 It's uncompromising, addictive and often unforgiving with an adrenaline rush, like no other. There is no practice, no second chances. It's the ultimate motorsport competition on gravel. It is rally and this is the East Coast All Bars Australian Rally Championship coming to you from the Scouts Rally SA. One of the big differences this year's Scouts Rally South Australia is the change of date. It's moved from a traditional home in the middle of the season where we've had very wet and wintery conditions. Now this year, bright sunshine and the driest, dustiest rally South Australia I can remember. What will that mean for our teams? Well I think loose slippery roads for the first time and as we do our first pass over the stage it will make a real difference. And with classics the only championship being decided it means we've got four-wheel drive and outright which will be decided in this final round of the year. What's the motto? Be prepared! Be prepared for a big finish to our season. Both titles are still alive but the overall STP power stage earlier in the event had certainly weighed in favour of the outright leader. Last round in Coffs Harbour, Eli Evans made an amazing comeback after crashing out in the power stage. Somehow, he and Glenn Weston not only held their opposition at bay but they increased their lead over Mollie Taylor and Bill Hayes who had to settle for third for the weekend. Steve and Brent McKenzie claim second spot ever so close to knocking Adrian Coppin off his third position in the championship. Eli Evans now leads by 31 points over Mollie Taylor but with Adrian Coppin switching from outright to four-wheel drive this weekend Steve McKenzie's job to claim a championship podium is that much easier. Eli has his eyes on the prize. He and Glenn Weston are lining up their third title, their first for Citroen. A win in the power stage yesterday gave them five Bible points and a psychological advantage leading into the main event. We're actually standing on a stage we compete down here and we turn left to be in that small section three kilometres to be a second OK or a second and a half OK faster than the rivals is a bit of a mind edge I've got over them now. Mollie Taylor and Bill Hayes are still in this fight though. They scraped into the power stage vinyl but could only manage one extra point in the high-tech oils when they go. Steve and Brent McKenzie must finish this round to consolidate third in the championship and maintain pressure. The brothers from Bendigo missed the cut for the final by just two tenths of a second. If Citroen was issuing luck to its teams then they successfully nested the bad luck with Tony Sullins and Julia Barclay. Their ongoing drama with ear selection has stopped them showing their true potential in the last two rounds. Once again though the factory DS3 was in the mix in the power stage final. In the Australian four-wheel drive series Nick Patton maintains his lead over Gerald Schofield and Marcus Wolcombe but this event is the best of three and with no Schofield here this weekend the challenge comes from Marcus Wolcombe. It's a bittersweet pill for the rep car rally team. Mick and Bernie Webb have attended all rounds one more stages than any other team. Now find themselves with the door slightly ajar waiting for the very pacey Tasmanians. Patton also missed the cut for the overall STP power stage final handing another chance to the Wolcombes. Marcus and Scott tested the rally waters in Canberra coming away with a big bag of points and encouraging them to return to rally Australia. The extra points on offer for the women coughs gave them a nose in front and provided the incentive for a final round appearance at Scouts Rally SA. Now an extra five points from the power stage has only felt their cause. We're here to try and win the rally and if that means we might end up having a crack at a championship then so be it but you know we're just taking it one stage at a time and one heated at a time and hopefully we can come away with a win. Mark Pedder might just be the man to stop the Wolcombe march. Finally the Pedder suspension maxi car has an engine management system that engineers can work with. Gone is the system that came with the car in its place. Well respected Australian MoTeC computer that should allow them to understand just what this new generation rally car is really capable of. Speaking of capable let's not forget Harry Bates. Like Adrian Poppin he's jumped into a four wheel drive this weekend in readiness for the 2016 season. His second place in the power stage has opened a few eyes. So with the bonus points allocated teams prepare for the opening heat and the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship and that is coming up right after the break. Welcome back to Scouts Rally SA where the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship is about to begin. While Eli and Molly are fighting for a championship Tony Sullins has not been able to get rungs on the boards. Your speed and commitment is not showcased by your championship