Victorian Rally Championship

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The Victorian Rally Championship was the evolution series of car rallies in Victoria, Australia. Prior to 1972, car rallies/trials relied heavily on the ability of a navigator to read a map, and then direct his/her driver over a planned course covering shire roads and forest tracks at night.

In 1972 the series evolved – in line with improvement of forest tracks, and population of properties along shire roads – into a more driver-oriented event.

Route instructions became very comprehensive, making it almost impossible for a crew to get lost, and results were effectively determined by the speed with which a driver was prepared to drive on the generally narrow forest roads.

Since 1990, many of these events are held during daylight hours – making the competition more attractive to spectators.

[edit] Victorian Rally Champions

Winners of the Victorian Rally Championship and the preceding Victorian Trials Championship are as follows:

YEAR DRIVER NAVIGATOR/CO-DRIVER
1961 Geoff Russell Martin Hartigan
1962 Geoff Russell R.H.Collingwood
1963= Harry Firth Graham Hoinville
1963= Frank Kilfoyle Mike Flanagan
1964 Frank Kilfoyle Roger Abraham
1965 Harry Firth Graham Hoinville
1966 Tony Roberts Peter Haas
1967 Reg Lunn * Roger Vaughan *
1968 Bob Watson Jim McAuliffe
1969 Bob Watson Jim McAuliffe
1970 Bob Watson Jim McAuliffe
1971 Mal McPherson Peter Haas
1972** Gil Davis Roger Bonhomme
1973 Bob Watson Jeff Beaumont
1974 Garrie Harrowfield Geoff Boyd
1975 David Bond Ian Richards
1976 Bob Waterhouse Paul Paterson
1977 Gil Davis David Long
1978 Warwick Smith Paul Paterson
1979 Warwick Smith Paul Paterson
1980 Chris Brown Simon Brown
1981 Geoff Portman Ross Runnalls
1982 Chris Brown Noel Richards
1983 David Officer Kate Hobson
1984 Peter A Thompson * Anthony Sartory *
1985 Brian Smith John Birrell
1986 Geoff Portman Peter Gale
1987 Geoff Portman Peter Gale
1988 David Greig Paul Tirant
1989 Greg Hoinville Michael Cains
1990 David Greig Paul Tirant
1991 Peter Fyfe Gerry Bashford
1992 Peter Fyfe Gerry Bashford
1993 Graeme Wise Helen Wylie
1994 Graeme Wise Helen Wylie
1995 Graeme Wise* Greg Foletta*
1996 Graeme Wise Rob Beekman
1997 Mike Reeves Robin Smalley
1998 Craig Morris Jenny Cole
1999 Scott Pedder Paul Humm
2000 Scott Pedder Paul Humm
2001 David Stannus Peter Campbell
2002 Brett Thompson Rob Vanderee
2003 Mike Reeves Robin Smalley
2004 Peter Mongomery Chris Mongomery
2005 Justin Dowel Matt Lee
2006 Justin Dowel Matt Lee
2007 Justin Dowel Matt Lee
* Driver and navigator were not from the same crew.
** Victorian Rally Championship introduced; previously, this was known as the Victorian Trials Championship.

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