2014 Australian Rally Championship

The 2014 East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship was the 47th season of the Australian Rally Championship, one of the world's oldest continuously run rally championships. The season began 28 February at the National Capital Rally, and ended 15 November at Rally Victoria, after six events. The championship incorporated two international events; Round 5 was a World Rally Championship event, Rally Australia, while Round 3, the International Rally of Queensland was a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Each domestic rally was contested over two heats, with three or four components to the two international events.[1]

2014 Australian Rally season
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The championship was won for the first time by Scott Pedder, taking a total of eight heat wins and the overall wins for the two international events. He won the title by 44 points ahead of Brendan Reeves, who took 5 heat wins during the season. Third place in the championship was taken by Adrian Coppin, who took podium placings in eight heats without victory. The only other driver to take a heat win was Steven Mackenzie, who won the final heat of the season, at Rally Victoria.

Event calendar and results

The 2014 Australian Rally Championship was as follows:[1]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 National Capital Rally Heat 1
(28 February–1 March)[2]		 1 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:20:23.0 8 108.22 km 56 44
2 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:20:51.5
3 Neal Bates Toyota Celica 1:21:25.7
Heat 2
(2 March)[3]		 1 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 50:03.8 7 81.94 km 56 41
2 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:09.2
3 Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 50:57.2
2 Quit Forest Rally Heat 1
(4–5 April)[4]		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:08:06.6 10 104.43 km 74 57
2 Dylan King Subaru Impreza WRX 1:08:13.3
3 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:08:39.4
Heat 2
(6 April)[5]		 1 Dylan King Subaru Impreza WRX 1:09:01.9 8 111.76 km 53 44
2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:10:03.3
3 Doug Tostevin Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1:10:15.3
3 International Rally of Queensland Heat 1
(20–21 June)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:14:06.7 10 118.60 km 47 33
2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:15:08.9
3 Matt van Tuinen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:15:51.7
Heat 2
(22 June)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:07:11.7 5 103.70 km 43 26
2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:08:12.2
3 Peter Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:08:43.3
Overall
(20–22 June)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 2:21:18.4 15 222.30 km 41 21
2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 2:23:21.1
3 Peter Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2:26:30.2
4 Scouts Rally SA Heat 1
(1 August)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 16:36.5 3 26.53 km 21 17
2 Henry Nott Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 16:37.5
3 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 16:49.0
Heat 2
(2 August)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 48:34.8 9 85.44 km 40 24
2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 49:22.0
3 Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 50:56.8
Heat 3
(3 August)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 32:20.9 7 54.38 km 35 32
2 Henry Nott Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 32:42.5
3 Neal Bates Toyota Celica 33:12.0
5 Rally Australia Heat 1
(11–12 September)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:05:56.6 8 95.84 km 44 39
2 Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:08:32.7
3 Mick Patton Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:10:49.7
Heat 2
(13 September)		 1 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:13:52.6 6 116.80 km 40 36
2 Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 1:16:43.7
3 Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1:16:45.9
Heat 3
(14 September)		 1 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 48:32.3 5 78.74 km 37 30
2 Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 50:08.5
3 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:27.6
Overall
(11–14 September)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 3:13:57.1 19 291.38 km 44 30
2 Mick Patton Volkswagen Polo Vivo 3:23:41.5
3 Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 3:29:57.4
6 Rally Victoria Heat 1
(14 November)		 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 42:58.2 4 63.30 km 35 29
2 Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 43:05.9
3 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 43:12.7
Heat 2
(15 November)		 1 Justin Dowel Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:31:44.6 9 136.36 km 56 47
2 Henry Nott Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:32:04.5
3 Steven Mackenzie Ford Fiesta ST 1:33:19.0

Championship standings

The 2014 Australian Rally Championship points were as follows:[6]

Australian Championship
Position Driver Vehicle Capital Forest Queensland SA Australia Victoria Total
H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Ove. H1 H2 H3 H1 H2 H3 Ove. H1 H2
1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 4 2 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 6 1 4 3 1 1 1 2 483
2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1 1 6 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 Ret 1 1 5 5 2 5 6 439
3 Adrian Coppin Citroën DS3 R3T 3 3 3 3 5 6 5 1 3 3 6 1 5 2 2 3 1 4 4 361
4 Tony Sullens Citroën DS3 R3T 5 Ret 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 3 3 3 1 333
5 Alan Roe Ford Focus Ret 4 5 4 1 6 Ret 3 5 6 152
6 Michael Patton Volkswagen Polo Vivo 6 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 5 6 2 123
7 Steven Mackenzie Ford Fiesta 2 6 EX Ret 4 EX Ret 1 117
8 Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Vivo Ret Ret 4 4 4 3 5 Ret 2 2 3 Ret Ret 115
9 Eli Evans Volkswagen Polo Vivo Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 6
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References
  1. "2014 Season Calendar". rally.com.au. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  6. "2014 Australian Rally Champion ‐ Driver Pointscore ‐ Provisional" (pdf). rally.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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