2000 AussieDuct Rally of Melbourne

Table of Contents

Results and entry list
- VRC Points
Route
Other event documents

The AussieDuct Rally of Melbourne, organised by the VRS P/L and directed by Glenn Cuthbert, was held on August 26-27.

Round 2 Australian Rally Championship

Round 3 Victorian Rally Championship

Neal Bates and Coral Taylor won both heats of Rally Melbourne in their Corolla WRC. Possum Bourne and Mark Stacey were second on both heats, finishing the second heat a mere 3 seconds adrift in their Subaru WRX. Cody Crocker and Greg Foletta completed the podium on both heats in the Group N Subaru WRX.

In the VRC championship, favourite Scott Pedder with Paul Humm failed to finish the first heat but bounced back for a win on Heat 2, placing them fourth overall for the weekend. It was Darren Windus and Michael Cains who took the round win with a win on Heat 1 and third of Heat 2 in their Subaru. Brett Thomson and Rob Vanderee kept their championship hopes alive with strong second placing on both heats.

Results and entry list

Heat 1

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	VRC	VRC-2WD	VRC-Novice
1	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	Toyota Corolla WRC	50:59
2	Possum Bourne	Mark Stacey	Subaru Impreza WRC98	51:16
3	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	Subaru Impreza WRX	53:00
4	Ed Ordynski	Iain Stewart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo4	53:52
5	Dean Herridge	Glenn Mitchell	Subaru Impreza WRX	55:27
6	Spencer Lowndes	Chris Randell	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5	56:06	-/1
7	Adrian Bukmanis	John Ahem	Subaru Liberty RS	56:11
8	Brett Middleton	Andrew Benefield	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	56:16
9	Osamu Yamaguchi	Phil Dodd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6	56:39
10	John Goasdoue	Glen Weston	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	57:00
11	Tony Sullens	Julia Rabbett-Barkley	Subarun Impreza WRX	57:01
12	Darren Windus	Michael Cairns	Subaru Impreza WRX	57:11	1/2
13	Martin Lintott	Tony Jackson	Subaru Impreza WRX	57:25
14	Brett Thomson	Rob Vanderee	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	57:31	2/3
15	Michael Thompson	Gordon Klebba	Subaru Impreza WRX	58:22
16	David Hills	Sophie Handley	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5	58:29
17	Neil Cuthbert	Jamie Sargeant	Subaru Impreza WRX	58:44	3/4
18	Mark Pedder	Rob Beekman	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo1	59:08	4/5
19	Stephen Shepheard	Dale Moscatt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5	59:39
20	Roman Watkins	Michael Stiglich	Subaru Impreza WRX	59:43
21	Lynn Rattray	Simon Vandenberg	Subaru Impreza WRX	59:44
22	Graeme Gambold	David James	Toyota Celica GT-four	59:52	5/6
23	Richard Galley	Darryl Smith	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	1:00:19
24	Peter Anderson	Peter Harris	Daihatsu Charade GTi	1:00:28
25	David Stannus	Peter Campbell	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	1:00:38	6/7
26	Glenn Mitchell	Craig Bailey	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	1:00:55	7/8