position. You've really come to grips with this car and I think enjoyed the last three rounds it's just hadn't quite gone your way. Yep that's it that's the one. I mean I'm fighting with Simon for the wooden spoon at the end of the day I'm just really stoked that I've got the head around the car now. Steve McKenzie come off the back of a tremendous result at Rally Australia you must be looking forward to this one. Yeah South Australia has not been one of my favourite rallies in the past but I think we could probably do a ride this year. We've got a good car reliable as we've proven in costs so yeah just pushing for the finish tomorrow the Sarvo sorry so we can get that third for the championship and then we might have a go from there. It's nice to be back in SA and I think the rallies that start in the afternoon are always difficult because you have so many hours to sit and think but we're just looking forward to getting out there. Since it's been six on the road it'll still be slippery but for sure at least we'll have a few swept lines so we need to maximise that advantage for sure. She's basically got to beat me on three days now the way I see it so unless we have some dramas she's going to have to drive the ring out of the little Renault to keep up with the Citroen so I'm in the hot seat now I think the pressure's on Molly so I'm feeling relaxed, feeling good and I can't wait to get out there we've got four stages this afternoon or three and then one at night time. 50 The opening stage is 11 kilometres long and Eli is sweeping the roads of loose gravel. Then rocks. 300 Oops sorry mate. That's slippy there. Tony Solans has his head around the Citroen. Finishing the stage 0.4 of a second in front of his team mate but he's not happy with the car. Okay. It's a bit too gaussian in the last couple of corners I don't know why. It's really tally the car everywhere. Yep. As she predicted Molly Taylor takes advantage of better road position. Telephone road is first by two seconds. Ashley James has been distracted with things mechanical in the AJE Polo. We've had to do a rush gearbox build overnight and then just a few issues are getting adjusted up and shifting right and I'm not quite happy with how the clutch is working at the moment but it's not really slowing me down. It's more likely to just be to do damage or wear of the gearbox. 106 lap peak tight. Steve McKenzie is faster than James but five off the lead pace like Evans, a moment mid stage unsettles the car. Then crest, then crest, turn it two right, two right. But his concern is the outright speed his Fiesta lacks in a straight line. That's definitely the fastest stage of the rally. Very long straights in the square corners so I think we're just lacking a fair bit there with the very top end speed. SS2 is more to his liking though. The Optico Fiesta just 0.3 behind Evans. Again though Taylor has the stage win. This time by a second. She leads Eli by three and a half seconds for the heat. She must win this heat to keep the championship alive. Tony Sullen's concern over the car stepping out costs him time. Now it's he who's five seconds off the pace. SS3 Crawford is the longest stage. In Scouts Rally SA it's considered the signature forest stage and will be used four times over the weekend. The McKenzie brothers are in sync with their Fiesta and pushing the limit. Despite the moment they set the pace and lead Eli Evans home by 0.2 per second after nearly 21 kilometres. It's not the result Molly was hoping for. McKenzie is four seconds quicker. Taylor and Bill Hayes might have swept the road but they are contending with dust and some unforced errors. You're right, stay there, stay there, stay there. Now back, other side of the pole. Let's just calm it down and tidy it up. She surrenders the heat lead to Eli by just one second. The final stage in heat one is the same stage again after service and in the dark. This time Eli will be on a swept road and his colours will likely shine. We were doing our best to come back into service leading and we almost got there but I just made two small errors in the Crawford stage and we dropped some time trying to have a few sort of areas where we used some of the road and a bit more and we got back on the road no drama to the car, just a bit of time lost and a bit of a wake up cough. Molly's won two stages and Steve's won one and we're three stages down and I've got zero stage wins but most importantly I'm leading the rally so 1.2 seconds up on Molly so we've just been consistent tackling the loose roads at the front it's been very interesting. We've made a couple of mistakes along the way to get that sorted my pincher stage win on the night stage. In Tennis Parley it's championship match point 8pm arrives, start time for the decider in two wheel drive it's dark as expected but there's hardly a breath of wind dust and dark are not a good mix the standard two minute gap between cars is extended. A four minute gap, there are patches of dust most of it's pretty good better safe than sorry. Eli is first car on the road and his experience