The North Central Trial, organised by the Castlemaine Car Club, was held on 24 September.
The event was round three of both the Victorian Trials Series and and Western Regions Trials Series.
The VTS event was won by Glenn Cuthbert and Ross Runnalls. The WRTS Grade A was won by Rob Willet and Bernard Lakerink and the Grade B by Terry Marslen and Bob Findlay.
| WRTS Place | Driver | Navigator | Car | Points Lost | Grade B |
| 1 | Rob Willet | Bernard Lakerink | Corolla | 7.75 | |
| 2 | Glenn Cuthbert | Ross Runnalls | Datsun | 9.75 | |
| 3 | Brian Semmens | Dan Parry | Corolla | 10.00 | |
| 4 | Warwick Smith | Paul Patterson | Lancer | 13.00 | |
| 5 | Andrew Browne | David McKenzie | Peugeot | 16.75 | |
| 6 | Frank Devine | Kim Baxter | Datsun | 17.00 | |
| 7 | Bruce Doherty | Peter Panozzo | Cortina | 21.5 | |
| 8 | Barry Collins | Trevor Boyd | Datsun | 22.25 | |
| 9 | Terry Marslen | Bob Findlay | Datsun | 25.00 | 1 |
| 10 | Grant Hoare | David Leoncini | Datsun | 25.25 | |
| 11 | Robert Gregory | Adrian Sietsma | Lancer | 25.5 | |
| 12 | John McLean | Barry Megaw | Datsun | 26.5 | 2 |
| 13 | John Rawson | Dave Smith | Datsun | 26.75 | |
| =14 | Chris Hall | Stephen Bigarelli | Datsun | 27.5 | 3 |
| =14 | Tony Ahearne | Nick Wright | Peugeot | 27.5 |
| VTS Place | Driver | Navigator | Car | Points Lost | Grade |
| 1 | Glenn Cuthbert | Ross Runnalls | Datsun | 29.5 | |
| 2 | Andrew Browne | David McKenzie | Peugeot | 41.0 | |
| 3 | Barry Collins | Trevor Boyd | Datsun | 46.5 | |
| 4 | Rob Willett | Bernard Lakerink | Corolla | 49.5 | 1st Grade 3 |
| 5 | Tony Ahearne | Nick Wright | Peugeot | 56.5 | |
| 6 | Stuart Lister | Helen Lister | Lancer | 76.25 | 2nd Grade 3 |
| 7 | Bruce Doherty | Peter Panozzo | Cortina | 80.0 | |
| 8 | John Rawson | Dave Smith | Datsun | 82.75 | 1st Grade 2 |
| 9 | Brian Semmens | Dan Parry | Corolla | 85.5 | |
| =10 | Alan Upton | Mark Laidlay | Daihatsu | 94.25 | 2nd Grade 2 |
| =10 | Warwick Smith | Paul Patterson | Lancer | 94.25 | |
| 12 | John McLean | Barry Megaw | Datsun | 95.25 | 1st Grade 4 |