1999 Australian Rally Championship

Table of Contents

Series Regulations
Events
Pointscores
Class Winners

There were again the same five rounds but Heat 2 of Coffs Harbour was cancelled due to wet weather leaving nine heats. Rally of Canberra was included as a round of the Manufacturers Championship but not for Drivers and Co-drivers.

It was a closely fought season, again between Possum Bourne and Craig Vincent in the WRC Subaru and Neal Bates and Coral Taylor in the WRC Corolla. Bourne took five heat wins to Bates’ three. Cody Crocker and Greg Foletta in the Group N Subaru took a heat win at Rally of Melbourne after both Bourne and Bates crashed out. Bates and Taylor accrued more points than Bourne and Vincent, but had to drop their worst event, giving the Subaru pair the championship by a slim margin. Crocker and Foletta won the Group N award and placed third overall. Ed Ordynski returned to the championship with Iain Stewart in a Group N Lancer, placing fourth overall.

The Manufacturers award went to Subaru.

To see other years of the ARC, go to the series page.

Series Regulations

Eligibility was Australian PRC and Group N.

Points were awarded down to outright tenth, 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 on each heat with a 50% bonus on the two heats of the final round. The best four events (up to 8 heats) were counted.

Classes were similar to the previous year with four 2WD and two 4WD class within PRC, but Group N classes were no longer based on 2WD, simply four capacity classes. The smallest classes were adjusted to 0-1400cc. The two 4WD PRC classes were not based on capacity but on lists determined by ARCOM, essentially based on technology and cost. Points in classes used the 9-6-4-3-2-1 for each heat with a 50% bonus on the final round, again with the best four events to count.

The Manufacturers award appears to have been opened up to both PRC and Group N.

Events

There were again only five rounds this year with South Australia again not providing a round. Each round had two heats. Click on each round to see results and more details.

Coffs Harbour Rally, Results in April Unicar
Rally Queensland, Results in June Unicar
Respect Yourself Forest Rally (WA), Results in June Unicar
Rally of Melbourne (also VRC)
Saxon Safari (Tas), Results in September Unicar

Pointscores

Outright Drivers Pointscores

Place	Driver	State	NSW		Qld		WA		Vic		Tas		Total
1	Possum Bourne	NZ	20	C	16	20	20	20			30	24	150
2	Neal Bates	ACT	16	A	20	16	16	16		20	24	30	142 (158)
3	Cody Crocker	Vic		N	14	14	12	14	20	14	18	18	124
4	Ed Ordynski	SA		C			14	12	16	16	21	21	100
5	Simon Evans	Vic		E	10	12			8	10		15	55
6	Stewart Reid	Qld	14	L					14	6			34
7=	David Hills	NSW		L		10		2			9	6	27
7=	John Long	NSW		E						12	15		27
9	Martin Lintott	NSW		D						2	12	12	26
10	John Gasdoue	Qld			12				10				22
11	Spencer Lowndes	Vic			8		4		1	8			21
12	Rick Bates	ACT	8		6				2	4			20
13=	Dean Herridge	WA					10	6					16
13=	Suart Warren	WA					8	8					16
13=	Ross MacKenzie	WA					6	10					16
16	Ron Cremen	NSW				6					6	1½	13½
17=	Mark Haybittle	NSW	12										12
17=	Craig Dawson	Vic					2		4		3	3	12
17=	Stumpy Holmes	NZ							12				12
20	Brett Middleton	NSW	6		4						1½		11½
21	Adrian Bukmanis	Qld			1½	8				1			10½
22	John Mitchell	NSW	10										10
23	Sam Vaughan	Vic										9	9
24	Mark Pedder	Vic							6				6
25	Roman Watkins	WA					1	4					5
26=	Miles Sandy	NSW	4										4
26=	Michael Thompson	ACT				4							4
28=	Peter Edwards	NSW	2										2
28=	Steven Scott	Qld				2							2
30	Bruce Fullerton	Qld			1½								1½
31=	Howard Grove	NSW	1										1
31=	Jeff Sadek	WA				1							1
31=	John Macara	WA						1					1

Outright Co-drivers Pointscores

Place	Co-Driver	State	NSW		Qld		WA		Vic		Tas		Total
1	Craig Vincent	NZ	20	C	16	20	20	20			30	24	150
2	Coral Taylor	NSW	16	A	20	16	16	16		20	24	30	142 (158)
3	Greg Foletta	Vic		N	14	14	12	14	20	14	18	18	124
4	Iain Stewart	Qld		C			14	12	16	16	21	21	100
5	Sue Evans	Vic		E	10	12			8	10		15	55
6	Glenn Macneall	WA		L			10	6	12				28
7=	Sophie Handley	NSW		L		10		2			9	6	27
7=	Damien Long	NSW		E						12	15		27
9	Tony Jackson	Tas		D						2	12	12	26
10	Michelle Murphy	NSW	4						14	6			24
11	Glen Weston	Qld			12				10				22
12	Claire Parker	WA			8		4		1	8			21
13	Jenny Brittan	NSW	8		6				2	4			20
14=	Toni Feaver	WA					8	8					16
14=	Paul van der Mey	WA					6	10					16
16	Anthony McLoughlin	Qld	14										14
17	Linda Long	NSW				6					6	1½	13½
18=	Kim Martin	NSW	12										12
18=	Brian Tiedemann	Vic					2		4		3	3	12
20	Andrew Benefield	NSW	6		4						1½		11½
21	Col Trinder	ACT	10										10
22	John Ahern	Qld			1½	8							9½
23	Justin Hunt	Vic										9	9
24	Paul Humm	Vic							6				6
25	Paul Flintoft	Vic					1	4					5
26	Gordon Klebba	ACT				4							4
27=	Dale Moscatt	NSW	2										2
27=	Terry Scott	Qld				2							2
29	Hugh Reardon-Smith	Qld			1½								1½
30=	David Sinclair	NSW	1										1
30=	Andrew Smith	WA				1							1
30=	Sinead Byrnes	WA						1					1
30=	Gareth McNaghan	Qld								1			1

Class Winners

[P1] PRC 2WD 0-1400cc: Simon Jansen/ Elysia Kruper, Daihatsu Charade
[P2] PRC 2WD 1401-1600cc: Brett Middleton/ Andrew Benefield, Honda Civic VTiR
[P3] PRC 2WD 1601-2000cc: Simon Evans/ Sue Evans, Volkswagen Golf GTi
[P4] PRC 2WD over 2000cc: Steve Winwood/ Lyndall Drake, Ford Falcon XR8
[P5A] PRC 4WD: Possum Bourne/ Craig Vincent, Subaru Impreza WRC
[P5B] PRC 4WD: Craig Dawson/ Brian Tiedemann, Nissan Pulsar GTiR
[N1] Group N 0-1400cc: Glenn Brinkman/ Dale Moscatt, Nissan Micra
[N2] Group N 1401-1600cc: Denise Collins/ Gerard McConkey, Honda Civic EG6
[N3] Group N 1601-2000cc: Ashlea James/ Paul Flintoft, Toyota Corolla Seca
[N4] Group N over 20000cc: Cody Crocker/ Greg Foletta, Subaru Impreza WRX