27	George Shepheard	Del Garbett	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5	1:01:11
28	Ross Lockhart	Daryll Judd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	1:01:15
29	Craig Dawson	Brian Tiedemann	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	1:01:23	8/9
30	Paul Bray	Chris Curran	Nissan Silvia	1:01:50
31	David Adams	Robin Smalley	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:01:53	9/10
32	Lee Peterson	Graham Legg-Stoker	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	1:02:00
33	Paul Pyyvaara	Anthony McLoughlin	Holden Commodore Ute	1:02:14
34	Andrew Krieg	Matthew Sanders	Holden Commodore	1:02:35
35	Karlis Lazdins	Kritaps Herman	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	1:02:39	10/-
36	Michael Myers	Lyndall Drake	Toyota Celica GT-four	1:02:44
37	Satoru Ito	Frank Brookhouse	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	1:02:46
38	Brett Comber	Graham Comber	Daihatsu Characte GTi	1:02:47		1	1
39	Darren Crozier	Darren McKimmie	Isuzu Gemini PF60	1:02:51		2
40	Peter Montgomery	Chris Montgomery	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:03:08
41	Dan Prentice	Mandy Rudham	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	1:03:25
42	Mark Hughes	Mandy Hughes	Vauxhall Astra GSI	1:03:27
43	Dean Ridge	Joy Ridge	Toyota Corolla	1:03:34
44	Tom Quill	Paul Flintoff	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:05:02
45	Ben Beckton	Dean Price	Suzuki Swift GTi	1:05:19
46	Alan Wilson	John Wilson	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:05:22
47	Russell Hocking	Sue McCready	Ford Falcon XR6	1:05:24		3
48	Chris Walters	Des Warrick	Holden Commodore	1:05:25		4
49=	Osamu Yoda	Hughs	Subaru Impreza	1:05:36
49=	Darren Blair	Justin Dedingfield	Mazda 323 GTX	1:05:36
51	Denise Collins	Gerard McConkey	Honda Civic VTi	1:05:40
52	Chris Lickfold	Nicole Lickfold	Daihatsu Charade	1:06:15
53=	Ashlea James	Toni Feaver	Proton Satria	1:06:43
53=	David Thompson	Dave Hill	Datsun 180B SSS	1:06:43
55	Peter Price	Greg Day	Ford Falcon	1:07:11		5
56	Masaki Yamada	Tony Brandon	Toyota Levin	1:07:17
57	Paul Bossence	Wendy Walker	Ford Falcon	1:07:31
58	Bryce Steele	Susan Jackson	Datsun 1600	1:07:32		6	2
59	Warren Lee	Greg Miles	Datsun 1600	1:08:18		7
60	Mark Fawcett	Tony Boyd	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:08:44
61	Rowan Quill Sr	Ruth Williams	Proton Satria	1:08:54
62	Kim Drummond	Paul Bennett	Suzuki Swift GTi	1:09:40		8
63	Mike Welsh	Jason Martin	Daihatsu Charade	1:09:45		9
64	Barry Rowe	Natasha Rowe	MGB GT	1:09:47		10	3
65	Keith Lewis	Julian Wain	Suzuki Baleno	1:10:22
66	Murray Rogers	Ross Green	Toyota Sprinter	1:11:01
67	Jim McGough	Julie Meridew	Nissan Sunny GTi	1:11:41
68	Robert Whyyatt	Malcolm Cox	Toyota Corolla Seca	1:11:53
69	Shayna Welsh	Laurissa Mirabelli	Toyota	1:12:30			4
70	Todd Reed	Brian Reed	Proton Satria	1:12:31
71	Joseph Lombardo	Michael Ryan	Proton Satria	1:14:07
72	Andrew McLean	Broom	Proton Satria	1:15:30
73	Penny Swan	Matt Lee	Datsun 1600	1:16:42			5
74	Mark Seltin	Frank Baker	Toyota Sprinter	1:20:09			6
75	Dylan Perry	Rachal Perry	Datsun 1600	1:20:24			7

