1998 Rally of Melbourne

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Results and entry list
Route
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The Rally of Melbourne, directed by Glenn Cuthbert, was held on August 29 and 30.

Australian Rally Championship Round 5

Victorian Rally Championship Round 4

Neal Bates has the measure of Possum Bourne on the Rally of Melbourne. With co-drover, Coral Taylor, Bates took his WRC Corolla to an 18 second win on the first heat and 20 seconds on the second heat. Cody Crocker and Greg Foletta took third place on both heats in their Group N Subaru.

Spencer Lowndes with co-driver Claire Parker in their Lancer took fifth and first VRC on both heats, followed in the VRC scoring by Graham Alexander and David Stewart in their Galant VR4, taking and excellent sixth outright on Heat 2.

Results and entry list

Heat 1

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	VRC
1	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	Toyota Corolla WRC	51:57
2	Possum Bourne	Craig Vincent	Subaru Impreza WRX	52:15
3	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	Subaru Impreza WRX	55:44
4	John Long	Damien Long	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	55:55
5	Spencer Lowndes	Claire Parker	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo2	56:12	1
6	Stewart Reid	Anthony McLoughlin	Subaru Impreza WRX RA	56:19
7	Paul Kennedy	Ken Behrend	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo2	57:20
8	Dean Herridge	Glenn Macneal	Hyundai Coupe FX	57:48
9	Rick Bates	Jenny Brittan	Daihatsu Charade GTi	57:51
10	Ross Mackenzie	Paul van der Mey	Daihatsu Charade GTi	58:08
	Graham Alexander	David Stewart	Mitsubishi Lancer RS	58:15	2
	Scott Pedder	Stella Plenderleith	Mitsubishi Lancer RSe	58:57	3
	Brett Thomson	Rob Vanderee	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	59:27	4
	Phil Messer	Rachel Bruty	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	59:47	5
	Craig Morris	Jenny Cole	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	1:00:10	6
	Geoffrey Full	Graeme Jesse	Holden Commdore	1:00:30	7
	Mark Fawcett	Tony Boyd	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	1:00:37	8
	Ashlee James	Sue McCready	Toyota Corolla Seca RV	1:01:42	9
	David Nutter	Felicity Nutter	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:01:47	10

Heat 2

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	VRC
1	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	Toyota Corolla WRC	51:47
2	Possum Bourne	Craig Vincent	Subaru Impreza WRX	52:07
3	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	Subaru Impreza WRX	55:49
4	John Long	Damien Long	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	56:02
5	Spencer Lowndes	Claire Parker	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo2	56:30	1
6	Graham Alexander	David Stewart	Mitsubishi Lancer RS	57:12	2
7	Leigh Hynes	Jim Carlton	Subaru Impreza WRX	57:19
8=	Paul Kennedy	Ken Behrend	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo2	57:38
8=	Rick Bates	Jenny Brittan	Daihatsu Charade GTi	57:38
10	John Goasdoue	Alan Bates	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo4	57:44

	Scott Pedder	Stella Plenderleith	Mitsubishi Lancer RSe	58:38	3
	Brett Thomason	Rob Vanderee	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	58:45	4
	Graeme Gambold	Chris Randell	Toyota Celica GT-four	59:10	5
	Geoffrey Full	Graeme Jesse	Holden Commodore	59:39	6
	Mark Fawcett	Tony Boyd	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	59:46	7
	Phil Messer	Rachel Bruty	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	1:00:20	8
	Danny Murphy	Ross Lilley	Subaru Legacy RSR	1:00:21	9
	Craig Morris	Jenny Cole	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	1:00:39	10

VRC Points

These were the average points across the two heats.

Spencer Lowndes / Claire Parker 20
Graham Alexander / David Stewart 15
Scott Pedder / Stella Plenderleith 12
Brett Thomson / Rob Vanderee 10
Phil Messer / Rachel Bruty 5½
Geoffrey Full / Graeme Jesse 5
Graeme Gambold / Chris Randell 4
Craig Morris / Jenny Cole 3½
Mark Fawcett / Tony Boyd 3½
Ashlee James / Sue McCready 1
Danny Murphy / Ross Lilley 1
David Nutter / Felicity Nutter ½

VRC Novice Points

These were also the average across the two heats (based on points in Unicar, but something seems to be missing).

Steve Poore / Matt Birchall 20
Mark Seltin / Frank Baker 12½
Craig Dawson / Brian Tiedemann 12
I. Begley / B. Rawlings 7½
Brendon Lindsey / John McLaughlin 7
Shane Smith / Colin Miller 7
Carl Brewer / B. Griffin 5½
Peter Montgomery / Chris Montgomery 2

Route

The two heats were identical, each comprising 7 special stages totalling 93.68 km.