 Ross Duncan and life does not get much better than this does it one of the great beaches in northern New South Wales here How about the weather this cost region is probably one of the nicest places on the East Coast Sirs great seafood and really friendly atmosphere There is a great place in town the people are great and water a spot to come for holidays But you got to remember Dean. It's not always like this 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 This is the East Coast bullbars Australian rally championship coming to you from the perfect Destination in New South Wales Coffs Harbour home of Coats higher rally Australia Once a year Coffs Harbour really comes alive doesn't it. It's certainly not. You can feel the excitement in the air World Rummy Championship cars Australian Rally Championship cars Classics four-wheel drives and even side by side And they're all going to be battling it out in the hinterland not too far from the centre of town our ARC crews It's one of our endurance series. They're going to do over 300 competitive problem. It's tough competitive problem It's fantastic because this is the only sport in the world that you can compete against the world best How cool is that awesome? On the menu today will feature the fight between Scott Pedder and Brendan Reeves in points terms The pair dead heated as they come into this the fifth round It's the opportunity to show you just who is the best driver Competing in Australia and will highlight the Australian side-by-side challenge the ongoing battle between Polaris We begin today with a recap of the East Coast Bullbars ARC Scott Pedder and Brendan Reeves equal points after the pre-event Armour all power stage team Citroen still occupy third and fourth But the return this round of the War Hope Warrior looks set to end Alan Rose fifth in the championship a Mistake in the power stage could pay to the fine point advantage that Scott Pedder and Dale Moskett had Over Brendan Reeves and Rhiannon Gelsimino they come into the rally proper level pegged in points Pedder is under turn. It's just a matter of You know avoiding avoiding problems and managing risk as much as you can and I still keep in good pace because You have a good three stages You know today not not only yesterday it's setting the day up But you're also seeing the weekend up Reeves elation about winning the armour all power stage is tempered by the fact Danics the car soon after during meteorites with WRC Rally Radio Guru Colin Clark on board for the ride of his life Damage of rear beam the boys do a great job getting the car ready So now we've used our spare beam already But the cars ready to go and and we checked it out last night everything's nice and straight And it's just the car. It was yesterday morning There's another fight in the field But this one's internal leading the way in team Citroen is Adrian Coppin and Tim batten But the box issues in the power stage meant there was more bark than bite Tony Sullens and Julia Barkley grabbed the three points for second Watch this space for how the tussle pans out over the weekend as these guys are positioned within the WRC field running on the road before We're lucky enough that the Citroen DS3s meet the FA international rules that we're able to cross-entry into the WRC section So for us, it's a bit better road position But you know, it's still a big buzz I've got a lot of WRC rules at the end of the day It's really nice to run in the field with the fast guys and you get the split times and all the cool things that Everyone else gets so it's probably good And the VWs are still in the mix the war-hope warriors up and down season Definitely on the up with improved engine performance Brendon and Scott are pushing pretty hard to maintain their close to their times You've got to be on the ragged edge a bit, you know While it's a welcome return to McPatton and Bernie Webb in the Repco Polo Hopefully the only fires for them will be in their belly as they look to blaze a trail to finish this round I've always enjoyed driving the car Just having some issues with it early on in the piece and redeveloping and learning it and it's been a bit of a learning curve, unfortunately but Yeah character building to say the least Another ARC registered team returns with a car they've been threatening to all season Stephen Brent McKenzie are showcasing their brand-new Opti-Coat Fiesta And if looks count for anything the brothers from Bendigo are sure winners I really just want to get a case in the car See what it does How everything works what's going to break if something does hopefully doesn't but it's always a worry with a new car Any worries about a new car as soon to unfold as the first of three days Competition in the hills surrounding Coffs Harbour come to life in the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship. This is Coats Hire Rally OZ You're watching the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship being held on the New South Wales North Coast home Coats Hire Rally Australia Despite being number one ARC car Scott Pettar is not first on the road That privilege goes to the two Citrins who've joined the ranks of the WRC this weekend Running at the back of that field means they're in front of Pettar and Reeves So