:43.3
Overall
(20–22 June)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 2:21:18.4 15 222.30 km 41 21
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 2:23:21.1
3 Australia Peter Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2:26:30.2
4 Scouts Rally SA Heat 1
(1 August)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 16:36.5 3 26.53 km 21 17
2 Australia Henry Nott Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 16:37.5
3 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 16:49.0
Heat 2
(2 August)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 48:34.8 9 85.44 km 40 24
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 49:22.0
3 Australia Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 50:56.8
Heat 3
(3 August)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 32:20.9 7 54.38 km 35 32
2 Australia Henry Nott Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 32:42.5
3 Australia Neal Bates Toyota Celica 33:12.0
5 Rally Australia Heat 1
(11–12 September)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:05:56.6 8 95.84 km 44 39
2 Australia Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:08:32.7
3 Australia Mick Patton Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:10:49.7
Heat 2
(13 September)		 1 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:13:52.6 6 116.80 km 40 36
2 Australia Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 1:16:43.7
3 Australia Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:16:45.9
Heat 3
(14 September)		 1 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 48:32.3 5 78.74 km 37 30
2 Australia Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 50:08.5
3 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:27.6
Overall
(11–14 September)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 3:13:57.1 19 291.38 km 44 30
2 Australia Mick Patton Volkswagen Polo Vivo 3:23:41.5
3 Australia Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 3:29:57.4
6 Rally Victoria Heat 1
(14 November)		 1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 42:58.2 4 63.30 km 35 29
2 Australia Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 43:05.9
3 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 43:12.7
Heat 2
(15 November)		 1 Australia Justin Dowel Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:31:44.6 9 136.36 km 56 47
2 Australia Henry Nott Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:32:04.5
3 Australia Steven Mackenzie Ford Fiesta ST 1:33:19.0

Championship standings

The 2014 Australian Rally Championship points were as follows:[6]

Australian Championship
Position Driver Vehicle Capital Forest Queensland SA Australia Victoria Total
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2
1 Australia Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 4 2 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 6 1 4 3 1 1 1 2 483
2 Australia Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1 1 6 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 Ret 1 1 5 5 2 5 6 439
3 Australia Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 3 3 3 3 5 6 5 1 3 3 6 1 5 2 2 3 1 4 4 361
4 Australia Tony Sullens Citroën DS3 R3T 5 Ret 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 3 3 3 1 333
5 Australia Alan Roe Ford Focus Ret 4 5 4 1 6 Ret 3 5 6 152
6 Australia Michael Patton Volkswagen Polo Vivo 6 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 5 6 2 123
7 Australia Steven Mackenzie Ford Fiesta 2 6 EX Ret 4 EX Ret 1 117
8 Australia Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Vivo Ret Ret 4 4 4 3 5 Ret 2 2 3 Ret Ret 115
9 Australia Eli Evans Volkswagen Polo Vivo Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 6
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)

References
  1. "2014 Season Calendar". rally.com.au. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. eWRC-results.com - rally database
  3. eWRC-results.com - rally database
  4. eWRC-results.com - rally database
  5. eWRC-results.com - rally database
  6. "2014 Australian Rally Champion ‐ Driver Pointscore ‐ Provisional" (PDF). rally.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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