Heat 2

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	VRC	VRC-2WD	VRC-Novice
1	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	Toyota Corolla WRC	51:47
2	Possum Bourne	Mark Stacey	Subaru Impreza WRC98	51;50
3	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	Subaru Impreza WRX	54:06
4	Stewart Reid	Michelle Murphy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6	55:56
5	Dean Herridge	Glenn Mitchell	Subaru Impreza WRX	55:58
6	Spencer Lowndes	Chris Randell	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5	56:00	-/1
7	Scott Pedder	Paul Humm	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	56:36	1/2
8	Brett Thomson	Rob Vanderee	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	57:04	2/3
9	Ed Ordynski	Iain Stewart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6	57:08
10	Darren Windus	Michael Cairns	Subaru Impreza WRX	57:09	3/4
11	Martin Lintott	Tony Jackson	Subaru Impreza WRX	57:30
12	Tony Sullens	Julia Rabbett-Barkley	Subaru Impreza WRX	57:50
13	Osama Yamaguchi	Phil Dodds	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6	57:53
14	David Hills	Sophie Handley	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5	58:09
15	Roman Watkins	Michael Stilich	Subaru Impreza WRX	58:23
16	John Goasdoue	Glen Weston	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	58:32
17	Craig Dawson	Brian Tiedemann	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	58:35	4/5
18	Brett Middleton	Andrew Benefield	Subaru Impreza WRX	59:11
19=	Adrian Bukmanis	John Ahem	Subaru Liberty RS	59:28
19=	Stephen Shepheard	Dale Moscatt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo5	59:28
21	Lynn Rattray	Simon Vandenberg	Subaru Impreza WRX	59:37
22	Graeme Gambold	David James	Toyota Celica GT-four	59:53	5/6
23	Mark Pedder	Rob Beekman	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo1	1:00:04	6/7
24	Stephen Handbury	Justin Hunt	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:00:06
25	Mark Fawcett	Tony Boyd	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:00:29	7/8
26	Richard Galley	Darryl Smith	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	1:00:35
27	Ross Lockhart	Daryll Smith	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo3	1:00:54
28	David Stannus	Peter Campbell	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	1:01:22	8/9
29	Glenn Mitchell	Craig Bailey	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	1:01:30	9/10
30	Lee Peterson	Graham Legg-Stoker	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	1:01:36
31	Peter Montgomery	Chris Montgomery	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:01:40	10/-
32	David Nutter	Felicity Nutter	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:01:45
33	Andrew Krieg	Matthew Sanders	Holden Commodore	1:01:47
34	Paul Bray	Chris Curran	Nissan Silvia	1:02:04
35	Andrew Pannam	Joe Brick	Nissan Sunny GTi	1:02:36		1
36	Brett Comber	Graham Comber	Daihatsu Characte GTi	1:02:38		2	1
37	Karlis Lazdins	Kristaps Herman	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	1:02:46
38	Paul Pyyvaara	Anthony McLoughlin	Holden Commodore Ute	1:02:49
39	Ian Martin	Roslyn Martin	Subaru Impreza WRX	1:02:50
40	Darren Crozier	Darren McKimmie	Isuzu Gemini PF60	1:03:05		3
41	Michael Myers	Lyndall Drake	Toyota Celica GT-four	1:03:21
42	Andrew McLean	Broom	Proton Satria	1:03:58
43	Darren Blair	Justin Bedingfield	Mazda 323 GTX	1:04:50
44	Murray Rogers	Ross Green	Toyota Sprinter	1:05:13		4
45	Chris Lickfold	Nicole Lickfold	Daihatsu Charade	1:05:21
46	Denise Collins	Gerard McConkey	Honda Civic VTi	1:05:21
47	Russell Hocking	Sue McCready	Ford Falcon XR6	1:05:35		5
48	Peter Anderson	Peter Harris	Daihatsu Charade GTi	1:05:47
49	Masaki Yamada	Tony Brandon	Toyota Levin	1:06:28
50	Peter Price	Greg Day	Ford Falcon	1:06:34		6
51	Ashlea James	Toni Feaver	Proton Satria	1:06:41
52	David Thompson	Dave Hill	Datsun 180B SSS	1:07:08
53	Osamu Yoda	Hughs	Subaru Impreza	107:57
54	Warren Lee	Greg Miles	Datsun 1600	1:08:19
55	Rowan Quill Sr	Ruth Williams	Proton Satria	1:08:28
56	Ian Menzies	Rod Biggar	Ford Falcon	1:08:31
57	Keith Lewis	Julian Wain	Suzuki Baleno	1:08:46
58	Mike Welsh	Jason Martin	Daihatsu Charade	1:08:58		7
59	Bryce Steele	Susan Jackson	Datsun 1600	1:09:08		8	2
60	Kim Drummond	Paul Bennett	Suzuki Swift GTi	1:09:13		9
61	Joseph Lombardo	Michael Ryan	Proton Satria	1:10:04
62	Todd Reed	Brian Reed	Proton Satria	1:11:11
63	Dean Ridge	Joy Ridge	Toyota Corolla	1:11:22
64	Jim McGough	Julie Meridew	Nissan Sunny GTi	1:12:07
65	Robert Whyyatt	Malcolm Cox	Toyota Corolla Seca	1:12:15
66	Mark Seltin	Frank Baker	Toyota Sprinter	1:12:26
67	Barry Rowe	Natasha Rowe	MGB GT	1:13:34		10	3
68	Penny Swan	Matt Lee	Datsun 1600	1:13:51			4
69	Ben Beckton	Dean Price	Suzuki Swift GTi	1:22;50