I'll find any road issues first And it doesn't take Tony Sullen's long This is the same spot that claimed classic Lord Murray He and Julia Barkley have plenty to talk about come end of stage The time is faster than Adrian Coppin and Tim Batten, but for good reason Scott Pettar is faster than either of the Citrins but too slow by his own standards Perhaps his spin in the power stage made him wary of all the jumps running in the dust of the WRC Man, they take some interesting lines and pull some interesting stuff out on the road But overall pretty good. We had a bit of a heavy landing over one of the big humps in there at the start But you know, I think that'll be pretty good But it isn't good enough. The Rally School Mazda bounces back with vengeance after the ordeal of media day A really good feeling in the car. Probably changing gears a little bit too early trying to limit the wheel spin But we'll crack on and see how we go. Michael Bowden beats the Citrins to be six seconds behind Scott Pettar I've been needed in that before but anyway It's good to get the first stage over and done with now we can settle in The Repco Polo splits the times of the Citrins, Mick Patton happy to be settling in Yeah, it's just about concentrating and going the three days rather than the three kilometers sort of stuff So it's all good. Good way to start and we'll keep pushing on from here Steve McKenzie's start is not good. The engine in the OptiCote Fiesta is overheating And he's forced to slow to preserve the new car But wheel time is the key issue this weekend. Still SS1 is unrespelled Raz Vlad doesn't make the finish. Keybox issues in the older model Fiesta sideline the team That's traveled across the country from WA. There's an early service With the first stage going to Reeves Scott Pettar lifts the game aiming to switch the results Bellingen is unchanged from 2013 So he and Moskut know what to expect. They complete the 11 k's a second a k quicker than last year at a massive 24 in front of the mixed car It isn't Reeves though This is not the place to be sidelined without a mechanic and Brenda knows it Something went banging sort of third gear and cut the engine. So I'm not sure something's internally gone wrong Won't fire back up. So I think it's safe just to park here On the side and we'll have to sadly watch everyone else go past Michael Bowden and Helen Cheers take over second in stage But there's a long way to go and this is an endurance rally That was my whole strategy for the weekend because I knew Uh, the two boys out in front had really pushed hard You just don't know what can come out of anything yet The Citroens are next fastest. Sullen's the quicker of the pair, but both 30 seconds off Pettar At 25 kilometers neary is the last stage before service An easy victory for the walking shore performance rally team 35 in front of the Warho Warrior Tony Sullen suffers early in SS3, but DS3 engine not playing the game His time is down and Mick Patton slots in the fourth The second Citroen beats the Repco Polo, but Atrian Coppin is having his own dramas Coppin's frustration is at boiling point Highlighting the importance of choosing the right compound kumo Steve McKenzie's day is possibly not much better I think it's something to do with The computer telling the fan to cut out above 120 Which comes on a standard car and we're obviously averaging a fair bit above that Back at Coffs Harbour, the walking shore performance service crew is stiffening up the springs in the Renault With Brenda out for the day, Pettar has opted for changes to help tyre wear Just changing the rear springs just to try and reduce the front tyre wear as much as we can That's probably our biggest concern at the moment. We've done You know, probably 25 k's and the tyres are probably 60% worn So just trying to uh, you know, we need to bank some tyres from at some point No chance of running out of tyres for the Mazda 2 Finally retrieved and back in service Boss McRyan watches on as the team pulls the top off an otherwise Very reliable engine to reveal the damage Yeah, broken the camshaft, which even with all the experienced guys here, no one's ever seen that before Under the rules Reeves and Gels Amino can't rejoin until leg 2 So it's time to replace the head and in the little Mazda 2 that means engine out Rallying is certainly a family affair So no surprise to see McRyan's eldest son Tom Entered in his first international event From Horriban has the dubious honor of sitting alongside the P-Plate a Difficult job for any regular driver to undertake Stay on the road, mate. Don't use the bits on the edge Look, I'm not going to say that that's been in entirely stress-free But Tom has it well under control and most of that has come from obviously It's just a bit of a new relationship for me being a co-driver with Tom It's the same gap from first to second through the repeat of hides Bowdoin trails better by 11 seconds Bump left side minus Start it again Tony Sullen's fuel fix in service hasn't worked We were on it, we were on it and four times in there I had to stop Pull over on the side of the road, wait for the fuel and then start back up and Off it went again. I don't know what it is but I'm so disappointed the car is so fast through there In the