1992 NEP Alpine Rally

The Alpine Rally was held on 28 & 29 March. With the Light Car Club, the event was left without an organising club. Simon Brown, as Director, took over as the Promoter and assumed financial responsibility for the event.

Round 1 Australian Rally Championship

Round 2 Victorian Rally Championship

The VRC event was a subset of the ARC event but crews could nominate for points in the ARC, VRC or both (see the Entry List). VRC only crews did not compete on the Sunday (Special Stages 18 to 27).

The ARC round was won by Rob Herridge and Mark Nelson, whilst the VRC component was won by Graham Alexander and David Stewart, who also finished second in the ARC event.

In addition to the modern event the Historic Alpine Rally was conducted in parallel and shared some of the ARC/VRC stages. See separate entry for the 1992 Historic Alpine.

1992 Alpine Cover
1992 Alpine Cover

Results and entry list

Entry List

ARC Results

PlaceDriverCo-driverCarTime
1Rob HerridgeMark NelsonSubaru Liberty RS T3:31:46
2Graham AlexanderDavid StewartMitsubishi Galant VR43:33:08
3Peter FyffeGerry BashfordNissan Pulsar GTI-R3:34:15
4Dean NixonMarlene NixonNissan March Turbo3:35:51
5Graeme WiseHelen WylieFord Sierra XR3:37:09
6Rodney JonesMark BlumeMitsubishi Galant VR43:37:19
7Bob NicoliDale HynesDaihatsu Charade GT TI3:40:34
8John ReynoldsDavid BoyceMazda 323 4WD3:42:06
9Geoff KeysRoss RunnallsMitsubishi Galant VR43:42:16
10Barrie SmithIain StewartMitsubishi Galant VR43:42:53

ARC Detailed Results

VRC Results

Note that these results differ slightly from the published results below. Penalties for breaches of A-to-A timing were deleted. This swapped Kendrick with Nixon and Miller with Murdoch in the outright placings.

PlaceDriverCo-driverCarTime PenaltyNovice
1Graham AlexanderDavid StewartMitsubishi Galant VR42:37:26
2Peter FyffeGerry BashfordNissan Pulsar GTI-R2:37:57
3George Kahler*Jim MaudeMitsubishi Galant VR42:38:07
4Gary KendrickRon GottschalkHolden Commodre2:38:09
5Dean NixonMarlene NixonNissan March Turno2:38:48
6Graeme WiseHelen WylieFord Sierra XR2:38:51
7John Reynolds*David Boyce*Mazda 323 4WD2:43:09
8Pat BarberGeoff FloydFord Laser TX3 4WD2:43:37
9Greg HoinvilleRobin SmalleyFord Escort RS20002:46:23
10Rob DevenishPeter AuldDatsun 240Z2:46:35
11Mark MillerGreg PlantFord Escort Mk22:47:21
12Andrew MurdochMartin Ryan*Ford Laser TX3 4WD2:48:26
13Steve WinwoodPaul KinnaneHolden Commodore2:49:07
14Kirk MarksPeter MahonyToyota Truena2:49:08
15Ian DouglasBrett CrawfordSuzuki Swift GTi2:51:14
16Mark RodgersDavid HaddonMazda RX22:54:07
17Terry NaishNeil CookDatsun 16002:54:32
18Ian LightfootGraeme PalmerToyota Sprinter GT2:56:131
19Martin WatkinsMalcolm HobroughMazda 323 Familia 4WD3:03:532
20Brendan EdgertonSteve WalshMitsubishi Lancer3:04:18
21John RobertsRobert KingFord Escort RS20003:07:48
22Allan Marsh*Brendan CloughHolden Commodore3:13:513
23Tony CunninghamNina WallaceToyota Corolla SX3:15:314
24Wayne TaylorMark LaidlayDaihatsu Charade3:23:10
25Greg WestRobert FlowerHolden Calais Auto3:49:31

* Not registered for VRC points

VRC Detailed Results

Route

This year’s Alpine ran over three divisions. The Saturday began in Albury and ran to Bright with stages at Noreuil Park, Felltimber Road, Mt Pilot, Flat Rock, Flagstaff then Merriang/Hurdle Creek Plantations, Two Mile Creek Plantation and a run around the Bright dirt circuit. Saturday night returned to Albury with two more stages in Two Mile Creek, then Trappers Gap, a short stage near Mitta Mitta and finally Jarvis Creek near Hume Weir. The Sunday division was only for ARC crews and started with a stage in Bandiana  Army Camp then mostly in Stanley Plantation before finishing on Felltimber Road and the Wodonga Stock Route.

Synopsis pages from Route Instructions

Plot of route

Other event documents

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