is better than last round at coughs when the Citroen's lights were pointing everywhere but the road in front. I think there's a second occasion I'm not slipping the road so I'm pretty happy with that I'll bank that time and we'll look into tomorrow now. The high-tech oil's Renault is not happy electrical gremlins making Molly Taylor's task harder than it already is she's barely three seconds quicker than her first pass now trails Evans by 18 I don't know what it is but it just keeps dropping ribs halfway through the gear cuts and I don't know why so it's game over for her hopes of a fairytale championship win Steve McKenzie finishes just 1.6 behind Tabor but his run could have been much better she's tricky I think we had some spectators running down there just coming up to a bit of a junction few little cats so I sort of tried to judge where the corner was and the next thing I know I'm already on it so we ended up doing a loop I probably didn't lose too much time there but yeah it was challenging and he thought Tony Sullins had that his hydraulic gear change issues were behind him the night stage changed all that no idea what stuck on me I think I'm stuck in now I think it might be fourth I've had to crawl through all the hairpins slipping the clutch and trying to keep going it's got a high off 2008 I've got no idea what that means but yeah I've got to sit him in the clutch and I've got to try and get away in fourth gear or fifth gear or whatever it is if Steve McKenzie had concerns about the speed of the first stage then he'd be pleased not to be amongst the four wheel drives Marcus Walcom got straight to business smashing a second a kilometer out of his opposition to lead by 11 seconds from the Repco rally team leading SA championship contender Guy Tyler was hot on his heels though with Mark Pedder and Harry Bates fourth equal only a second off Bates Junior hit back very next stage though to win by 0.2 no doubt the 08 Corolla is a competitive car but consider this Harry's sixth ever rally and his first time in a four wheel drive Mark Pedder also turned the tables book ending for Walcom's finally able to start setting up his car it's still not handling the way I like it to but the things going and not missing so you know we can start really start where we should have been in camera if Pedder was getting on track then Steve and me was getting off track but it didn't slow him much and he still beat two of the tail enders to the finish of Gum Flats Bates couldn't repeat the win through the long Crawford stage but to his credit he banked the second fastest time despite losing his breaks in the final 5Ks proving his win in the previous stage was no fluke the Dragonia Seafoods Mitsubishi sibling pairing proved too quick and Patton forced back into third and fourth respectively Andrew Penny bought reinforcements from Mt. Cosciosco a second Subaru in the hands of Chris Higgs with Penny's daughter Kira pointing the way it didn't end the way they'd hoped a blown engine before the end of heat one Adrian Coppin had switched from two to four wheel drive for this event with the prospect of an expanded champion he was behind the wheel of an ex Neil Bates Championship Corolla issues with the steering rack didn't inspire confidence and he shelved his plans early the long repeat stage was a challenge for Harry Bates first time rallying under lights that was when the spots were working it did suit the Repco team though Crawford still might have fallen in favour of the Walkins but this time Mick Patton was second and he was excited let's just drive rallies at night oh that was absolutely fantastic that's the first time I've driven in anger at night I did a zero job down the bay once but that is unreal that is absolutely unreal that is just where it's at right there I get a real buzz out of committing to the notes it's something that we work on a hell of a lot and just over crests and over brows and listening to distances and just chipping it in and stuff like that and Bernie was just telling me we were 11 seconds quicker than Eli with dust I'll take that one and we'll take one too a break that is back in a moment back to the East Coast Bullbars Australian rally championship coming to you from Scouts Rally SA regular campaigner Jeff David and his Porsche 911 have not featured this season but he and Grant Gillan are back an important mission it's not just about going fast we're really here just to test so we're just using it as a shakedown for the Alpine rally which is the big classic event at the end of the year in November where there will be 130 cars and we're the defending champions so we want to make sure that the car is right for that and the roads here will be perfect because they're very fast and flowing very similar to Alpine a second pass on Gun Flat opens the second peak and our newly crowned champions are not as tired as they'd like Glenn said he got off he was a bit slow on the notes in sections and I said I drove a few lines the way I didn't want to drive a few lines so it was a good wake up call I think we're