Cody Crocker

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Cody Crocker
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1971-10-18) October 18, 1971 Victoria, Australia
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
Years active	2006-2009
Teams	Les Walkden Rallying Motor Image Rally Team
Wins	24
Best finish	1st in 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009
Previous series
1997-2005	Australian Rally Championship
Championship titles
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009	Australian Rally Championship Australian Rally Championship Australian Rally Championship A-Pac Rally Championship A-Pac Rally Championship A-Pac Rally Championship A-Pac Rally Championship

Cody Crocker (born 18 October 1971) is an Australian rally and racing car driver. Crocker won seven titles between 2003 and 2009 and with 24 wins and four consecutive championships is the most successful driver in the history of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.^[1]

Crocker was discovered in the mid-1990s, winning a junior development title in the Australian Rally Championship in 1995 coupled with runner up in the Victorian Rally Championship. For the 1997 season Crocker acquired a second-hand Subaru Legacy and finished eighth in the Australian Rally Championship.

In 1998 Crocker joined Possum Bourne's team, Subaru Rally Team Australia as the team's Number 2 driver and driver of the team's Group N Impreza while Bourne drove the team's World Rally Car. The following year Crocker broke through to his first ARC victory at the Rally of Melbourne.^[2] Crocker continued as Bourne's backup until Bourne's death in a traffic accident in early 2003. The team rallied around Crocker who won the Forest Rally and Rally of Queensland on his way to winning his first Australian Rally Championship.^[2] Two more titles followed, making ten consecutive for the team. Subaru withdrew from rallying at the end of the 2005 season.

Crocker linked up up with long-time ARC rivals Les Walkden Rallying with support from Subaru to take on the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship which he won in his debut season despite competing on many of the rallies for the first time. Since then Crocker has remained undefeated in the APRC even while changing teams.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1995	Victorian Rally Championship	2nd
1997	Australian Rally Championship	8th	Subaru Legacy RS
1998	Australian Rally Championship	4th	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
1999	Australian Rally Championship	3rd	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
2000	Australian Rally Championship	3rd	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
2001	Australian Rally Championship	3rd	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
2002	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
2003	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
2004	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
2005	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Subaru Impreza WRX	Possum Bourne Motorsport
2006	Asia-Pacific Rally Championship	1st	Subaru Impreza WRX	Les Walkden Rallying
2007	Asia-Pacific Rally Championship	1st	Subaru Impreza WRX	Motor Image Rally Team
2008	Asia-Pacific Rally Championship	1st	Subaru Impreza WRX	Motor Image Rally Team
2009	Asia-Pacific Rally Championship	1st	Subaru Impreza WRX	Motor Image Racing Team
2012	Australian Side x Side Rally Challenge	1st	Polaris RZR 900 XP	Polaris Racing

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1995	Cody Crocker	Subaru Legacy RS	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS Ret	ESP	GBR									NC	0
1998	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS 25	GBR				NC	0
1999	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL 15	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS Ret	GBR			NC	0
2000	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL EX	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS Ret	GBR			NC	0
2001	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL Ret	ITA	FRA	AUS 21	GBR			NC	0
2002	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL Ret	AUS 25	GBR			NC	0
2003	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	TUR	NZL 15	ARG	GRE	CYP	GER	FIN	AUS Ret	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR			NC	0
2004	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL 11	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER		GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS 7	28th	2
2004	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza WRX STi											JPN 14						28th	2
2005	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL 12	ITA	CYP	TUR	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR		FRA	ESP	AUS 20	NC	0
2005	Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru Impreza WRX STi													JPN 13				NC	0
2009	Cody Croker	Subaru Impreza STi R4	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN	AUS 12	ESP	GBR					NC	0

Sporting positions
Preceded by Possum Bourne	Australian Rally Champion 2003, 2004 & 2005	Succeeded by Simon Evans
Preceded by Jussi Välimäki	Asia-Pacific Rally Champion 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009	Succeeded by Katsuhiko Taguchi

References

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External links

Cody Crocker website

Persondata
Name	Crocker, Cody
Alternative names
Short description	Australian racing driver
Date of birth	18 October 1971
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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