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Follow all of the live action from Heat Two of the coates Rally Queensland on the rally.com.au live blog. After a tough battle with Eli Evans for much of Saturday, Neal Bates took out Heat One in the final stage, with Michael Guest following and Eli Evans eventually settling for third. Two-time defending Champions Simon and Sue Evans were forced to withdraw after a crash on SS7.

Can't make it to the 2008 coates Rally Queensland? Not a problem; follow all of the live action wherever you are throughout the weekend via the rally.com.au Live Event Blog.

This weekend’s coates Rally Queensland provides Eli Evans with another chance to challenge for his first Heat win in the Australian Rally Championship. With co-driver Chris Murphy back in the navigator's seat and the setup of the car becoming ever-more familiar, it would take a brave person to bet against Evans standing on the podium come Sunday afternoon.

THE longest-running round of the Australian Rally championship, coates Rally Queensland, has been congratulated on its 40th anniversary next week by its most famous winner, world rally star Chris Atkinson. As well as Chris Atkinson, Rally Queensland winners have included many other famous names, such as Possum Bourne, Neal Bates, Simon Evans, Greg Carr, Colin Bond, Harry Firth, George Fury, Murray Coote and Ross Dunkerton.

The world motor sport community is today mourning the loss of Ove Andersson, the former rally driver and Toyota Formula One team principal who helped pioneer Toyota’s presence in the Australian Rally Championship. Andersson was participating in the Milligan Vintage Trial rally in South Africa and was killed when his car crashed head-on with another car as he rounded a corner.

TRD team mates Simon Evans and Neal Bates are leading the charge to the third round of the 2008 Australian Rally Championship, coates Rally Queensland, to be held on the Sunshine Coast, June 20 – 22. Over 70 crews will contest the rally which is based at the SurfAir on Marcoola resort with the forest stages in the Imbil State Forest.

The Car Club Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (CCRMIT) will be visited by two very special guests during the clubs next general meeting from 8pm  Thursday 12th June.
 

Subaru rally driver Cody Crocker takes on the International Rally of Whangarei in New Zealand this weekend, hoping another win will take him to the lead of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship after three of the scheduled seven rounds.

Subaru Rally driver Chris Atkinson’s final day at the Acropolis Rally ended early after a small spin resulted in suspension damage, but the Australian remains in third place in the World Rally Championship as the half-way mark of the series nears. Sebastien Loeb won the rally to moved into the lead of the championship with 50 points after seven of the 15 rounds.