The 2013 East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship is the 46th season of the Australian Rally Championship, one of the world's oldest continuously run rally championships. The season began 1 March at the newly revived National Capital Rally, and is scheduled to end 16 November at Rally Victoria, after six events.

The championship incorporates two international events, Round 5 is a World Rally Championship event, Rally Australia, while Round 4, the International Rally of Queensland is a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.

Each domestic rally is contested over two heats, with three or four components to the two international events.

With the championship now awarded specifically to two-wheel-drive cars exclusively has seen an influx of European and Asian Super 2000 and Super 1600 cars as well as a revival of older rear-wheel-drive performance cars. While most of the top drivers have moved out of the Mitsubishi Lancer and Subaru Impreza 4WD turbos, they remain competitive with reigning Western Australian rally champion Alex Stone winning a heat at the Forest Rally.

Between Honda Jazz driver Eli Evans and Renault Clio driver Scott Peddar have dominated the 2013 season, winning all bar one heat and taking eleven of the 18 top three positions. Evans leads the championship by 29 points over Peddar. Peddar's teammate Tom Wilde is 88 points behind Evans in third. Mazda 2 driver Brendan Reeves, who is also racing in the NACAM Rally Championship is fourth a distant 119 points from Peddar. Proving the flexibility of the new regulations, Jack Monkhouse is fifth in the championship driving a 1999 model Nissan Silvia.

Race calendar and results

The 2013 Australian Rally Championship is as follows: Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 National Capital Rally Heat 1(1–2 March)1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 47:58.0 696.06 km 66 542 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 48:06.13 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 48:48.5 Heat 2(3 March) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 58:12.2 795.34 km 65 47 2 John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 58:24.7 3 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 58:45.3 2 Quit Forest Rally Heat 1(5–6 April) 1 Alex Stone Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1:09:08.3 10105.89 km 47 35 2 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:10:47.2 3 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:11:31.9 Heat 2(7 April) 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:04:42.5 9104.17 km 41 27 2 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:05:01.5 3 Leigh Hynes Subaru Impreza WRX 1:05:18.8 3 Scouts Rally SA Heat 1(24–25 May) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 57:53.6 11117.05 km 51 42 2 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 58:12.3 3 Declan Dwyer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 58:13.3 Heat 2(26 May) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 50:39.3 793.81 km 44 36 2 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 50:57.2 3 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 51:13.4 4 International Rally of Queensland Heat 1(12–13 July) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:02:30.5 12111.24 km 74 53 2 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1:02:54.8 3 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:03:55.4 Heat 2(14 July) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:05:20.5 9102.82 km 64 48 2 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:06:42.2 3 Steven Shepheard Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:07:06.7 Overall(12–14 July) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2:07:51.0 21214.06 km 74 48 2 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 2:10:37.6 3 John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2:12:26.0 5 Rally Australia Heat 1(12–13 September) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 49:35.6 994.54 km 69 64 2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 50:06.1 3 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 50:19.8 Heat 2(14 September) 1 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 1:25:00.7 6132.68 km 66 57 2 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:25:02.2 3 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 1:25:50.4 Heat 3(15 September) 1 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 36:25.0 362.57 km 62 47 2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 36:34.7 3 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 36:47.6 Overall(12–15 September) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2:51:25.4 18289.79 km 69 47 2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 2:51:41.5 3 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 2:53:45.2 6 Rally Victoria Heat 1(15 November) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 41:13.3 4 55.20 km 37 34 2 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 41:16.5 3 Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 41:17.8 Heat 2(16 November) 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 1:36:13.3 7143.20 km 64 56 2 John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:36:40.1 3 Richie Dalton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:36:46.0

Championship standings The 2013 Australian Rally Championship points are as follows:

Australian Championship Position Driver Vehicle Capital Forest SA Queensland Australia Victoria Total H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Overall H1 H2 H3 Overall H1 H2 1 Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2 1 4 1 2 5 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 6 1 1 6508 2 Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 3 11 2 3 5 4 1 3 2 2 5 3 3 4 3 3 3326 3 Scott Pedder Renault Clio R3 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 7 5 1 10 4 1 5 1 Ret Ret 1326 4 Brendan Reeves Mazda 2 Ret 9 5 4 6 3 3 3 6 Ret Ret 3 2 1 2 2 2 2293 5 Mark Pedder Honda Jazz 6 4 Ret Ret 6 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 Ret230 6 Michael Patton Volkswagen Polo 8 7 7 Ret Ret DNS 7 5 6 9 9 8 6 5 5178 7 Adrian Coppin Ford Fiesta R2 9 8 8 Ret 9 8 8 6 7 11 8 9 7152 8 Nicholas Box Holden VK Commodore Nissan 370Z 11 10 Ret 5 14 Ret 5 4 4 8 7 Ret Ret125 9 Jack Monkhouse Nissan Silvia 5 3 1 5 7 11 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 3122 10 Michael Boaden Volkswagen Polo Ret 5 6 4 7 6 Ret DNS Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret119 11 Steven Mackenzie Ford Fiesta ST 7 6 8 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 6 8 Ret Ret106 12 Glen Raymond Mazda RX-7 7 10 7 9 6 484 13 Will Orders Nissan Silvia 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret52

Four wheel drive class Position Driver Vehicle Capital Forest SA Queensland Australia Victoria Total H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 Overall H1 H2 H3 Overall H1 H2 1 John Mitchell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1253 2 Ritchie Dalton Subaru Impreza WRX STi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1 6 6 2 3 2 3 4 3 1 2 1212 3 Michael Bailey Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 3 4 3 4 2 5 4 5 4 7 4183 4 Michael Harding Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2 2 8 2 2 Ret Ret 4 6160 5 Gerald Schofield Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 7 5 6 5 6 6 Ret Ret 8 5127 6 Warren Lee Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 1 6 3116 7 Doug Tostevin Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 2 3 Ret98 8 Peter Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3 2 1 286 9 Brett Middleton Subaru Forester Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 5 4 4 Ret 7 1084 10 Adrian Di Lallo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Ret Ret 2 4 5 Ret78 11 John O'Dowd Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1 370 Graeme Miles Subaru Impreza WRX 4 Ret 9 470 13 Derek Reynolds Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Ret 5 7 756 14 Bethany Cullen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 9 5 3 555 15 Justin Dowell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2 854 16 Joshua Doyle Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6 350 17 James Rodda Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 648 18 Stephen Mitchell Subaru Impreza WRX 10 7 9 642 19 Leigh Hynes Subaru Impreza WRX Ret 1 141 Declan Dwyer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1 Ret 141 21 Stephen Mee Mazda 323 4WD 6 840 22 Mark Fawcett Porsche Cayenne 10 538 Cath Donohue Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 7 7 638 24 Chris Jaques Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 11 8 11 736 Robert Webber Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5 936 26 John Keen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 12 9 10 833 27 Andrew Penny Subaru Impreza WRX 7 Ret 8 931 28 Robert King Subaru Impreza WRX 9 830 Brad Till Subaru Impreza WRX 10 730 30 Gerard McConkey Subaru Impreza WRX 8 Ret 6 1128 31 Peter Dunn Subaru Impreza WRX STi Ret 10 12 1219 32 Marius Swart Volkswagen Polo S2000 Ret 3 Ret15

References

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