both awake now so we're ready for the next stage Steve Mackenzie is happy with his sprint over the 6Ks one second behind Eli and in front of Molly to start the second heat it's happy with that everyone's obviously having a go so that was probably the stage I think that suited our car the most it was maybe a little bit too tight with us being a bit wider than everyone else but other than that I couldn't go much quicker then Tony Sullens is back this morning the hydraulics no issue through Gun Flat they start the long Corford stage with high hopes let's see if we can get through here in one piece to the halfway point on Split Times Sullens is one second quicker than Eli Evans they've got no gears again like 10km into that 20km stage coming down the hills with exactly the same corner I thought oh hydraulic pressure low and I thought oh no here we go again the biggest problem now is we're in 4th gear in corners you should be in 3rd 2nd and you start running out of road and you've got nothing to help you out of trouble and I'm just worried about these next stages there's big trees on the side of the road it could be really hurtful if you get caught out one of a second in front of Oliver Taylor and importantly still second for the heat although concerns over the Renault dropping power exiting corners is a worry we tried some new things we tried a bit of a different tyre combination it didn't work on the first stage I think on the second stage it was probably better we've still got that missing issue with the engine like mid revs being the mechanic that I am I've got no idea what to do about that so that's Molly's department it's not too bad we're close still there and we're looking forward to the show I rode this afternoon Ashley James is not making an impression on the leaders but he's got his VW Polo handling better and starting to enjoy his rally we've had problems getting it to turn right up until now and then yesterday it was way too tally it was pretty spectacular and we've got some great photos and things but it's not necessarily fast like it's still a really good front though no sullens for SS7 buddies turns out all the new electric pumps they've been fitting have all been burned out by a blocked filter in a non-serviceable part sullens season is over I would have been more disappointed if we had it going home yesterday because at least this morning in those Crawford stages I loved to see the splits up until when the car stopped because I was quite confident and fast and the car was good so gotta take positives where you can the war between Mackenzie and Taylor rolls in flavour of the fairer sex 0.3 of a second after 9 kilometres SS8 is more of a problem for Mackenzie his rhythm with the car is not there left opens to 7 but then some moments of brilliance weaving through the big gums of Carleton Park 8 rides, keep tight right keep tight into crest still he surrenders the heat battle for a second to Molly that was a bit easy just struggle through there things are a touch iffy for Evans too through special stage 9 trial hill is a reversed section of last year's Tweedon stage and the lead citron is caught Taylor is tidy though and bags of stage win by 3 seconds once again 0.3 in front of Mackenzie Harry Bates dominated the morning stages of heat 2 winning gum flat from Marcus Walkham the wide open fast stretches of Crawford would always fall in favour of the unrestricted machines Marcus Walkham accounted for himself well but still only 7 in front of Bates in a demonstration of committed driving over blind crests Nick Patton was third in the unrestricted Repco Mitsubishi Mark Pedder was off the pace with no brakes and a break is just what it was thinking we're still not chasing our tails but back where we were should have been in Canberra something worked in service he and Moskut were leading a second through the single run over buddies by Harry Bates but only by 0.6 of a second next stage Coriton Park Pedder was second again this time to Walkham by 0.4 but it could and should have been Harry Bates stage 40 okay forget about it next call slight right on crest 50 Walkham won the trial hill stage as well again from Mark Pedder although this time the margin was over a second the kid from Canberra was still third and not frightened to have a go in terrain but is revered by the very best go go go go go settle down 50 right minus imagine you're a 12 year old you're father's an Australian champion and you're hoping one day in a decade or so you might have the same opportunities well fast forward that 10 years I've got just a fella Harry Bates this is the championship winning car and it's your first 4A in a four-wheel drive in the Australian championship yeah in 2008 we went up to Coffs Harbour to spectate it at the rally where Dad won his last Australian it was obviously cool to see a car that had been developed in the workshop over the years and that sort of thing and for years now I've been sitting in the garage making car noises and pulling the sequential gearbox but I'd never driven it before a couple of weeks ago