1995 Victorian Rally Championship

Table of Contents

Series Regulations
Events
Outright Pointscores
Novice Pointscores
Class Awards

It was again a somewhat unusual VRC season with only four rounds, two in March & April then a six month gap to two in October and November. Reigning champion, Graeme Wise, would be challenged by the up and coming Cody Crocker, who took out the first round with Wise only fourth with new co-driver, Danny Murphy. Wise and Murphy took the second round but Crocker and Foletta were second to maintain their points lead. When Wise and new co-driver, Rob Beekman won the North Eastern, and Crocker/Foletta failed to score, the championship looked good for Wise with one round remaining. Wise and Beekman won that final round to confirm the title for Wise although Crocker’s third place gave Foletta the co-driver’s title.

Despite two good results from Scott Pedder, Michael Cameron easily won the Novice Award with his co-driver, Peter Howgate, taking the Novice co-driver’s award despite not entering the fourth round.

To see what else happened during 1995 in Victorian rallying, go to the 1995 year page.

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

Series Regulations

These were specified in the VRC Standing Regulation, assumed to be the same as the previous year, but it appears Group N classes were expanded.

The VRC was made up exclusively of Special Stage events.

Eligible vehicles were PRC and Group N.

Awards were made for outright champions and Novice. There were also car class awards as follows: PRC 2WD up to 1300cc, PRC 2WD 1301-1600cc, PRC 2WD 1601-2000cc, PRC 2WD over 2000cc, PRC 4WD, Group N 2WD under 1300cc, Group N 1301-1600cc, Group N 1601-2000cc, Group N 2WD over 2000cc, Group N 4WD and Formula Commodore (a sub-class of PRC).

Outright and Novice points were allocated 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 for first to tenth. Class points were allocated 9-6-4-3-2-1. With only four events, competitors counted all results. Series Registration was introduced in 1994 and only registered competitors were eligible for points. However, bona fide Victorian competitors were automatically recognised as registered! Class awards required competitors to compete in at least 50% of the events.

Events

There were only 4 VRC events this year. The Alpine was calendared as Round 2 but was cancelled.

Click on each event to see further details, including results:

Rally of Melbourne (also ARC)
Win TV Rally in the Valley (FFCC, ARC coefficient 5)
North Eastern Rally (NECC)
Djerriwarrh Rally (MMSC)

Outright Pointscores

Outright Drivers Pointscores

Place	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Graeme Wise	10	20	20	20	70
2	Cody Crocker	20	15		12	47
3	Alan Friend	15	12	12		39
4	Peter Thompson	4	10	6	10	30
5	Graham Alexander	3		4	15	22
6	Marty Beckton	8		10		18
7	Mike Reeves			15		15
8	Simon Evans	6	8			14
9	David West	12				12
10	Mark Rodgers		2	8		10
11	Glen Plumridge		6	3		9
12	Derek Reynolds				8	8
13=	Phil Messer			2	4	6
13=	Chris Lowe				6	6
15=	Greg West		4			4
15=	Rob Devenish		1		3	4
17	Ivan Regester		3			3
18=	Neil Cuthbert	2				2
18=	Mark Fawcett	1			1	2
18=	Brian Semmens				2	2
21	Jeff Whitten			1		1

Outright Co-Drivers Pointscores

Place	Co-driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Greg Foletta	20	15		12	47
2	Rob Beekman		3	20	20	43
3	Michelle Canning	15	12	12		39
4	Danny Murphy	12	20			32
5	David James	4	10	6	10	30
6	David Stewart	3		4	15	19
7	Robin Smalley			15		15
8=	Andrew Grey	10				10
8=	Craig Rodgers		2	8		10
8=	Ian Douglas			10		10
11	Paul Humm		6	3		9
12=	Eido Osawa	8				8
12=	Joe Brick		8			8
12=	Paul Tirant				8	8
15=	Malcolm Hobrough	6				6
15=	Richard Gay				6	6
17=	Gary Cook		4			4
17=	Stephen Kealy		1		3	4
17=	Simon Ellis				4	4
21=	Sue Brick	2				2
21=	Ian Fulton			2		2
21=	Dan Parry				2	2
23=	Stella Plenderleith	1				1
23=	Peter Whitten			1		1
23=	Tony Boyd				1	1

Novice Pointscores

It was not possible to reliably reconstruct the points tables for the Novice awards. The following points are taken from the November Unicar.

Novice Drivers Pointscores

Michael Cameron 63
Scott Pedder 30
Rowan Quill Jr. 26
Adrian Green 19
P. Fraser 15
Mark Roberts 15
D. Lewis 12
R. Wingrave 12
M. Brice 12
N. Nicilaides 11
Ross Stapleton 10
B, Schumacher 8
R. Curry 8
Adam Wilson 6
G. Secomb 3
Mark Pedder 2

Novice Co-Drivers Pointscores

Peter Howgate 48
Rowan Quill Snr. 26
Mark Pedder 20
D. Ward 19
P. Jennings 15
A. Allen 15
L. Woolard 15
K. Woods 12
B. Findlay 12
B. Brice 12
Jonathon Leoncini 10
S. Turner 10
Terry Borg 10
S. McCready 9
D. Stephens 8
J. Cole 6
A. Camie 3
D. Schneiders 2

Class Awards

PRC 2WD under 1300cc: Darren Bellingham / David McAdam, Suzuki Swift GTi

PRC 2WD 1300-1600cc: Greg Plumridge / Paul Humm, Toyota Corolla GT

PRC 2WD 1600-2000cc: Bill Orders / Lucas Young, Ford Escort RS2000

PRC 2WD over 2000cc: Philip Messer, Holden Commodore V8
Co-driver: Stephen Kealey (with Rob Devenish)

PRC 4WD: Graeme Wise / Rob Beekman, Mitsubishi Lancer RS-e

Group N 2WD under 1300cc: not awarded

Group N 2WD 1301-1600cc: not awarded

Group N 2WD 1601-2000cc: not awarded

Group N 2WD over 2000cc: not awarded

Group N 4WD: Peter A Thompson / David James, Mitsubishi Galant VR4

Formula Commodore: Chris Walters
Co-driver: Peter Howgate (with Michael Cameron)