1990 BP Rally Tasmania

Rally Tasmania was held on March 30 – April 1.

Australian Rally Championship Round 1

Ten years after his last ARC victory, George Fury returned to the top of the podium in the first ARC round for 1990, this time in a Mitsubishi Galant with champion co-driver Ross Runnalls. The up and coming Neal Bates, campaigning the new 4WD Celica, placed second with co-driver David Jorgensen. It would be another two years before Bates would achieve his first ARC round win. Third was Ed Ordynski with new co-driver Mark Nelson, also yet to achieve their first ARC round win.

 
 
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Results and entry list

PlaceDriverStateCo-driverStateCarTime
1George FuryNSWRoss RunnallsVicMitsubishi Galant VR43:54:59
2Neal BatesACTDavid JorgensenQldToyota Celica GT-43:57:21
3Ed OrdynskiSAMark NelsonSAMitsubishi Galant VR44:01:13
4Rob HerridgeWADale HynesWASubaru RX Turbo4:03:26
5Ron CremenNSWHarry ManssonNSWMitsubishi Galant VR44:06:36
6Peter GlennieNSWPeter ClarkNSWSubaru RX Turbo4:10:46
7Jon WaterhouseACTRuss WittyACTMazda RX74:12:21
8Geoff KeysQldGarry RobinsonNZMitsubishi Galant VR44:13:35
9Doug WebbTasLorraine WebTasHolden Commorodre4:15:00
10Les WalkdenTasRon CoenenTasMazda 323 Familia4:15:07

Route

The event was conducted over three days and 32 special stages totalling over 400 km of competition. Friday afternoon began with a short super special at the Silverdome Stadium south of Launceston, the stages to the north-east around Scottsdale, with two stages in darkness. Saturday started with the super special again, then daylight stages to the south of Devonport. After a service break in Burnie there were night stages to the south-west including the magnificent Hellyer Gorge stage. The overnight stop was in Burnie with Sunday stages to the south with the finish at Ridgley.

Itinerary and stage plots

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