Forester Rally (and Autosport Stages)

Find out about the rich history of the Forester Rally and Autosport Stages

Event History

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Table of Event Editions

Our first record of the Forester Rally was as a closed club event in 1975 but it may have been conducted earlier. It then ran as an open event or round of the Victorian Rally Championship until 1981. It was traditionally conducted in west Gippsland, either around Erica or closer to Melbourne around Powelltown. In 1980 and 81 it was called the Autosport Stages. During these years, John White was the Director and prime mover.

After briefly being conducted as a novice event in 1983, the Forester Rally (sometimes Trial) returned in 1986 as a round of the expanded TAUCC series. In 1991 and 92 it was conducted as a sprint rally.

List of Editions held of this event.

Click on the Year to see more details about each edition. Click on the Area to see a plot of the route (if available).

Year	Director/CoC	Area	Driver	Navigator/Co-driver	Car	Status
1975						Club
1976	Bob Bird	Erica	Bob Waterhouse	Paul Paterson	Datsun 1600	Open
1977		Erica	Bob Waterhouse	Paul Paterson	Datsun 1600	VRC
1978	Cancelled					Open
1979	John White	Powelltown				Open
1980*	John White	Powelltown	Chris Brown	Simon Brown	Datsun 180B SSS	VRC
1981*	John White	Powelltown	Geoff Portman	Ross Runnalls	Datsun 200B	VRC
1982	Not conducted
1983	Howard Hughes	Powelltown				Novice
1984-85	Not conducted
1986	Mark Barnes		Ron King	Bryce Norton	Dazda	TAUCC
1987	Rod Rodda		Trevor Woods	Daryl Williams	Datsun 1600	TAUCC
1988	Mark Hallowell	Strzelecki	Nigel Letty	Steve Young	Toyota T18	TAUCC
1989	Mark Hallowell	Strzelecki	Keith Cuttle	L. Frost	Datsun 1600	TAUCC
1990	Rod Rodda	Strzelecki	John Rawson	E. Graham	Datsun Stanza	TAUCC
1991+	Mark Hallowell	Powelltown	Grant Hore	David Leoncini	Toyota Celica GT	TAUCC/SRS
1992						SRS

* In 1980 and 81 it was known as the Autosport Stages
+ In 1991 the Forester Sprint Rally was a sub-event of the Rivertown Rally