bits that the people saw that they look good it will be awesome and the rest of it We just stopped sitting on the side of the road waiting to go Through the next stage though fuel is not his problem Michael Bowdoin is second through Bellingen as well But the Warhol Warrior is losing time to Pedder every kilometer But he's well in front of McPatton The other polo sneaks up into third in stage Thanks to ongoing issues at Team Citroen If Adrian Koppen thought catching his teammates' dust was bad Things only got worse in SS6 New wheel It's not gearbox It's a rock jammed between the brake caliper Wearing its way through the wheel rim But there's more in store for Koppen The left front driveshaft lets go before the end of stage and he plummets to last They say when it rains it really pours and while they'd suffered dust all day It was a downpour by night at the super special stage back in Koff's Harbour Koppen nursing the car through desperate to make service before Park for May Another clear wind to Scott Pedder and a handy overnight lead and valuable points And hopefully a brighter day tomorrow for the rest of the field These Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship Welcome back to destination New South Wales Koff's Coast in fact The region hosting Coats Higher Rally Australia The biggest use today is the rejoining of the Rally School Mazda 2 Yeah there's highs and lows in our sport but you need to keep working hard And hopefully we'll get back there today and get another 20 points on the board And keep the pressure on Scotendale Pressure is coming from all quarters The overnight rain has added another consideration These are sort of like New Zealand roads and when you have 5 or 10 mil in New Zealand The roads grip up and the top gravel goes into the ground and stays there So in theory it should be really nice Hopefully there hasn't been a huge amount of rain down that way But the roads should be nice and hard packed So hoping it shouldn't be too slippery But we'll get out there and see what we come up with Everybody's in the same boat I think the biggest trouble is going to be getting out of this service park Fortunately competitors in the side-by-side challenge swing into action And yes that is an east coast ball bar An hour south of Coffs Harbour in land from Maxfield Teams ready for their start time Our Rally expert Ross Duncan is already in stage checking out the road conditions Day two of the rally and on the very first stage The longest in fact just under 50 kilometres in length The World Rally cars are already on the stage sweeping the road surface Which will allow the ARC cars to have a smoother safer run But just up the road they turn into the forest And there's an excess of 100 lock to lock corners With steep drops on either side One small mistake there and their rally will be over No mistakes for Brendan Reeves As Rhiannon indicated they want the 20 points on offer today And winning the first stage is what they need By contrast that pressure is off Scott Peder and Dale Moskett Even coming second today will give them 17 points So they can afford to ease up But over 49 kilometres 9 seconds is hardly easing up Michael Bowden is challenged for third by Adrian Coppin And pushes hard maybe too hard The Citroen driver has his measure 12 seconds quicker than the VW Polo But like Peder Coppin discovers that tyre management in this stage Is absolutely critical I couldn't get any power down Like at one point I thought something wrong with the car So I don't know what the other guys are doing We've gone for a hard and yeah I just couldn't put the power down His team mate is down in fifth but very happy I took a bit gently for the first few corners Just because everything's changed And put another crank sensor and stuff in it last night And it's great did the whole stage without coming out So now all I need to do is work on my speed North of Nambucca lies a sleepy little hollow It's a big day in Balooville when the world rally comes to town And it's just where crews refuel before heading to the next special stage Peder is closer to Reeves Still the rally school Mazda takes the stage by three seconds This is where experience dictates Winning championship points is more important than winning stages The Walkenshaw Renault captain is in command Tom Ryan leads the non-registered two-wheel drives Through the last stage before service But it's the smallest car in the production field leading Justin Northage and his Mitsubishi Mirage Currently seventh overall We took a lot of really big hits in the rear end And we got all this underbody protection hanging off our car But thankfully she's still pushing forward She's amazing and no stopping her For Steve McKenzie his second day in the new Fiesta hasn't gone well I'm stoked to realise it with the gearbox As like the guys have spent maybe an hour just putting another bolt in Whereas we could have been here all night trying to figure out What's inside the gearbox is wrong A small window into the trials and tribulations of running a rally car But our East Coast bullbars inside this round has a twist Turns out John Mills is doing more than just keeping Kumos up to the rally cars Dean Herridge has this special ECB insight John Mills from Kumo and Dean