1988 Australian Rally Championship
The 1988 Australian Rally Championship was a series of rallying events held across Australia. It was the 21st season of the Australian Rally Championship.
The series for 1988 had just four events, with Queenslanders Murray Coote and Iain Stewart taking out the title in their Mazda 323 4WD. Four-wheel drive vehicles dominated the series signalling the end of any chances of two wheel drive vehicles being competitive. The Alpine Rally was not included in the year's events, and the Esanda Rally in the ACT was only included at the last minute after the cancellation of the Queensland rally round due to withdrawal of Police permission to use Shire Roads.
Season review
The 21st Australian Rally Championship was held over four events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for Tasmania, Western Australia, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.
The Rallies
The four events of the 1988 season were as follows.[1]
Round | Rally | Date |
1 | APPM/TT-Line Rally Tasmania | 26–27 March 1988 |
2 | BP Visco Forest Rally (WA) | 30 April – 1 May 1988 |
3 | 2EC Bega Valley Rally (NSW) | 11–12 June 1988 |
4 | Esanda Finance Rally of Australia (ACT) | 12–14 August 1988 |
Round One – APPM/TT-Line Rally Tasmania
Position | Driver | Navigator | Car | Time |
1 | Murray Coote | Iain Stewart | Mazda 323 4WD | 4h 17m 06s |
2 | Greg Carr | Fred Gocentas | Mitsubishi Starion | 4h 20m 42s |
3 | Peter Glennie | Peter Clark | Subaru RX Turbo | 4h 24m 33s |
4 | David Officer | Kate Officer | Mitsubishi Starion | 4h 25m 57s |
5 | Patrick Barber | Simon Brown | Ford Laser TX3 4WD | 4h 25m 36s |
6 | Graham Alexander | David Stewart | Toyota Corolla GT | 4h 30m 30s |
7 | George Kahler | Tony Best | Mazda 323 4WD | 4h 31m 35s |
8 | Adrian Taylor | Dave Ambrose | Honda Civic CRX | 4h 32m 02s |
Round Two – BP Visco Forest Rally
Position | Driver | Navigator | Car | Time |
1 | Wayne Bell | Dave Boddy | Mazda 323 4WD | 3h 17m 59s |
2 | Greg Carr | Fred Gocentas | Mitsubishi Starion | 3h 20m 08s |
3 | Murray Coote | Iain Stewart | Mazda 323 4WD | 3h 22m 09s |
4 | Rob Herridge | Steve Vanderbyl | Subaru RX Turbo | 3h 22m 37s |
5 | John Macara | Rod van der Straaten | Subaru RX Turbo | 3h 22m 46s |
6 | Patrick Barber | Simon Brown | Ford Laser TX3 4WD | 3h 30m 49s |
7 | Mark Tolcher | David Tolcher | Subaru RX Turbo | 3h 32m 15s |
8 | Tony Flood | Martin Morris | Toyota Corolla GT | 3h 32m 34s |
Round Three – 2EC Bega Valley Rally
Round Four – Esanda Finance Rally of Australia
1988 Drivers and Navigators Championships
Final pointscore for 1988 is as follows.[2]
Murray Coote – Champion Driver 1988
Iain Stewart – Champion Navigator 1988
References
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89 ISSN 0158-4138
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Year 1989/90 ISSN 0158-4138
External links
- [1] Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results.