1966 Victorian Trials Championship

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Series Regulations
Events
Pointscores

The Holdens finally broke the dominance of the Ford factory team in 1966. Tony Roberts and Peter Haas won the Victorian Trials Championship in their X2 Holden and also won the annual BP Rally and Alpine Rally.

While the 1965 champions, Firth and Hoinville were successful in the Derrick, Roberts and Haas won the Begonia, Akademos, North Eastern and Cooper Memorial, and placed second in the Derrick to take out the championship. Their closest rivals were team-mates Reg Lunn and Geoff Thomas who placed consistently, including a win in the Two Day Trial, but retired on the final round.

To see what else happened during 1966 in Victorian rallying, go to the 1966 year page.

To see other years of the Victorian Rally Championship, go to the VRC page.

Series Regulations

There were no specific restrictions on the kinds of events that could be rounds of the VTC. All events were timed to the minute, but there were virtually no tied placings. Most events had a significant degree of navigation.

Only the outright award was given. Points were awarded 30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 for first to tenth with the best five of seven results to count.

Events

The 1966 VTC comprised seven rounds:

Pointscores

The following tables have some entries missing but we believe the totals are correct. The best 5 results counted, total shown in brackets.

Drivers Pointscores

Place	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Total
1	Tony Roberts	30	30		27	27	30	30	147 (174)
2	Reg Lunn	18		15	24	30	25½		112½
3	Ray Christie		9	30	21	24		18	102
4	Harry Firth	21	27	21	30				99
5	Ian Vaughan			27	18	21		15	81
6	John Taws	24				?	16½		70½
7	Andy Chapman		18	18	?	?	16½	?	61½
8=	Max Jackman	15		?	?	12	?	?	51
8=	Tom Cox		21			?		21	51
10	Ron Phillips						25½	24	49½
11	Rex Lunn		12			?		27	45

Navigators Pointscores

Place	Navigator	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Total
1	Peter Haas	30	30		27	27	30	30	147 (174)
2	Geoff Thomas	18		15	24	30	25½		112½
3	Graham Hoinville	21	27	21	30				99
4	Jim McAuliffe	12			?	15	25½	24	94½
5	Rick Bainbridge		18	18	?	?	16½	?	73½
6	Geoff Sproat	24				?	16½	15	67½
7	Martin Hartigan				21	24		18	63
8=	Ian Johnson	15							51
8=	Mike Osborne		21			?		21	51
10=	Neville Price		12			?		27	45
10	Roger Vaughan				18	12		15	45