from Devilark Tell us about the association with your company and these cute little fellas Well basically the association started about three years ago And a percentage of each of the motorsport sales in Australia Each tyre sale goes to support Devilark Which Dean can tell you about He's one of the keepers up at Devilark And he's the one who looks after these two little cuties here It's great to have you here tell us more about Devilark So Devilark's a breeding facility up at the Barrington tops Where we have around about 200 devils and this year we had 33 joeys born And without the help of John who donates money for every tyre sold We wouldn't be able to have this little program going To have them down here and all the international drivers To have a look at them and have a pat of them It's good for Devilark and it's good for the sport Putting something back into helping and endaging speeches Well done guys We'll be back with the rest of the action from day two of the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship coming to you From Cops Harbour in New South Wales in just a few moments Welcome back Tires are playing a huge part in rallying and none more so than today In the long 49k stage How many times would you change the tyres on your car at home? You might be lucky to change a set every 24 months Well this weekend our East Coast Bullbars Australian Championship teams Will use 24 over the weekend and they're restricted to that So why is it so important to put the new tyres on And what does it mean for the drivers and the teams? Do you know as you can see with the two tyres here We have a brand new one and the used one This has just come off after doing 50km And you can see all the blocks here of a worn away as opposed to a new one These inside blocks create a lot of where we when we break And gives us a lot of feeling under the wheel Where these outside edges here as you can see It's almost nonexistent on this tyre And this one is the shoulder is there Which gives us a lot of feeling for the steering wheel Especially when we turn in as these wear away You find the car really turns to understeer And you're losing that grip Also as the middle part of the tyre goes away Acceleration goes hence a lot more wheel spin So a lot more gear changes When you go from something like this old one to a new one It's almost like a brand new car The feeling is unbelievable of course For us grip is speed in this sport That's right grip is speed and for us as a driver It's all about confidence too So when you've got the putting the power down And when you need to you know you're leaning on the tyre And the tyres working You have a lot more confidence as a driver That's right Although that may all sound a little extreme The same principles apply for your road tyres Road tyres or rally tyres Punctures are an occupational hazard Especially on the rough surfaces In the middle of the long Nambucca stage Peter is fast through the first 30km Extending his rally lead over Michael Bowden With each kilometre travelled Currently more than 3 minutes and 35 seconds The other race though is for the leg Here Reeves and Gelsimino have the upper hand By just under 13 seconds This longer stage will help their cause The two fastest cars in the field Are neck and neck by the halfway split But all that soon changes A puncture for Peter 32km in Plays right into their hands Michael Bowden is unaware of the issue up ahead And with a 2 minute gap between cars Peter and Moskut rejoin before they arrive The War Hope Warrior is half a second to K quicker Than the first pass But he is literally in their dust And he doesn't know it The Walkenshaw Renault still leads the rally By one and a half minutes Team Citroen doesn't fare well in Nambucca What? No way Turns out to be a front left damper Making the car very unpredictable I can't tell No that's right It's a good It'll be flopping around while it's crazy Six right here mate Right three over wooden bridge Narrow Sullens and Barkley fare worse With a little spectator encouragement The second Citroen is on its way But the time lost Drops them down amongst the slower WRC cars McPatten is fourth fastest across the stage The Repco Polo consolidating third place overall behind Boda Tom Ryan's first assault on this stage wasn't so good this morning Spearing off neatly between two trees into a paddock Know that because Henry Knot almost followed him in Second pass Tom might still be giving his co-driver a few scares But his time is sixth in stage One last Shire stage for the day Second run over Valor Both the Mazda and the Renault were not at their best through SS 12 Such a the dynamics at play that Heather trailing the stage Is preserving his chalky chip chances While Reeves has half an eye on a small leak in the oil cooler Ensuring he gathers as many points as he can for the day's leg win Ironically they both finish the eight kilometer stage On exactly four minutes 57.2 It's been a good day for us other than that really So the speed's been there We wore out the tires on Nambarca that second time round that's for sure So yeah that was a good day really considering But there's always things happening rallying that's part of it So we'll keep moving on For Michael Bowden it's a second day playing