1992 NEP Alpine Rally

Table of Contents

Results and entry list
Route
Other event documents

The Alpine Rally was held on 28 & 29 March. With the collapse of the Light Car Club, the event was left without an organising club. Simon Brown, as Director, took over as the Promoter and assumed financial responsibility for the event.

Round 1 Australian Rally Championship

Round 2 Victorian Rally Championship

The ARC round was won by Rob Herridge and Mark Nelson, whilst the VRC component was won by Graham Alexander and David Stewart, who also finished second in the ARC event. Title hopefuls Neal Bates and Rod Horsley had a persistent misfire in the Celica and retired while Possum Bourne and Rodger Freeth blew a turbo in their Subaru.

The VRC event was a subset of the ARC event but crews could nominate for points in the ARC, VRC or both (see the Entry List). VRC only crews did not compete on the Sunday (Special Stages 18 to 27).

In addition to the modern event the Historic Alpine Rally was conducted in parallel and shared some of the ARC/VRC stages. See separate entry for the 1992 Historic Alpine.

Results and entry list

Entry List

ARC Results

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time
1	Rob Herridge	Mark Nelson	Subaru Liberty RS	3:31:46
2	Graham Alexander	David Stewart	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	3:33:08
3	Peter Fyfe	Gerry Bashford	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	3:34:15
4	Dean Nixon	Marlene Nixon	Nissan March Turbo	3:35:51
5	Graeme Wise	Helen Wylie	Ford Sierra XR	3:37:09
6	Rodney Jones	Mark Blume	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	3:37:19
7	Bob Nicoli	Dale Hynes	Daihatsu Charade GTti	3:40:34
8	John Reynolds	David Boyce	Mazda 323 Familia	3:42:06
9	Geoff Keys	Ross Runnalls	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	3:42:16
10	Barrie Smith	Iain Stewart	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	3:42:53

ARC Detailed Results

VRC Results

Note that these results differ slightly from the published results below. Penalties for breaches of A-to-A timing were deleted. This swapped Kendrick with Nixon and Miller with Murdoch in the outright placings.

Place	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time Penalty	Novice
1	Graham Alexander	David Stewart	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	2:37:26
2	Peter Fyfe	Gerry Bashford	Nissan Pulsar GTi-R	2:37:57
3	George Kahler*	Jim Maude	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	2:38:07
4	Gary Kendrick	Ron Gottschalk	Holden Commodre	2:38:09
5	Dean Nixon	Marlene Nixon	Nissan March Turno	2:38:48
6	Graeme Wise	Helen Wylie	Ford Sierra XR	2:38:51
7	John Reynolds*	David Boyce*	Mazda 323 Familia	2:43:09
8	Pat Barber	Geoff Floyd	Ford Laser TX3 4WD	2:43:37
9	Greg Hoinville	Robin Smalley	Ford Escort RS2000	2:46:23
10	Rob Devenish	Peter Auld	Datsun 240Z	2:46:35
11	Mark Miller	Greg Plant	Ford Escort Mk2	2:47:21
12	Andrew Murdoch	Martin Ryan*	Ford Laser TX3 4WD	2:48:26
13	Steve Winwood	Paul Kinnane	Holden Commodore	2:49:07
14	Kirk Marks	Peter Mahony	Toyota Truena	2:49:08
15	Ian Douglas	Brett Crawford	Suzuki Swift GTi	2:51:14
16	Mark Rodgers	David Haddon	Mazda RX2	2:54:07
17	Terry Naish	Neil Cook	Datsun 1600	2:54:32
18	Ian Lightfoot	Graeme Palmer	Toyota Sprinter GT	2:56:13	1
19	Martin Watkins	Malcolm Hobrough	Mazda 323 Familia	3:03:53	2
20	Brendan Edgerton	Steve Walsh	Mitsubishi Lancer	3:04:18
21	John Roberts	Robert King	Ford Escort RS2000	3:07:48
22	Allan Marsh*	Brendan Clough	Holden Commodore	3:13:51	3
23	Tony Cunningham	Nina Wallace	Toyota Corolla SX	3:15:31	4
24	Wayne Taylor	Mark Laidlay	Daihatsu Charade	3:23:10
25	Greg West	Robert Flower	Holden Calais Auto	3:49:31

* Not registered for VRC points

VRC Detailed Results

Route

This year’s Alpine ran over three divisions. The Saturday began in Albury and ran to Bright with stages at Noreuil Park, Felltimber Road, Mt Pilot, Flat Rock, Flagstaff then Merriang/Hurdle Creek Plantations, Two Mile Creek Plantation and a run around the Bright dirt circuit. Saturday night returned to Albury with two more stages in Two Mile Creek, then Trappers Gap, a short stage near Mitta Mitta and finally Jarvis Creek near Hume Weir. The Sunday division was only for ARC crews and started with a stage in Bandiana Army Camp then mostly in Stanley Plantation before finishing on Felltimber Road and the Wodonga Stock Route.

Synopsis pages from Route Instructions

Plot of route