1998 Round Australia Trial

The 1998 Round Australia Trial, officially the Playstation Rally Round Australia was the fourteenth and last running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between the 6th and the 27th of September 1998. The event covered 18,500 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Bruce Garland and Harry Suzuki, driving a Holden Jackaroo..

1998 Round Australia Trial
Playstation Rally Round Australia
 Previous event
Host country Australia
Rally baseAdelaide
Dates run6 27 September 1998
Stages21
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance18,500 km (11,500 miles)
Results
Overall winner Bruce Garland
Harry Suzuki
Bruce Garland Holden Motorsport
Crews57 at start, 47 at finish

Results

Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Overall Time
No. of Stages Missed (ms)
1 3 Bruce Garland Holden Motorsport Bruce Garland
Harry Suzuki
Holden Jackaroo 34hr 27min 19sec
2 05 Bruce Garland Holden Motorsport Peter Brock
Wayne Webster
Holden Jackaroo 34hr 56min 3sec
3 54 David Lowe David Lowe
Robert Gambino
Datsun 180B SSS 37hr 29min 5sec
4 4 Warren Ridge Smash Repairs Warren Ridge
Joy Ridge
Mitsubishi Pajero 37hr 50min 16sec
5 8 Owen Racing Reg Owen
Russell Cairns
Nissan Patrol 37hr 55min 25sec
6 18 Pedders Suspension Ron Pedder
Scott Pedder
Holden Commodore VS Ute 38hr 2min 29sec
7 6 Edwards Rally Team Kevin Edwards
Martin Reeves
Ford Falcon EF XR6 38hr 3min 3sec
8 14 Del Garbett Rally Sport Mark Griffith
Del Garbett
Toyota RAV4 38hr 47min 41sec
9 69 Colin Hunter Racing Colin Hunter
Guy Basile
Jeep Grand Cherokee 39hr 6min 56sec
10 13 I.A. Swan Ford Explorer Team Steve Cornwall
Stewart Cornwall
Ford Explorer 40hr 12min 51sec
11 32 John Williams John Williams
Mike Batten
Holden Monaro HT 40hr 59min 41sec
12 58 Dennis Barber Dennis Barber
Andrew Crane
Peugeot 504 41hr 9min 11sec
13 21 Murray Rogers Murray Rogers
Russell McKenzie
Holden Commodore VH 42hr 53min 19sec
14 96 Dennis McGregor Dennis McGregor
Mark Matschoss
Toyota Land Cruiser Ute 43hr 14min 43sec
15 24 Daniel Murphy Daniel Murphy
Steve Poore
Holden Commodore VH 43hr 41min 4sec
16 31 Alan Cameron Alan Cameron
Ted Rogers
Holden Torana LJ XU-1 44hr 36min 33sec
17 35 Graham Birrell Richard Pollock
Graham Birrell
Peugeot 504 45hr 10min 4sec
18 27 Peter Cochrane Transport Peter Cochrane
Duncan Richter
Ford Falcon ED XR6 45hr 20min 39sec
19 66 Donald Williams David Hodge
Donald Williams
Rover 3500 SD1 46hr 28min 44sec
20 29 Ewan Jones Ewan Jones
Andrew Smith
Alfa Romeo GTV 48hr 1min 47sec
21 16 Danny Castro Danny Castro
Anthony Hudson
Datsun 1600 48hr 5min 55sec
22 72 N.J. Hawkins Neville Hawkins
Shirley Hawkins
Toyota Land Cruiser 49hr 11min 55sec
23 34 Team Phillips Steve Phillips
David Phillips
Jason Neasy
Toyota 4 Runner 49hr 59min 39sec
24 39 L.G. Matheson Gordon Matheson
Michael Matheson
Ford Falcon XT GT 58hr 59min 24sec
25 404 Ron Fraser Chris Hall
Ron Fraser
Matt Windrum
Peugeot 404 1ms 55hr 30min 13sec
26 61 P.M. Holloway Michael Holloway
Timothy Kennon
Holden Monaro HT 4ms 55hr 57min 31sec
27 53 Brett Wright Barry Ferguson
Brett Wright
Volkswagen Beetle 6ms 55hr 36min 34sec
28 9 Pedders Suspension Graeme Wise
Linda Long
Holden Commodore VS Ute 7ms 44hr 18min 52sec
29 505 Peter Champion Mining Pty Ltd Peter Champion
Ken Long
Joe Caudo
Holden Commodore VR 7ms 48hr 25min 43sec
30 214 Gary Randell Gary Randell
Eric Clementson
Volvo 142 7ms 60hr 53min 41sec
31 121 Sutton Rallying Dennis Sutton
David O'Neil
Ford Falcon EF XR6 10ms 59hr 2min 12sec
32 83 H.I. Enter Humphrey Enter
Kim Reynolds
Triumph 2000 Mark I 13ms 61hr 41min 13sec
33 15 Peter George Peter George
Jane Oliver
Datsun 1600 13ms 62hr 35min 28sec
34 26 Lockhart Holden Gold Coast Peter Lockhart
Tim Donovan
Holden Jackaroo 17ms 56hr 1min 17sec
35 1 Rolin Motorsport Michael Guest
Jason Walk
Paul Pyyvaara
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 17ms 60hr 29min 48sec
36 51 New Pioneer Motors Keith Callinan
Paul Couper
Holden Commodore VR 18ms 59hr 16min 42sec
37 237 Alastair McKechnie Alastair McKechnie
John Thain
Holden EH 19ms 71hr 28min 57sec
38 955 Eon McDonald Eon McDonald
Victor Willman
Holden Torana LJ 22ms 76hr 45min 31sec
39 17 Barry Rowe Barry Rowe
Michael Ellis
MG MGB GT 32ms 87hr 24min 37sec
40 911 Lloyd Hughes Lloyd Hughes
Peter Meddows
Renault 12 GL 37ms 104hr 54min 1sec
41 240 Geoffrey McEwan Geoffrey McEwan
Andrew D'espeissis
Holden EH 47ms 116hr 40min 35sec
42 300 Stewart Rally Team David Stewart
Graeme Rogers
Ford Falcon EL XR6 50ms 112hr 8min 46sec
43 23 Simon Bairstow Simon Bairstow
Stephan Kulynycz
Datsun Stanza 66ms 137hr 59min 19sec
44 112 D.J. Coote Douglas Coote
Cono Onofaro
Morris Cooper S 86ms 168hr 37min 1sec
45 47 John Darby John Darby
Colin Stewart
Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 94ms 164hr 20min 35sec
46 40 John Fraser John Fraser
Gwyn Mulholland
Toyota Corolla FX-GT 95ms 163hr 12min 32sec
47 226 Graham McPherson Graham McPherson
Ray Scheiwe
R. Morgan
Ford Fairlane FD Compact 99ms 186hr 23min 7sec
Source:[1] [2] [3]
gollark: It's very inactive.
gollark: This is the only important one.
gollark: There are three.
gollark: ```http://www.reactiongifs.com/permabanned/ Nice job griefing BL. I hope you learnt your goddamn lesson. -Swaglicious_R```
gollark: Well, seems guilty.

References

  1. Playstation Rally Round Australia Official Results, 1998
  2. Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 222-224
  3. Festival Records, Playstation Rally Round Australia 1998 Official Video, 1998
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.