second fiddle First pedder and now Reeves You've got to throw a spatter in the works there somewhere It puts pressure on you a bit It makes you stand up and take notice and drive smart And driving smart is Tony Sullins After a less than ideal day on the Shire roads He claims second fastest through the short special stage back in coughs But trouble is still following The car just went straight ahead didn't turn in but no idea So the road's just gone as well Is it? Yeah Let's snap the hole back to the thing off I've got no brakes I've got nothing I'm going to say the brake caliper's there But of course you're going to have nothing for the road Yeah no it's all bad so I have no clue There's fireworks everywhere especially back in the Citroen camp as the service crew await Sullins arrival He drops out of the fastest five leg results Reeves grabs a maximum 20 points for winning the league With Coppen and Bowden separating Pedder from points for second In rally terms though Scott Pedder still holds the lead by a minute 49 over Michael Bowden with McPatton in third The two Citroens of fourth and fifth with Brendan Reeves climbing back currently in ninth There's still another day of competition left in the East Coast Bluebars ARC All that action coming up later in the program But next is the Australian side by side challenge Polaris versus Can Am as Cody Crocker and Michael Guest Go head to head once again It's Coast the perfect place for fun in the sun And what better way to do that than on a Polaris Razor or a Can Am Maverick It might have been considered a little unorthodox But it's been a successful addition to the East Coast Bluebars Australian rally championship over the last three seasons And attracted some five profile rally drivers in Cody Crocker And Michael Guest to showcase their respected models There's another high level Australian driver here this weekend for Rally Oz Chris Atkinson is flying the flag for Hyundai But also as ambassador for Coats Hire and their work in the Cofts region Community event rally Australia here in the Cofts Coast And obviously with Coats Hire support and the Humpty Dumpty Foundation It's great to be back here at the hospital And be able to give something back to the community Coats Hire and the Humpty Dumpty Foundation donated a special monitor Designed to measure a child's vital signs Especially in post op patients where monitoring is most critical They've donated this piece of equipment to our pediatric unit And it is a wonderful piece of equipment, we'll use it all the time While Atko's weekend was otherwise heavily involved with Hyundai For Cody Crocker and Michael Guest theirs was fighting it out in the Australian side by side challenge Team Polaris grabbed the early advantage 11 kilometers over Hydes Creek set the pattern for the weekend Crocker with a massive margin over his competition in the Razor 1000 Michael Guest was best of the rest The Can-Am Mavericks second and third quickest Nathan Shivers was just six behind the factory driver And both had the measure of another Razor There's no excuses And last year the Maverick was a weapon of a car And where we didn't have any sort of little dramas We won E last year We were the fastest in Victoria And it's a bit of a slap in the face to come back down and becoming second It was fantastic to see Nathan Shivers win in South Australia So so far it's been a Polaris victory in WA Can-Am victory in South Australia And Koss Harbors in the balance But unfortunately it's looking like the red team might get it Phil Swindale in another red machine Was standing in for regular driver Ian Hughes Who was otherwise occupied this weekend So the ARB Tamworth boss was stepping up to the plate Filling in He didn't do too bad either Third through Bellingen After Shivers punctured and broke a CV joint A couple of little problems out there First one was the drive shaft going And then I got it fixed into the next stage And got a flat And had to drive the second stage on a flat I still got the two stages tonight And we'll give them a shot But the Polaris relief drivers showed good form Second to Crocker in the first super special stage And going one better on the final stage Beating the factory outfit by 0.2 of a second It was a daunting prospect Entering this high profile round for rookie Andrew Taylor And the longer stage of the event Nambaka proved too much for his Polaris 900 I started breaking down at the top of the hill there And popping and cracking And we thought it could have been the belt going But anyway He was right, that's motor sport in it Michael Guess closed the Maverick To within half a second decay of the Razor Across both morning stages And the Polaris pilot banked A valuable buffer of 34 seconds for the day For Crocker the midsection of Nambaka Loathed by the rally teams Was made to order for side by sides That's our territory up the hill It's all really sort of jumpy jumpy sort of stuff Short jumps and little crests and that sort of stuff And lots of trees really close to the road Which I guess doesn't really worry us But we're pretty narrow So we can get through all that sort of stuff pretty well And the whole stage is a blast It wasn't all bad news for Guess though An overnight media release About the new Can-Am