The countdown is on for the next instalment of the 2024 Bosch Motorsport Australia Rally Championship (ARC), with entries rolling in for the Adelaide Hills Rally in September.
Championship leaders Harry Bates and Coral Taylor headline the entries for Toyota Gazoo Racing, eager to follow up their victory at The Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally.
The pair head into the fifth round of the championship with a 56-point margin to newly-minted second-placed duo Eddie Maguire and Zak Brakey.
Fellow Toyota Gazoo Racing teammates Lewis Bates and Anthony McLoughlin will be eager to continue the momentum of their second-place Gippsland finish, the pair benefitting from an unfortunate end to proceedings for Scott Pedder and Glenn Macneall that saw them lose some momentum in the title charge of their own.
The Luff brothers will continue their ARC campaign at the Adelaide Hills Rally, the pair are currently sixth in the championship standings with their Toyota GR Yaris.
IntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing teammates Alex and Peter Rullo will compete in Adelaide with their Hyundai i20s, and both will be looking for a significant points haul following a double DNF in Gippsland.
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A key absence in Adelaide will be Molly Taylor and Andy Sarandis, leaving opportunity for Mainfix ARC Production Cup challengers to stake their claim in the standings with two rounds to go. The Cup title decided by each team’s best four rounds at season’s end.
Returning to the lineup for their third outing of 2024, Glenn Brinkman and Scott Beckwith will travel to Adelaide for the second running of the Subaru WRX Challenge one-make series.
Crews wanting to enter the Adelaide Hills Rally can do so via the Motorsport Australia Member Portal and have until 11:59pm AEDT on Friday 30 August to enter.
Enter the 2024 Adelaide Hills Rally.
The fifth round of the 2024 Bosch Motorsport Australia Rally Championship, Adelaide Hills Rally, takes place in and around the Adelaide Hills on 13-15 September.
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