RALL Y NEWS RALLY 0312 Rally News ARC – Subaru Safari – Tasmania – It was a triumphant Team Subaru after Cody Crocker and Greg Foletta who claimed victory in Heat 1 to win the 2003 Championship and the inaugural Possum Bourne Memorial Trophy. The team also won the manufactures title. It was a good out come for the team after a tough year. Team-mate Dean Herridge had a consistent weekend with a3rd and 4th in both heats. The other title contenders had problems. Simon Evans Subaru’s leading privateer did not finish heat 1 because of engine trouble, and in heat 2 finished in 5th place. Mitsubishi’s Ed Ordyski had brake problems in both heats and finished well down the order in 5th and 6th. Toyota’s Neal Bates is still developing his prototype Corolla with a 4th place finish in heat 1 and a DNF in heat 2 because of an over heating engine. The overall winner for the weekend was Mitsubishi’s privateer Juha Kangas who finished both heats in 2nd and 1st places. He became the second privateer to win a round, and this enabled him to take out the Privateer’s Cup from Simon Evans. Other class wins went to Lee Peterson Mitsubishi Mirage F16 Cup [small car class] and Queensland’s Peter Menzies EL Falcon V8 Aussie Cup [big car class]. Final Points: Crocker 199, Ordynski 168, Kangas 148, Evans 142, Herridge 127. Manufactures: Subaru 435, Mitsubishi 370, Toyota 199. WRC News – Richard Burns who was signed to replace Tommi Makinen in Subaru’s World Championship Team in 20004 has been diagnosed with a brain tumour known as an astrocytoma. It is treatable and Doctors have advised him not to drive during the 04 season, while he has treatment and hopefully makes a full recovery. This means the Team needs a fill in driver and at this stage Colin McRae is a strong possibility. He has driven for the Team before and became World Champion in 1995.
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