Chris Higgs and Daymon Nicoli celebrated their return to the ARC after more than 12 months absence by posting the third fastest time on SSS1, the top five rounded out by Declan Dwyer in the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI and Lewis Bates in the Toyota Corolla S2000 finishing in a dead heat. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australian Rally Championship (ARC) on Friday night as competitors completed two 1.7 kilometre match races under lights on the brand new Stadium circuit. Today, Toyota contests the FIA-sanctioned World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship which features the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the gruelling Dakar Rally. Australian Rally Championship (ARC) leader Harry Bates is staking his 2017 title aspirations on a storming new 224kW Toyota Yaris that was unveiled today ahead of Rally SA. 1. Top Ten Outright – end SSS2 “It was quick and strong, just as you’d expect from the latest in a long line of rally cars built by dad and his team at Neal Bates Motorsport.”. George Bates was part of the GB team that won gold at the 2018 World Championships in Germany. Both AP4 and WRC Yaris cars have 1.6-litre turbocharged engines, but Bates’ car has a 34mm inlet restrictor that limits power compared with the WRC spec car. Closer to home, the Toyota 86 Racing Series seeks to develop the talent of tomorrow as Australia’s premier grassroots circuit-racing category. The rally action will continue on Sunday with nine special stages north-east of Adelaide, culminating with a a podium presentation at the Mount Barker Service Park on Sunday at 5:30pm. Innovations in Bates’ car include de-stroking a 1.8-litre Twin Cam Multi-valve Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine to achieve the desired 1.6-litre capacity.

“The new Yaris lived up to expectations by performing flawlessly in our first fully fledged shakedown just a week before its competition debut in Rally SA,” Bates said. The youngster started the year off with a bang, producing his best round result for the year after picking up two top-five finishes and ending the round in fourth. Championship contender Steve Glenney sits sixth outright in the Contel Communications’ Subaru Impreza WRX STi after SSS2 while Subaru do Motorsport’s Molly Taylor and Malcom Read are ninth. 2. 8. “For its time, the Corolla was one of the best S2000 cars in the world,” Bates senior said. In Western Bates has impressed in his short rally career, becoming the youngest winning driver in ARC history by taking out Victoria’s Eureka Rally in March. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australi “But everything in motor sport moves on and there has been so much progress in the last ten years that we have incorporated into the new Yaris.”. Bates’ Yaris AP4 had the edge over Eli Evans and Ben Searcy in the Skoda Fabia R5 on both stages, the rivals going head to head on SSS1 – Bates the victor by 1.2 seconds. 1 talking about this. The brake system consists of ventilated, slotted discs with AP Racing callipers and a Sadev hydraulic hand brake, to suit the special demands of rallying on gravel. #4 GLENNEY/SARANDIS 03:01.4 (+00:10.2)

Chris Higgs and Daymon Nicoli celebrated their return to the ARC after more than 12 months absence by posting the third fastest time on SSS1, the top five rounded out by Declan Dwyer in the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI and Lewis Bates in the Toyota Corolla S2000 finishing in a dead heat. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australian Rally Championship (ARC) on Friday night as competitors completed two 1.7 kilometre match races under lights on the brand new Stadium circuit. Today, Toyota contests the FIA-sanctioned World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship which features the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the gruelling Dakar Rally. Australian Rally Championship (ARC) leader Harry Bates is staking his 2017 title aspirations on a storming new 224kW Toyota Yaris that was unveiled today ahead of Rally SA. 1. Top Ten Outright – end SSS2 “It was quick and strong, just as you’d expect from the latest in a long line of rally cars built by dad and his team at Neal Bates Motorsport.”. George Bates was part of the GB team that won gold at the 2018 World Championships in Germany. Both AP4 and WRC Yaris cars have 1.6-litre turbocharged engines, but Bates’ car has a 34mm inlet restrictor that limits power compared with the WRC spec car. Closer to home, the Toyota 86 Racing Series seeks to develop the talent of tomorrow as Australia’s premier grassroots circuit-racing category. The rally action will continue on Sunday with nine special stages north-east of Adelaide, culminating with a a podium presentation at the Mount Barker Service Park on Sunday at 5:30pm. Innovations in Bates’ car include de-stroking a 1.8-litre Twin Cam Multi-valve Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine to achieve the desired 1.6-litre capacity.

“The new Yaris lived up to expectations by performing flawlessly in our first fully fledged shakedown just a week before its competition debut in Rally SA,” Bates said. The youngster started the year off with a bang, producing his best round result for the year after picking up two top-five finishes and ending the round in fourth. Championship contender Steve Glenney sits sixth outright in the Contel Communications’ Subaru Impreza WRX STi after SSS2 while Subaru do Motorsport’s Molly Taylor and Malcom Read are ninth. 2. 8. “For its time, the Corolla was one of the best S2000 cars in the world,” Bates senior said. In Western Bates has impressed in his short rally career, becoming the youngest winning driver in ARC history by taking out Victoria’s Eureka Rally in March. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australi “But everything in motor sport moves on and there has been so much progress in the last ten years that we have incorporated into the new Yaris.”. Bates’ Yaris AP4 had the edge over Eli Evans and Ben Searcy in the Skoda Fabia R5 on both stages, the rivals going head to head on SSS1 – Bates the victor by 1.2 seconds. 1 talking about this. The brake system consists of ventilated, slotted discs with AP Racing callipers and a Sadev hydraulic hand brake, to suit the special demands of rallying on gravel. #4 GLENNEY/SARANDIS 03:01.4 (+00:10.2)