lineup had him excited Can-Am and the Maverick for at least a new model For 2015 which is exciting And it's turbocharged So yeah yeah I'm pretty happy about that The seesaw battle in the side by side challenge Looks set to continue By the end of leg two Phil Swindale had finally elaborated on Just why he was behind the wheel this event And not Hughes He's got his bunch party on this weekend And when he gets married next weekend So he wasn't allowed to race So he decided he'd still come over here with all his mates And he was last sighted wearing a 2-2 And dirty dancing with Cody Crocker last night At the Maui Maui The friendly rivalry had continued in stage today Although Swindale was adamant The change in crew comms was unplanned We've lost our communications It's all hand signals at the moment So we're a little bit slower today Crocker did beat Swindale at the super special stages But Nathan Shivers took pole And not of the fastest time variety Andrew Taylor was back in the mix for their final leg Appreciative of the support from his competition Yeah them guys are just in a league of their own So yeah they've been really helpful too Greg and Cody, any tips and helpful little things With our co-driver Justin And the first time I've done pace notes No smiles on the faces of Les Shivers And Peter Harris through Shipmans The side-by-sides might have the advantage In the tight forest stages The creek crossings did highlight a watery shortcoming Worse was to come The second anglo-moyle maverick got caught In the soft sand And the older Shivers was sidelined As I accelerated She just accelerated sideways Instead of forward And took the embankment So it's all down to the driver The jumps in Bucca had guest flying on the limit Nathan Shivers was also pushing his maverick But the result was more serious By the repeat of Shipmans He and Adam Tillett lined up without rear wheel drive Their weekend couldn't have got any worse Or so they thought A clean sweep for Crocker and Greg Filetta With guest and David Breen second And a jubilant Phil Swindale and David Piper in third Polaris one, Kanan two Polaris three, Kanan four The battle will continue in the final round Of the Australian side-by-side challenge And the final leg of the East Coast Bullbars Australian Rally Championship We've made out right after the break The sun rises on the Coffs Coast For the final day of Coats Hire Rounding Australia With the exception of Friday night The weather has been kind to East Coast Bullbars ARC But it's not the weather putting pressure on teams Day three and the start of leg three Now there's no easing in the pressure for cruise today They have over 100 kilometres of competitive stages On rough porous roads like this one Day one was taken out by Scott Petter To come and meet the challenge It was Brendan Reeves who took out day two So this one is the decider But this is known as an endurance event In the Australian Rally Championship So there are bonus points on offer For the fastest team over the three days And at the present moment The fast man is Scott Petter I know Brendan is going to be going fast He needs to win today He needs to continue what he did yesterday For us it's just to sort of continue at the same pace Keep some pressure on Not letting him get too far ahead And you know if the car feels good we'll push on The way the points work ARC It's very important to finish today And the bonus is the 40 points is up So 120 for the heat win So you look you know You really need to make sure that's not valuable Finishing them is getting a heat win for example Coppen is four through the first stage of the day Shipmans finishing will be his priority To maximise the championship points After a less than satisfactory day two His team mate is clear on his objective I think we might just try and make some amends today Just go out and rally like we're supposed to do Fast as I can go today to see what happens And what happens is his third fastest Through Shipmans trailing Petter and Reeves Steve McKenzie isn't in this rally for points The Opti-Coat from yesterday is slightly under the required weight Which means he's not in the running for points Not only for a championship we just want to get some Good stages under our boat which we haven't been able to do so far The McKenzie brothers bank a fifth in stage They're two places ahead of Nick Patton But he has a solid hold on second for the weekend Testimony to consistent driving and minimal risk Adrian Coppen can't beat Team Repco But equally Patton and Bernie Webb can't catch Petter Reeves must win today to maintain any chance of winning the championship Petter can afford to back off and preserve his points lead But Michael Bowden is less than two minutes behind in the race for the rally And as we've seen a flat tyre can change everything in an instant It does change in an instant but not through a tyre The engine oil cooler decided enough was enough Just two Ks into the shipment stage Got wrenching because we had a fairly comfortable spot And we were just going to try and maintain that today But this is one of the lows of the sport And I don't know what I'm going to do now I'm starting to get a bit over it actually It's home time too for junior Tom Ryan One of the engines