Find out about the long history of the CCRMIT Presidents Trial
The CCRMIT Presidents Trial, traditionally (but sometimes not) directed by the club president, was often run as the last event of the season and tended to be more of a driver’s event. First run in 1957, the event ran as an open event from 1966 to 1980. The final edition in 2002 was a heat of the Victorian Rally Championship.
Click on the year to see more details about each edition.
Year Director/s Area Driver Navigator Car Status
1957 John Preston/ Brian Price Macedon/ Lancefield . Corr . Grant Simca Club
1958 Neil Forss Club
1959 David Potter Melton/ Ballan Roger Abrahams Michael Kennedy Hillman Club
1960 Doug Andrews/ Brian Gallagher Gembrook Club
1961
1962 Mike Osborne Tom Cox Sunbeam Club
1963
1964 Yea/Kinglake Club
1965 Daylesford/ Kinglake Ken Harper Mike Flanagan Falcon Open
1966 Kinglake/ Pyalong Holden X-2 Open
1967 Kinglake/ Warburton Bob Watson Jim McAuliffe Holden HR Open
1968 Graeme Bond NE Hills Bruce Wilson Tony Brown Open
1969 Peter Mason/ Bob Bird Gembrook/ Powelltown / Noojee Peter Robertson Peter Battrick Cortina GT Open
1970 David Lambie/ Bob Bird Gembrook/ Powelltown Matt Phillips Mike Mitchell Colt Open
1971 David Lambie Gembrook/ Powelltown Warrick Smith Bruce Morton Dauphine Open
1972 Garry Spence Heathcote Dave Cuthbert Andrew Chapman Datsun 1600 Open
1973 Garry Spence Cancelled
1974 Cancelled
1975 David Lambie Gembrook/ Powelltown David Bond Jean Jones Lancer Open
1976 David Lambie Gembrook/ Powelltown Bill Evans Chris Brown Datsun 180B Open
1977 David Lambie Gembrook/ Powelltown Rex Muldoon John Page Datsun 1600 Open
1978 Simon Brown Gembrook/ Powelltown John White John Williams Lancer Open
1979 Simon Brown Gembrook/ Powelltown Shane Blandford Les Collins Datsun 1600 Open
1980 Simon Brown Gembrook/ Powelltown Ian Swan Mike Prendergast Datsun 1600 Open
1981 Pat O’Bryan Maryborough Simon Birrell Bernard Peasley TAUCC
1982 Pat O’Bryan South Gippsland Steve Mitchell Peter Mignot Galant TAUCC
1983 Nigel Tice Yarram Humphrey Enter Dennis Enter Triumph 2000 TAUCC
1984 Nigel Tice Yarram Chris Kurz Peter Grossman Galant TAUCC
1985 Jeff Paton Yarram Chris Kurz Ken Ash Galant TAUCC
1986 Jeff Paton Yarram Rick Thorpe Peter Canals Corolla TAUCC
2001 Bernard Miron Morwell Cancelled
2002 Bernard Miron Morwell Mike Reeves Robin Smalley Lancer Evo 3 VRC