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2003 AUSTRALIAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

CROCKER WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

• Subaru driver Cody Crocker and co-driver Greg Foletta won their first Australian Rally title - the inaugural Possum Bourne merorial trophy.
• Simon and Sue Evans finished 3rd overall. They became the first privateer to win an Australia Rally round outright. (Rally of Melbourne)

POSSUM BOURNE TRIBUTE

• 47 year old Peter "Possum" Bourne was the most successful Australian and New Zealand rally driver having won a record 7 Australian Rally titles. This year he was competing in both the Australian Rally and the World Rally (Production Car class).

FINAL STANDING

1 CROCKER 199
2 ORDYNSKI 168
3 KANGAS 148
4 EVANS 142
5 HERRIDGE 127
6 PEDDER 91
7 LOWNDES 90
8 N BATES 70

2003 FINAL STANDING:

MANUFACTURERS

1 Subaru 522
2 Mitsubishi 370
3 Toyota 182

PRIVATEERS

1 Kangas 196
2 Evans 194
3 Goldsbrough 125

F16

1 Peterson 164
2 Lockhart 146
3 Anderson 70

AUSSI CARS

1 P Menzies 196
2 I Menzies 96
3 Ross 40

2003 AUSTRALIAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

2003 SEASON:

• 6 round championship; March 28 - November 16, 2003
• Factory Toyota returns
• 3 manufacturers (Subaru, Mitsubishi, Toyota)
• Possum Bourne contests both ARC and World Rally (Group N); he will miss 1 round of ARC (Rally of QLD)
• Inetrnational driver: Juha Kangas (Finland)
• Group NP (prototype) class
• New promoter for next 3 years - IMG
• new Formula 1600 class
• INTERNATIONAL ROUND - ASIA PACIFIC
• Apr, 25-27, Canberra

2003 RALLY RESULTS:

• Round 6 of 6: TAS, Nov 14-16, Rally of Tasmania - won by Juha Kangas, Mitsubishi
  ** first Australian Rally title for Cody Crocker **

• Round 5: VIC, Oct 3-5, Rally of Melbourne - won by Simon Evans, Subaru
  ** first privateer to win overall round **

• Round 4: SA, August 8-10, Rally of South Australia - won by Ed Ordynski, Mitsubishi

• Round 3: NSW, July 4-6, Rally of New South Wales - won by Ed Ordynski, Mitsubishi

• Round 2: QLD, June 13-15, Rally of QLD, Caloundra - won by Cody Crocker, Subaru

• ASIA PACIFIC RALLY: Canberra, April 25-27 - won by Cody Crocker, Subaru

• Round 1: WA, March 28-30, Forest Rally, Perth - won by Cody Crocker, Subaru

2003 TEAMS: FACTORY WORK TEAMS

• NEW TOYOTA (TOYOTA TEAM RACING - TTR)
• 2 driver teams
• Neal Bates / Coral Taylor
• Rick bates / Damien Long
• Goodridge tyres
• New car - Group NP (prototype Corolla)
• SUBARU
• 3 driver teams
• Possum Bourne (2003 Impreza WRX)
• Dean Herridge (2002 championship winning ex P Bourne car)
• Cody Crocker
• Pirelli tyres
• MITSUBISHI
• 3 driver teams
• Ed Ordynski (2003 Lancer EVO VII)
• Spencer Lowndes (2002 Lancer EVO VII - ex Ordynski car)
• Scott Pedder (2002 Lancer EVO VI - ex Lowndes car)

2003 TEAMS: PRIVATEERS

• Simon Evans / Sue Evans; Yokohama Motorsports - Subaru WRX
• Juha Kangas (FIN) - ARC debut ; Les Walkden Rally - Lancer EVO VII, brought from Finland
• Mark Pedder - Lancer EVO VI
• Mark Thompson - Lancer EVO V
• Brett Comber - Lancer EVO VII
• Steven Shepherd - Lancer EVO VII
• Martin Lintoff - Lancer EVO VII

2003: FORMULA 1600

• "Junior" category
• 2 wheel drive
• 1600cc; 130 KW
• Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Toyota

• Round 1: WA, March 28-30, Forest Rally, Perth
• ASIA PACIFIC RALLY: Canberra, April 25-27
• Round 2: QLD, June 13-15, Rally of Queensland, Caloundra
• Round 3: NSW, July 4-6, Rally of NSW
• Round 4: SA, August 8-10, Rally of South Australia, Adelaide
• WORLD RALLY, PERTH: September 5-7
• Round 5: VIC, Oct 3-5, Rally Melbourne
• Round 6: TAS, Nov 14-16, Safari Rally Tasmania