and now here I am doing an ARC in it so it's all a bit surreal well we saw you get on the podium almost your first ARC rally in a front wheel drive car and you're cutting your teeth but I think you've been impressive enough and you've done a great job yeah I mean the principles are the same from a four-wheel drive to a front-wheel drive I suppose the entry of the corner is the same it's just that on the exit there's more traction and more power available with this thing so it's been a really big learning experience for me and one that I've really enjoyed because I forget myself when I've seen you around the event so much and I know you've been cutting your teeth doing some driving and things but like an event like this has some iconic stages almost scary stages to that effect and you're doing them for the first time yeah it was probably the only con of coming to this rally as the first one to do in this car we always wanted to treat it as a test event and you know we spend a lot of time on the limiter doing 180k an hour which is a bit intimidating particularly on the stages but you know it's we have treated it as a test and we've spent a lot of the time driving around at 9.10 trying to make it to the finish and we've set some decent stage times along the way so happy days yeah and happy days you say not happy days from mum and dad how are they coping because I think he was pretty average when you're in a front wheel drive car but now he's one of these, what do you think how has his reaction been? he's been very quiet the last couple of weeks the advice has been on the sort of only few and far between and I think that's mainly because he knows that his advice would be to slow down and that's probably not going to happen but mum's quite well trained she's had 25 years of practice now with dad so well it looks like you've had the training done as well great having this series mate, cheers thank you stay with us for the rest of peak 2 coming to you from Scouts Rally SA right after break welcome back to the East Coast Ball Bars Australian Rally Championship being held at Scouts Rally SA Steve McKenzie only has one thing on his mind starting FOMA to get Molly, trailing the high-tech oils Renault by 8 seconds he does win the stage for Molly but only by 0.7 that felt reasonably quick Eli Evans is happy with the Citroens handling remember he and Glenn Weston are car one on the road and that means sweeping the surface of loose gravel 2 seconds off the lead pace after 7 km is a good effort hardly surprising then they win through the repeat run of telephone road the Opticote Fiesta leads the high-tech oils Renault by 4 and the battle with Taylor is down to just 3 seconds for the heat a new stage in 2015 waterholes has been slated as very fast it's new to every driver so past experience counts for nothing interestingly, Eli Evans is quickest even as first car on the road Molly Taylor is just 2 seconds behind but clawing three back from Steve McKenzie despite the engine still momentarily cutting out when she changes between 2nd and 3rd the stage suits Ashley James just 0.1 behind the Opticote Fiesta QH1 is McKenzie stage from Evans with Taylor 2 seconds further adrift their battle for 2nd is down to less than 3 before the ball of special stages and tyres are a critical factor in that strategy one of the great things about the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship is the diversity of our rallies we almost have a mini WRC as we travel the country Perth vs Queensland here in South Australia very different road types which challenges our drivers particularly with our Kumo control tyre and this event in the past particularly the last 10 years I can think of we've had very wet, muddy conditions the teams have even dealt with fog the teams have to manage tyres and the data they've had from previous years is not really relevant McKenzie brothers here just finishing a forest stage over my shoulder they don't have service they've got to do all the work themselves with the tools in the car their effect will be swapping the front to the back the front will drive car here wearing out the front tyres more the rear tyres in better condition so we can see more wear on the rear here they're putting the good drive tyres to the front they've got 3 super stages to do tonight they're driving traction as they hold a lead over Molly Taylor which is very slim at the moment that slim lead is blown out at the Gawler Super Special stages the engine cutting out in the Renault becomes the secondary issue broken suspension in the previous stage is thwarting Molly Taylor's efforts to make the end of the heat she and Bill Hayes bleed 3 seconds on the first pass and a massive 10 on the final stage of the heat a big smile finally though from Ashley James who matches Eli for fastest time on the Super Special to round out the day look I'm enjoying driving the car today definitely yeah definitely it's a fun car to drive we just need to take it away now and actually get it sorted out so it's on the pace Bates vs. Welcome the heat 2 of the 