VRC Points

VRC placings and subsequent points appear to have been determined by allocating points for each heat then summing these. The outright points were further complicated because Chris Randell was eligible for points but Spencer Lowndes was not!

VRC Outright Drivers

Place	Driver	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1	Darren Windus	20	14	34
2	Brett Thomson	16	16	32
3=	Mark Pedder	12	8	20
3=	Scott Pedder		20	20
3=	Graeme Gambold	10	10	20
6	Craig Dawson	4	12	16
7	Neil Cuthbert	14		14
8	David Stannus	8	4	12
9	Glenn Mitchell	6	2	8
10	Mark Fawcett		6	6
11	David Adams	2		2
12=	Peter Montgomery		1	1
12=	Karlis Lazdins	1		1

VRC Outright Co-drivers

Place	Co-driver	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1	Chris Randell	20	20	40
2=	Rob Vanderee	14	14	28
2=	Michael Cains	16	12	28
4=	Paul Humm		16	16
4=	David James	8	8	16
4=	Rob Beekman	10	6	16
7=	Brian Tiedemann	2	10	12
7=	Jamie Sargeant	12		12
9	Peter Campbell	6	2	8
10	Craig Bailey	4	1	5
11	Tony Boyd		4	4
12	Robin Smalley	1		1

VRC 2WD

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1	Brett Comber	Graham Comber	20	16	36
2	Darren Crozier	Darren McKimmiie	16	14	30
3	Russell Hocking	Sue McCready	14	10	24
4	Andrew Pannam	Joe Brick		20	20
5	Peter Price	Greg Day	10	8	18
6=	Chris Walters	Des Warrick	12		12
6=	Bryce Steele	Susan Jackson	8	4	12
6=	Murray Rogers	Ross Green		12	12
8	Mike Welsh	Jason Martin	2	6	8
9=	Warren Lee	Greg Miles	6		6
9=	Kim Drummond	Paul Bennett	4	2	6
11	Barry Rowe	Natasha Rowe	1	1	2

VRC Novice

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1	Brett Comber	Graham Comber	20	20	40
2	Bryce Steele	Susan Jackson	16	16	32
3	Barry Rowe	Natasha Rowe	14	14	28
4	Penny Swan	Matt Lee	10	12	22
5	Shayna Welsh	Laurissa Mirabelli	12		12
6	Mark Seltin	Frank Baker	8		8
7	Dylan Perry	Rachal Perry	6		6

Route

The event was conducted over two days, each day comprising the same 7 special stages of 90.64 km for a total of 181.28 km. Each day finished with a super special at the De Bortoli Winery. Stages were as follows:

SS1/8 Mt Slide 6.40 km, 9:30 / 7:00
SS2/9 Sylvia Creek 24.96 km, 10:00 / 7:30
SS3/10 Andersons Mill 6.55 km, 11:36 / 9:05
SS4/11 Keppels 19.90 km, 12:25 / 9:54
SS5/12 Acheron 13.91 km, 13:03 / 10:32
SS6/13 Ben Cairn 15.61 km, 13:33 / 11:02
SS7/14 De Bortoli 3.31 km, 15:12 / 13:03