The Rally of Melbourne, Victoria’s annual round of the ARC, was held on 1-2 September.
The event comprised two heats and the first three placings in each heat were the same: Possum Bourne / Craig Vincent first in a Subaru Impreza S6 WRC ’00, Neal Bates / Coral Taylor second in a Toyota Corolla WRC and Cody Crocker / Greg Foletta third in a Subaru Impreza WRX STi. The first ten placings in each heat are detailed below.
HEAT 1
| Place | Driver | Co-Driver | State | Vehicle | Class | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter “Possum” Bourne | Craig Vincent | NZ | Subaru Impreza WRC2000 | 5 | 54.59 |
| 2 | Neal Bates | Coral Taylor | A/N | Toyota Corolla WRC | 5 | 55.09 |
| 3 | Cody Crocker | Greg Foletta | N/V | Subaru Impreza WRX | 9 | 56.41 |
| 4 | Ed Ordynski | Iain Stewart | S/Q | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo6 | 9 | 57.58 |
| 5 | Dean Herridge | Jim Carlton | W | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 9 | 58.06 |
| 6 | Stuart Warren | Darryl Judd | W/N | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo4 | 5 | 58.17 |
| 7 | Spencer Lowndes | Chris Randell | V | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo5 | 9 | 58.19 |
| 8 | Mark Thompson | Dave Boddy | N | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo5 | 9 | 58.28 |
| 9 | Michael Boaden | Helen Cheers | N | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo3 | 5 | 58.48 |
| 10 | Martin Lintott | Tony Jackson | N/T | Subaru Impreza WRX | 9 | 59.19 |
HEAT 2
| Place | Driver | Co-Driver | State | Vehicle | Class | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter “Possum” Bourne | Craig Vincent | NZ | Subaru Impreza WRC2000 | 5 | 54.13 |
| 2 | Neal Bates | Coral Taylor | A/N | Toyota Corolla WRC | 5 | 55.15 |
| 3 | Cody Crocker | Greg Foletta | N/V | Subaru Impreza WRX | 9 | 56.40 |
| 4 | Dean Herridge | Jim Carlton | W | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 9 | 57.07 |
| 5 | Stuart Warren | Darryl Judd | W/N | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo4 | 5 | 57.08 |
| 6 | Simon Evans | Sue Evans | V | Subaru Impreza WRX | 9 | 57.21 |
| 7 | Ed Ordynski | Iain Stewart | S/Q | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo6 | 9 | 57.30 |
| 8 | Spencer Lowndes | Chris Randell | V | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo5 | 9 | 57.33 |
| 9 | Martin Lintott | Tony Jackson | N/T | Subaru Impreza WRX | 9 | 57.58 |
| 10 | Michael Boaden | Helen Cheers | N | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo3 | 5 | 58.00 |
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