1995 Telecom Rally Australia

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Results and entry list
Route
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Rally Australia was held on September 15-18, based in Perth.

World Rally Championship Round 6

Asia Pacific Rally Championship Round 4

Australian Rally Championship Round 12 (coeff 20)

Being a round of three championships ensured a big field of 94 cars for this year’s Rally Australia. Nine serious internationals arrived, supported by four factory teams. Toyota had Auriol, Kankkunen and Schwarz in Celicas, as well as Yoshio Fujimoto from Japan and local Neal Bates. Subaru brought the ever spectacular McRae and Sainz, backed up by New Zealander Possum Bourne. Mitsubishi had Evo 3s for Eriksson and Mäkinen, with local Ed Ordynski in a Group N Lancer. And finally, Ford brought Delecour and Thiry in Escorts.

Sainz came to Australia with a slender 10 point lead in the WRC from team-mate McRae and was looking to consolidate his lead after missing the round in New Zealand due to a mountain-biking accident. But it wasn’t to be, with a branch piercing the Subaru’s radiator and putting the Spaniard out of the event on the first full day. It ultimately cost him the championship, which McRae went on to win. Saturday had seen Auriol roll and Bourne crash out, at the end of which Kankkunen held a slender 17 second lead over McRae with the two Lancers just behind.

Eriksson had an inspired drive on Sunday while Kankkunen struggled with setup in Bunnings. Delecour crashed out in Bunnings. By day end McRae was equal with Eriksson to the second, with Mäkinen and then Kankkunen about a minute adrift. McRae had an overshoot and a spin on the final day, handing Eriksson a 19 second win, his second Rally Australia victory.

The ARC round went to Ordynski who placed eighth outright, ahead of championship rival, Neal Bates, who was by now virtually assured of his third successive national title.

Results and entry list

Entry list

Place	Driver	Ctry/St	Co-driver	Ctry/St	Car	Time	ARC
1	Kenneth Eriksson	Swe	Staffan Parmander	Swe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	4:53:59
2	Colin McRae	UK	Derek Ringer	UK	Subaru Impreza 555	4:54:18
3	Juha Kankkunen	Fin	Nicky Grist	UK	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	4:55:54
4	Tommi Mäkinen	Fin	Seppo Harjanne	Fin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	4:57:26
5	Armin Schwarz	Ger	Klaus Wicha	Ger	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	4:58:10
6	Bruno Thiry	Belg	Stéphane Prévot	Belg	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:10:51
7	Yoshio Fujimoto	Jap	Arne Hertz	Swe	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	5:16:36
8	Ed Ordynski	SA	Mark Stacey	SA	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	5:21:05	1
9	Neal Bates	ACT	Coral Taylor	NSW	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	5:24:41	2
10	Jorge Recalde	Arg	Martin Christie	Arg	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:25:53
11	Masao Kamioka	Jap	Kevin Gormley	UK	Subaru Impreza WRX	5:28:47
12	Michael Lieu	HK	Hakaru Ichino	Jap	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo I	5:29:25
13	Karamjit Singh	Mal	Ron Teoh	Mal	Proton Wira 4WD	5:33:11
14	Marty Beckton	Vic	Craig Lee	Vic	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:35:24	3
15	David Officer	Vic	Kate Officer	Vic	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:36:17	4
16	David West	NSW	Tony Best	Qld	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:37:31	5
17	Andrea Navarra	Ita	Renzo Casazza	Ita	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	5:38:47
18	Allan McCarthy	WA	Chris Randell	Vic	Subaru Legacy RS	5:41:48	6
19	Isolde Holderied	Ger	Christina Thörner	Swe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:42:35
20	Mark Griffith	Qld	Del Garbett	Qld	Subaru Impreza WRX	5:45:09	7
21	Dennis Dunlop	WA	Jacquie Dunlop	WA	Mitsubishi Lancer RS	5:46:43	8
22	Nobuhiro Tajima	Jap	Ross Runnalls	Vic	Suzuki Swift GTi MK2	5:48:03	-/9
23	John Long	NSW	Damien Long	NSW	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:48:32	9/10
24	Pornsawan Siriwattanakul	Thai	Tull Suwannarat	Thai	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	5:49:01
25	Robert Nicoli	WA	Brian Harwood	WA	Daihatsu Charade GTi	5:49:14	10/-
26	Andrew Pinker	WA	Claire Parker	WA	Daihatsu Charade GTi	5:59:30
27	Michael Thompson	ACT	Gordon Klebba	ACT	Subaru Impreza WRX	6:04:36
28	Rob Herridge	WA	David Hynes	WA	Kia Sephia	6:09:37
29	Wayne Bell	NSW	Iain Stewart	NSW	Hyundai Lantra	6:13:41
30	Rod Turnbull		David Sinclair		Hyundai Lantra	6:14:38
31	Satoshi Nomura	Jap/NSW	Andrew Gray	NSW	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	6:17:05
32	Keith Hedgeland	WA	Wendy Little	WA	Mazda Familia GT-R	6:17:57
33	Mike Morris	ACT	Nick Vardos	NSW	Toyota Corolla Seca RV	6:29:18
34	Leslie Chang	Sing	Ernest Chua	Sing	Subaru Vivio Sedan 4WD	6:33:58
35	Alex Stone		Diana Madlener		Daihatsu Charade GTi	6:34:37
36	Jeong-ryong Park	Kor	Duncan Jordan	WA	Kia Sephia	6:37:25
37	Rak-Jin Choi	Kor	David James	Vic	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	6:40:06
38	Simon Lingford		Grant Wilkins		Mazda Familia GT-R	6:42:39
39	Mike Welsh	Vic	Paul Flintoft	Vic	Daihatsu Charade	6:43:28
40	Norman Fritter	NSW	Tony Jackson	NSW	Toyota Corolla Seca RV	6:48:12
41	Justin Barham	NSW	David Green	NSW	Toyota Corolla GT	7:01:11
42	Mark Pope		Stephen Syson		Hyundai Lantra	7:08:50
43	Brent Dunlop		Sinead Byrne		Hyundai Lantra	7:08:52
44	Kikuo Narita	Jap	Ryokichi Hirayama	Jap	Toyota Corolla AE92	7:42:56
45	Michael Kahlfuss	Ger	Ronald Bauer	Ger	Trabant P601	7:49:17
46	Stephen Bandit		Leon Buswell		Daihatsu Charade	8:25:13
47	Scott Marshall	NZ	Glenn Thorpe		Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	8:35:58

Stage results

Route

As with the previous year, the event was run over four days commencing with the Langley Park super special on Friday evening, followed by two and half days of special stages. This year Saturday ran to the south, with a run back at Langley Park in the evening. Sunday went to the south-east, including four stages in the Bunnings plantation complex. Monday ran to the east, including two runs at Muresk before the ceremonial finish back in Perth, completing just over 500 km of special stages.

Itinerary and stage plots