bad, that's a gear So I was kind of have a good day today But unfortunately just over a bit of a jump in third gear On the landing a bit hard and I was a little bit on the gas Just kept the nose off the ground and back up where we feel Made the decision to put it back on the trailer and head home Petter's start to the legs saw a 19 second lead over Reeves And his hot pace continued through the next stage Bucker, but electrical gremlins creep in And the Walk and Shore Renault lands heavily off a jump mid stage That breaks an engine mount From inside the cabin though, it seems like a different problem Things might be starting to unravel for the championship leading car On hard compound tyres, Brendan Reeves surprises himself I thought I'd be disadvantaged because I had the hards on It's actually really slippery in there We needed the mediums, even under brakes it's pretty slippery But that's good if we pulled a lot out of Scott in that short one And for a guy not interested in points Steve McKenzie is certainly bagging some good times Full fastest, making the most of testing his Opticote Fiesta McKenzie leads both Citrins through this stage Tony Solland's best, a second decay quicker than Coppin Who made the wrong decision to continue on the worn tyres from Shipmans By using the only good new spare, Coppin does regain some ground through wedding bells Finishing three in front of the other Citroen But it's not enough to beat McKenzie Who finishes second in stage to Reeves Scott Pedder drops out of the top results But now without Michael Bowden to challenge for the event lead The pressure is reduced Now though, with a mechanical issue And an electrical drama exacerbated with a good dose of water Ian Moskot nursed the Renault out of stage and back to service But only just We arrived with about 11 volts and then obviously just sitting there The fans would have been on and all that sort of stuff They lost heaps, you know, the full volt every minute So I turned it off With the spark back in the Renault and the engine none repaired Scott Pedder of old returns Blasting through one of his favourite stages to another victory This time by 10 seconds and shipped it Reeves effort to stay in front takes its toll on the rally school kumos The lucky charm is hardly sitting still today Just prior to the repeat of Bucca Pedder's electrical gremlin reappears But then luckily for them, the stage is cancelled due to a crash in the WRC And teams transport through to the start of the final stage of the rally Travelling amongst the international field The Citroens are first ARC cars to cross the line Adrian Coppin has somehow managed to overcome a weekend of ups and downs to make the finish The most critical factor in amassing points at an endurance round Tony Sullen's weekend has been up and down as well But he saves the biggest moment to last Remarkably he and Julia Barkley drag the wrecked DS3 Through the last half of wedding bells to post a finish There's only a really soft roll but far out gutted for that not here Try and probably try a bit too hard but you know For a bloke who's gutted I can't believe that's small on your face But rallying still mate, gotta be having fun even if you're upside down Scott Pedder and Dale Moskets luck with the cancelled Bucca stage might have just made their rally The Renault limps through the final stage unable to rev past 4000 rpm That's a touch more than half throttle So any more special stages and their rally win might just have been in jeopardy We lost a minute and a half in that last one so we might lose a couple of points for the day But anyway we won the rally which is good For Brendan Reeves and Rhiannon Jelsson you know They've done everything they could to recover from the league one disaster Breaking a camshaft A leg win in two and again today means they get at least 40 points But still good signs and good work while they team to get the car back out there and get it to finish both legs with two leg wins So that's 40 points for that so there's plenty of positive still in it and it's going to be fired on for rally Victoria Again Adrian Coppin is second for the leg but his teammate is very lucky to be in the fastest five after stumbling at the post McPatten rounds out the fastest five in what's been a stellar and consistent weekend for Kim Plenty of contenders for the Cuomo spirit of the rally award which in the end goes to Steve McKenzie It's been a good haul of points for Scott Petter this weekend The formula of legs and overall sees him with 89 Adrian Coppin is second on 76 points while McPatten's gained 70 Salvaging 67 points is a fine effort from Brendan Reeves considering his engine issues and Tony Sullins will be thankful for 63 after his weekend There's a big gap now to Brendan Reeves but post scrutiny issues concerning McPatten's car might give him another four points and that four points is something he would be very grateful for coming into the final round That's it from the cost coast Coats higher rally Australia look forward to your company When the teams regroup south of the border for one final battle We hope you can join us there In the meantime as always for more information check out rally.com.au I'm Greg Rust. 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