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Toymods Club Treasurer
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Sydney
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May 2002
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 Corolla leads both drivers & Manufacturers Aust Rally Championship
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Thu, 22 April 2004 12:24
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Anyone who say the footage of the 1st round of the ARC on Sunday 17th April will know that Simon Evans in the "Sportivo Corolla" (its actually an ST205 GT4 underneath) won after a WRX was excluded for illegal brake mods.
Neal Bates was 3rd.
Therefore, Simon Evans is leading the championship, & Toyota leading manufacturers championship.
The Corollas were deemed eligible to compete in the upcoming Rally of Canberra on 8th & 9th of May, but as this was announced after Toyota Team Racing had decided on their budget for the year, so it is yet unknown whether Neal will compete in his home event.
The Rally of Canberra is a round of the FIA Asia-Pacific Championship, not the Australian Driver's Championship, hence the problem with eligilbilty as the Group N P (Prototype) class is unique to Oz.
The ROC is a round of the Aust Manufacturers Championship which used to hinder Toyota significantly.
More details at:
http://www.rally.com.au
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Sydney/Wollongong
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October 2003
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Re: Corolla leads both drivers & Manufacturers Aust Rally Championship
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Thu, 22 April 2004 14:32
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I applaud Toyota for picking Simon Evans as a factory driver 
Last season he was running a privateer WRX entry and still managed to beat many of the factory teams! If it weren't for some unfortunate incidents he would've won at least a couple of rounds, but...
Hopefully with a factory team he will achieve his full potential!
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Location:
sydney,nsw.oz.
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July 2002
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Re: Corolla leads both drivers & Manufacturers Aust Rally Championship
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Fri, 23 April 2004 01:55
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Yeah,
Go the Rolla's !
Tis a pity Toyota don't make a factory 4wd to take on the EVO's and WRX's.
Cheers
T.
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Corolla leads both drivers & Manufacturers Aust Rally Championship
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Fri, 23 April 2004 02:38
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Cough, Cough, GT4 celica ,Cough ,Cough
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Location:
Colac, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Corolla leads both drivers & Manufacturers Aust Rally Championship
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Fri, 23 April 2004 02:49
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exactly ..
we just got the package right earlier with the Gt4 
remember that corolla IS basically a st205 with a shell change ..
They should put that driveline back under the ZZT .. give it some balls
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Toymods Club Treasurer
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Corolla leads both drivers & Manufacturers Aust Rally Championship
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Fri, 23 April 2004 17:09
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I've heard there are packaging issues with the 2ZZ & 4wd, although there are Toyota's available with the 1ZZ & 4wd.
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