4WD national series was being fought out between 2 relatively new combatants all the while the man trailing them both Nick Patton was struggling to come to terms with the fact his series lead was being eroded away Mark Pedder didn't help either his improving times were often getting between Welcome and Patton Bates 2 was consistently being a thorn in the Repco side young Harry second for the heat and holding Patton at bay with his team coming home second in SS 11 telephone row no thorn in the side of the Wulguga Subway Sooby but nearly an emu or two in a hold the phone moment through SS 11 look at everything 150 care 9 left long and turn 2 right play the short baller Super Special stages would hardly influence the day's top result at just 1.5km each there's no room to make up time for Andrew Penny the result did influence his rally blowing an unbreakable clutch that ended his season early done something 4 right Harry Bates finished the last stage as he started the heat on the top step with Nick Patton hard on his heels it was nothing the Repco pilot could do but watch as the Wulcon brothers walked off with valuable points for a second heat victory and mathematically wrapping up the 4WD national series by a single point with a heat in hand just one more day of competition remains for the 2015 season in the East Coast Bullbars ARC all that coming up right after the break but the final round of the brilliant season in the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship this is the decider at Scouts Rally SA the title wrapped up last night it's all done and dusted except the personal battle Stephen Mackenzie has with Molly Taylor and a spot of testing for our outright champions for 2015 the boys I made them work last night I said ok let's put some new springs in and let's change some shock settings and now's a great time to do some more testing so if we're going to run a Citroen again next year then what better time now than when we've got about 70 competitive kilometres to keep learning you never stop learning and rallying clearly Eli Evans is learning he smashes another 10 seconds off his previous best for Crawford that's half a second a kilometre we've got a new day, a fresh day we've still got a good fight with Mackenzie for today so that's our focus Molly is focused and she improves her time too not as much as Evans but still a great performance in dusty conditions how'd you miss that 80 a quick wits matching her pace I guess we're going to be fighting with both Molly for a second place podium today but we'd like to challenge Eli for the heat win as well so we'll be pushing from this first stage so hopefully I reckon we can get Eli we do take a few more risks than we have been over the last couple of days so fingers crossed we can keep the car in one piece so we'll be driving quite hard true to his word he drives the Opticode Fiesta hard taking time wherever he can we were having a real crack on that stage I reckon we were at least 10 seconds up on our previous run through so we would have been on the money but on a cut earlier in the stage I think I hit something and slightly bent something in the front-ends and then now coming up over the jump just down the road there once we've landed the wheels broken something then folded back and ripped the wheel off eventually so here we are parked here it's a season-ender for Mackenzie who started 2015 as the dark horse after a couple of years preparation in the earlier model Fiesta and others from Bendigo won't beat Eli on the weekend podium or Molly for the heat but their championship third is still secure you'd have never known the 4WD national series was wrapped up WALCOME and PATTON fired out of the morning blocks at the end of 20km only five seconds separated the fastest two cars WALCOME with the advantage 120 cars might have cost Harry Bates a better position the Cumos went off toward the end Mark Pedder had a blind to start the day 250 but a spin and then blinding dust slowed the prospect of a stage win under the tree go State championship leader Guy Tyler also slumped to last in stage after the intercooler pipe blew off and the car lost vital boost Chris Higgs rejoined after 24 hours finding and rebuilding an engine to get back in the game but it was the consistency of the older model Evo 3 leading the back markers for the remainder of the day Tyler bounce back for the third pass over telephone road nearly three seconds clear of Mick Patton WALCOME for the next three stages but it was the South Australian who won all three By the end of Special Stage 20 QH2 Harry Bates had made enough impression on the leaders to take the lead in Heat 3 With that lead in mind Bates thought wisely for a young head and consolidated his Heat lead with a fast but conservative drive through Gold Fields the result was second to Guy Tyler who was on a mission hunting down his fourth consecutive stage win In one of his favourite stages in the championship Mark Hedder was third Hedder is less concerned about the loss to his competitors as to the bet he had with brother Scott