2016
Re-live the action from 2016
Year in review
Table of contents
Highlights
2016 Summary to come.
The Victorian Rally Championship was won by Darren Windus and Joe Brkic in a Lancer Evo X.
Classic Outback Trial
Australian Rally Championship
There was no Victorian round of the Australian Rally Championship.
Series
Victorian Rally Championship
VRC events for 2016 were the Eildon Stages, Mitta Mountain Rally, Derrick Pyrenees Rush, Akademos and Begonia.
Outright Champions: Darren Windus / Joe Brcik, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2WD Champions: Mike Conway / Jenny Cole, Ford Escort RS1800
Clubman Award: Luca Giacomin / Brett Williams, Hyundai Excel
Novice Award: Joel Perkins / Tom Brennan, Hyundai Excel
For more details, including event results and points tables, go to the 2016 VRC page.
Victorian Club Rally Series
There were 6 VCRS events this year. The Cooper Memorial Sprint Rally was calendared as Round 5 but was cancelled. The Spring 200 was to be Round 6 but was cancelled. And the Goldfields Rally was to be the final round but was cancelled. Subsequently the Moonlight Meander, postponed from May to November, was added as the final round.
The events that were held were the Eildon Stages (also VRC), the Gil Davis Memorial Rally, the Daryl Tunbridge Memorial Trial, the Nissan Nightmoves, the Blue Rock Stages and the Moonlight Meander.
For more information, go to the 2016 VCRS page.
HRA Rally Championship
This series was solely for members of the Historic Rally Association.
Other Events
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The Rally Calendar for this year:
| Date | Event | Club | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar | George Woods Novice Rally | FFCC | Multi-club Non SS |
| 19 Mar | Eildon Stages | NCCA | VRC-1, VCRS-1 |
| 16 Apr | Gil Davis Memorial Trial | HRA | Multi-club Non SS VCRS-2 |
| 30 Apr | Marysville Stages (Cancelled) | FFCC | VRC |
| 30 Apr | Barry Ferguson Classic | HRA | Multi-club TRE |
| 7 May | Daryl Tunbridge Memorial Trial | BLCC | Multi-club Non SS VCRS-3 |
| 14 May | Rennick Trial | SEAC | Club TRE |
| 14 May | Mitta Mountain Rally | NECC | VRC-2 |
| 21 May | Moonlight Meander (postponed yo 26 Nov) | MMSC | Multi-club Non SS |
| 12 Jun | Bega Valley Rally (cancelled) | VRC | |
| 18 Jun | Nissan Nightmoves | NCCA | Multi-club Non SS VCRS-4 |
| 18-24 Jun | Classic Outback Trial | COT | National SS |
| 6 Aug | Ironbark Tour | HRA | Multi-club TRE |
| 13 Aug | Cooper Memorial Rally (Cancelled) | WDCC | Multi-club Non SS VCRS |
| 28 Aug | George Derrick Memorial Pyrenees Rush | CCRMIT | VRC-3 |
| 17 Sep | Spring 200 (Cancelled) | FFCC | Multi-club Non SS VCRS |
| 8 Oct | Bagshot Rallysprint (Cancelled) | HRA | Multi-club Rallysprint |
| 15 Oct | Barco Rallysprint | SEAC | Multi-club Rallysprint |
| 16 Oct | Akademos | MUCC | VRC-4 |
| 22 Oct | Blue Rock Stages | PAC | Multi-club Non SS VCRS-5 |
| 24-29 Oct | Southern Cross Rally Festival | Dan White | National TRE |
| 5 Nov | Eldorado Rallysprint (Cancelled) | NECC | Multi-club Rallysprint |
| 8-19 Nov | Southern Cross Gold Anniversary Rally | HRA | National TRE |
| 13 Nov | Begonia Rally | BLCC | VRC-5 |
| 26 Nov | Moonlight Meander | MMSC | Multi-club Non SS VCRS-6 |
| 26 Nov | Goldfields Rally (Cancelled) | Multi-club Non SS |