Rally Tasmania was held on April 5-7.
Murray Coote and Coral Taylor took a dominant win in their Mazda 323 Familia GTX, almost 8 minutes ahead of Neal Bates and Mike Taylor in their Celica GT-four. Championship contender, Rob Herrdge with Steve Vanderby, were non-finishers in their Subaru Liberty.
| Place | Driver | State | Co-driver | State | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murray Coote | Qld | Coral Taylor | NSW | Mazda 323 Familia GTX | 3:50:57 |
| 2 | Neal Bates | ACT | Mike Taylor | ACT | Toyota Celica GT-four | 3:58:52 |
| 3 | George Kahler | Qld | Lofty Drews | Qld | Mitsubishi Galant VR4 | 4:01:19 |
| 4 | Wayne Hoy | NSW | Andrew Bennett | NSW | Datsun 240Z | 4:04:10 |
| 5 | Barrie Smith | NSW | Rod Horsley | NSW | Datsun 240Z | 4:07:12 |
| 6 | David Eadie | NSW | Chris Shearer | NSW | Subaru Legacy RSR | 4:11:00 |
| 7 | Norm Fritter | NSW | Steve Ross | NSW | Toyota Celica GT-four | 4:11:01 |
| 8 | Doug Webb | Tas | Lorraine Webb | Tas | Holden Commodore | 4:11:02 |
| 9 | Bob Nicoli | WA | Brian Harwood | WA | Daihatsu Charade GTti | 4:13:26 |
| 10 | Jason White | Tas | Balt Vandernberg | Tas | Mazda 323 Familia | 4:13:43 |
The event was conducted over three days and 26 special stages totalling 400 km of competition.
Friday began with a super special at Churchill Park in the northern suburbs of Launceston. Reportedly penalties were deleted when some crews went the wrong way. The late afternoon stages were to the east in the Upper Esk area.
Saturday’s daylight stages were mostly to the south-west of Burnie with a dinner break there before some night stages to the south before returning to Launceston.
Sunday’s competition headed east again into the Upper Esk region, reusing several roads from Friday’s stages.
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