about being able to beat his fastest time on the stage from last year at stake a respectable bottle of 96 bin 389 41 Hedder was peaved By the Super Special Stage that Gawler, Bates and WALCOME would share a winner piece to retain the Heat and rally victory respectively Despite making the podium of every event this season including two wins the Repco Rally team found themselves on the wrong side of the rules that allowed the best three fishers from the season to count with WALCOME's from Tasmania to get up and snatch the prize So, McPatten and Bernie Webb must settle for second in what has been a stellar season for them in their return to four-wheel drive Gerald Schofield is third after a bumper crop of points gathered at Rally Australia Mark Hedder is fourth with Justin Dow fifth Still to come, the final stages of the outright contenders are coming up in just a few moments Back to the Scouts Rally SA the outright championship contenders have been falling like flies Tony Sullins is out with hydraulic issues and Steve McKenzie is retrieving the Opticope Fiesta from the long Crawford stage Even Jeff David is now out He's testing for the upcoming Alpine Rally in November, sideline mid-stage in Crawford after the rear control arm on the Porsche 911 snaps in half There's something broken something For the rest, it's business as usual and as usual Eli's leading the way the third and final pass on Telephone Road nothing earth-shattering from the championship in Citroën but still enough to win by six seconds from Molly Taylor If their missing issues weren't enough the high-tech oils Renault has now lost its clutch Left cut The slow start means the door to Ashley James and he beats Molly home over the 5Ks to record a time of 3.29 two quicker than the Renault It's a mirror finish through the next short QH stage on the shire roads of Goldfields things change The local council had recently graded the road and as first car on it Eli and Glenn are sweeping the surface of loose gravel even with the clutch issue and having to use the starter button to get going Molly and Bill have the advantage of the road being cleared of loose gravel by other cars Despite their own concerns about the surface they beat the Citroën home by nearly 4 seconds Two short sharp bursts around the Gorda Super Special another stage win to Ashley James and the championship is wrapped up for another year and Glenn Weston winning every heat this weekend a bonus to their third championship title Winning today was just icing on the cake really Championship yesterday and the win today I really wanted a clean sweep and we managed to do it so we couldn't be happier right now Still can't believe it 12 in a row and then another 6 over the last year and a bit it's been awesome so yeah it's fantastic Fantastic also that the Gorda Top 10 is shoot out to establish just who is the fastest on the track is dominated by a couple of young guns Guy Tyler winner of the South Australian Championship today is second fastest in the top 10 but the winner is our ARC Rookie for 2015 Harry Bates It's appropriate that we have last year's winner of the Gawler Top 10 to announce the STP standout for Scouts Rally SA You may remember last rally rally Australia we gave the STP standout award to Guy Tyler this rally there's been plenty of standouts I think Guy's won a few stages Marcus Walkham has won the national series but the STP standout award has to go to Harry Bates this is his first heat win first drive in a full drive car and here he is already on the podium what a fantastic result The kumo spirit of the rally award is fitting as well they've competed all season won rallies and finished on the podium at every round only all short to regulations designed to encourage more competitors to become involved McPatten, Bernie Webb and the Repco rally team certainly the most deserving of the kumo spirit of the rally award for this final round of the season the season looks like this Eli Evans and Glenn Weston win their third championship a great fight from Molly Taylor and Bill Hayes all year sees them finally settle for second Steve McKenzie will be thankful Adrian Coffin changed to four wheel drive this weekend he and brother Brent hold on for third another chapter in the Australian rally championship closes for three years the main game has been two wheel drive but in the last 12 months with the evolution of the specially designed and built proto and maxi cars we look set to see an outright championship in 2016 that will be both four and two wheel drive as well as a stand-alone two wheel drive championship we look forward to bringing you all that action next year but for now keep up with everything in the world of rally at the website rally.com.au thanks for being a part of the East Coast Bullbars Australian rally championship this season I'm Greg Rust catch you in the new year for the first round in Western Australia quick forest rally bye for now today's coverage is made possible by kumo time the suspension stp co-time and our supporting partner East Coast Bullbars world's best