The stage is set for this month’s Adelaide Hills Rally for the fifth round of the Bosch Motorsport Australia Rally Championship (ARC), with another competitive entry list confirmed for South Australia.
The 2024 edition of the Adelaide Hills event will feature 23 ARC competitors in addition to 14 Motorsport Australia South Australian Rally Championship (SARC) competitors, with three competitors cross-entered into both championships – with the full list coming to 37 entrants.
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Current Championship leaders Harry Bates and Coral Taylor will look to continue their strong run in Adelaide, albeit in a different machine with their GR Yaris Rally2 not returning from Japan in time for this event. Instead, Bates and Taylor will revert to their Championship winning Toyota GR Yaris AP4.
The Toyota pair now enjoy a 61-point margin to second-seeded Eddie Maguire and Zak Brakey who will also be lining up on the start line in the Adelaide Hills.
Pedders Suspension & Brakes duo of Scott Pedder and Glenn Macneall will also return later this month in South Australia looking to redeem their unfortunate finish at the Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally.
Lewis Bates and Anthony Mcloughlin will join their Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia teammates, the pair eager to close a 38-point standings margin to Pedder in Adelaide to remain in the title hunt.
Consistent performers since their Forrest Rally eighth outright finish, Jamie and Brad Luff will once again challenge the Championship pack in their own Toyota GR Yaris AP4.
IntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing teammates Alex Rullo and Steve Glenney and Peter Rullo and James Marquet who will both be looking to redeem their respective Gippsland DNFs with a very different outing in the Adelaide Hills.
With MainFix ARC Production Cup leaders Molly Taylor and Andy Sarandis having finished their four required events for the year, the remaining 11 MainFix ARC Production Cup competitors will be eager to charge their points lead down.
Competing in their Subaru Impreza WRX, Josh Wiedman and Nick Reid will be eager to catch Taylor and Sarandis, as will 2023 Cup winners, Bodie Reading and Mark Young.
This month’s event will also see the return of the Subaru WRX Challenge for a second ARC round, with three competitors registered in the category – notably Gippsland second-placed Glenn Brinkman and Scott Beckwith.
Adelaide’s event will see four ARC Junior Cup competitors battle it out, with class leaders Mitch Garrad and Taylah Murphy returning in their Subaru Impreza to defend their current lead.
Rounding out the ARC competitors is four Trenching Systems Australia 2WD ARC Classic Cup entrants, fronted by current standings leaders Peter Dimmock and Paul Bennet.
The 2024 Adelaide Hills Rally will take place from 13-15 September around the council and shire roads of the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula regions.