Chris Higgs and Daymon Nicoli celebrated their return to the ARC after more than 12 months absence by posting the third fastest time on SSS1, the top five rounded out by Declan Dwyer in the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI and Lewis Bates in the Toyota Corolla S2000 finishing in a dead heat. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australian Rally Championship (ARC) on Friday night as competitors completed two 1.7 kilometre match races under lights on the brand new Stadium circuit. Today, Toyota contests the FIA-sanctioned World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship which features the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the gruelling Dakar Rally. Australian Rally Championship (ARC) leader Harry Bates is staking his 2017 title aspirations on a storming new 224kW Toyota Yaris that was unveiled today ahead of Rally SA. 1. Top Ten Outright – end SSS2 “It was quick and strong, just as you’d expect from the latest in a long line of rally cars built by dad and his team at Neal Bates Motorsport.”. George Bates was part of the GB team that won gold at the 2018 World Championships in Germany. Both AP4 and WRC Yaris cars have 1.6-litre turbocharged engines, but Bates’ car has a 34mm inlet restrictor that limits power compared with the WRC spec car. Closer to home, the Toyota 86 Racing Series seeks to develop the talent of tomorrow as Australia’s premier grassroots circuit-racing category. The rally action will continue on Sunday with nine special stages north-east of Adelaide, culminating with a a podium presentation at the Mount Barker Service Park on Sunday at 5:30pm. Innovations in Bates’ car include de-stroking a 1.8-litre Twin Cam Multi-valve Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine to achieve the desired 1.6-litre capacity.

“The new Yaris lived up to expectations by performing flawlessly in our first fully fledged shakedown just a week before its competition debut in Rally SA,” Bates said. The youngster started the year off with a bang, producing his best round result for the year after picking up two top-five finishes and ending the round in fourth. Championship contender Steve Glenney sits sixth outright in the Contel Communications’ Subaru Impreza WRX STi after SSS2 while Subaru do Motorsport’s Molly Taylor and Malcom Read are ninth. 2. 8. “For its time, the Corolla was one of the best S2000 cars in the world,” Bates senior said. In Western Bates has impressed in his short rally career, becoming the youngest winning driver in ARC history by taking out Victoria’s Eureka Rally in March. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australi “But everything in motor sport moves on and there has been so much progress in the last ten years that we have incorporated into the new Yaris.”. Bates’ Yaris AP4 had the edge over Eli Evans and Ben Searcy in the Skoda Fabia R5 on both stages, the rivals going head to head on SSS1 – Bates the victor by 1.2 seconds. 1 talking about this. The brake system consists of ventilated, slotted discs with AP Racing callipers and a Sadev hydraulic hand brake, to suit the special demands of rallying on gravel. #4 GLENNEY/SARANDIS 03:01.4 (+00:10.2)

Chris Higgs and Daymon Nicoli celebrated their return to the ARC after more than 12 months absence by posting the third fastest time on SSS1, the top five rounded out by Declan Dwyer in the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI and Lewis Bates in the Toyota Corolla S2000 finishing in a dead heat. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australian Rally Championship (ARC) on Friday night as competitors completed two 1.7 kilometre match races under lights on the brand new Stadium circuit. Today, Toyota contests the FIA-sanctioned World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship which features the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the gruelling Dakar Rally. Australian Rally Championship (ARC) leader Harry Bates is staking his 2017 title aspirations on a storming new 224kW Toyota Yaris that was unveiled today ahead of Rally SA. 1. Top Ten Outright – end SSS2 “It was quick and strong, just as you’d expect from the latest in a long line of rally cars built by dad and his team at Neal Bates Motorsport.”. George Bates was part of the GB team that won gold at the 2018 World Championships in Germany. Both AP4 and WRC Yaris cars have 1.6-litre turbocharged engines, but Bates’ car has a 34mm inlet restrictor that limits power compared with the WRC spec car. Closer to home, the Toyota 86 Racing Series seeks to develop the talent of tomorrow as Australia’s premier grassroots circuit-racing category. The rally action will continue on Sunday with nine special stages north-east of Adelaide, culminating with a a podium presentation at the Mount Barker Service Park on Sunday at 5:30pm. Innovations in Bates’ car include de-stroking a 1.8-litre Twin Cam Multi-valve Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine to achieve the desired 1.6-litre capacity.

“The new Yaris lived up to expectations by performing flawlessly in our first fully fledged shakedown just a week before its competition debut in Rally SA,” Bates said. The youngster started the year off with a bang, producing his best round result for the year after picking up two top-five finishes and ending the round in fourth. Championship contender Steve Glenney sits sixth outright in the Contel Communications’ Subaru Impreza WRX STi after SSS2 while Subaru do Motorsport’s Molly Taylor and Malcom Read are ninth. 2. 8. “For its time, the Corolla was one of the best S2000 cars in the world,” Bates senior said. In Western Bates has impressed in his short rally career, becoming the youngest winning driver in ARC history by taking out Victoria’s Eureka Rally in March. Fans enjoyed side-by-side rally action at round five of the CAMS Australi “But everything in motor sport moves on and there has been so much progress in the last ten years that we have incorporated into the new Yaris.”. Bates’ Yaris AP4 had the edge over Eli Evans and Ben Searcy in the Skoda Fabia R5 on both stages, the rivals going head to head on SSS1 – Bates the victor by 1.2 seconds. 1 talking about this. The brake system consists of ventilated, slotted discs with AP Racing callipers and a Sadev hydraulic hand brake, to suit the special demands of rallying on gravel. #4 GLENNEY/SARANDIS 03:01.4 (+00:10.2)