Victorian Rally Championship

The Victorian Rally Championship was the evolution series of car rallies in Victoria, Australia. Prior to 1972, car rallies/trials relied heavily on the ability of a navigator to read a map and direct their driver over a planned course covering shire roads and forest tracks at night.

In 1972 the series evolved in line with the improvement of forest tracks, and the population of properties along Shire roads – into a more driver-oriented event.

Route instructions became comprehensive, making it easier for a crew to avoid getting lost, and results were effectively determined by how fast the drivers drove on the generally narrow forest roads.

Since 1990, many of these events have been held during daylight hours – making the competition more attractive to spectators.

Victorian Rally Champions

Winners of the Victorian Rally Championship and the preceding Victorian Trials Championship are as follows:

Year	Driver	Navigator/Co-Driver
1961	Geoff Russell	Martin Hartigan
1962	Geoff Russell	R.H.Collingwood
1963	Harry Firth	Graham Hoinville
1963	Frank Kilfoyle	Mike Flanagan
1964	Frank Kilfoyle	Roger Abraham
1965	Harry Firth	Graham Hoinville
1966	Tony Roberts	Peter Haas
1967	Reg Lunn*	Roger Vaughan *
1968	Bob Watson	Jim McAuliffe
1969	Bob Watson	Jim McAuliffe
1970	Bob Watson	Jim McAuliffe
1971	Mal McPherson	Peter Haas
1972**	Gil Davis	Roger Bonhomme
1973	Bob Watson	Jeff Beaumont
1974	Garrie Harrowfield	Geoff Boyd
1975	David Bond	Ian Richards
1976	Bob Waterhouse	Paul Paterson
1977	Gil Davis	David Long
1978	Warwick Smith	Paul Paterson
1979	Warwick Smith	Paul Paterson
1980	Chris Brown	Simon Brown
1981	Geoff Portman	Ross Runnalls
1982	Chris Brown	Noel Richards
1983	David Officer	Kate Hobson
1984	Peter A Thompson*	Anthony Sartory*
1985	Brian Smith	John Birrell
1986	Geoff Portman	Peter Gale
1987	Geoff Portman	Peter Gale
1988	David Greig	Paul Tirant
1989	Greg Hoinville	Michael Cains
1990	David Greig	Paul Tirant
1991	Peter Fyfe	Gerry Bashford
1992	Peter Fyfe	Gerry Bashford
1993	Graeme Wise	Helen Wylie
1994	Graeme Wise	Helen Wylie
1995	Graeme Wise*	Greg Foletta*
1996	Graeme Wise	Rob Beekman
1997	Mike Reeves	Robin Smalley
1998	Craig Morris	Jenny Cole
1999	Scott Pedder	Paul Humm
2000	Scott Pedder	Paul Humm
2001	David Stannus	Peter Campbell
2002	Brett Thompson	Rob Vanderee
2003	Mike Reeves	Robin Smalley
2004	Peter Montgomery	Chris Montgomery
2005	Justin Dowel	Matt Lee
2006	Justin Dowel	Matt Lee
2007	Justin Dowel	Matt Lee
2008	Mark Fawcett	Simon Ellis
2009	Mark Fawcett	Carrie Morris
2010	Nathan Reeves	Scott Spedding
2011	Warren Lee	David Lethlean
2012	Stephen Raymond	Glen Raymond
2013	Tristan Penhall	Jolie Middleton
2014	Justin Dowel	Scott Spedding

* Driver and navigator were not from the same crew. ** Victorian Rally Championship introduced; previously, this was known as the Victorian Trials Championship.

Since 2003, there has been a separate Two Wheel Drive Championship contested as part of the Annual Championships. Winners of the Victorian 2WD Rally Championship are as follows:

Year	Driver	Navigator/Co-Driver
2003	Andrew Vibert	David Gallacher
2004	Ben Fawcett	Tony Boyd
2005	Brian Semmens	David Leoncini
2006	Brian Semmens	David Leoncini
2007	Brian Semmens	David Leoncini
2008	Andrew Taylor	Robin Smalley
2009	Brian Semmens	David Leoncini
2010	Alan Friend	Robin Smalley
2011	Brian Semmens	Dan Parry
2012	Brian Semmens	Dan Parry
2013	Brian Semmens	Dan Parry
2014	Justin Walker	Bianca Lowe