While neither Les Walkden or Craig Brooks will admit as much, there's some real pecking order rallying about to take place this weekend.Both Walkden and Brooks are from the north west of Tasmania. They're running the same model cars, and both have a point to prove.
For Brooks, it's that Subaru has made the correct decision in awarding him the contract to run the factory team. For Walkden, that Subaru got it wrong, and that another driver in a similar car can do a similar, if not better, job.
And that's without even bringing Taylor and Evans into the equation.The popular Victorian - a four time Australian Rally Champion - hasn't contested an ARC round since Rally Australia in 2016, when he controversially lost the championship to Taylor. He's kept himself busy driving a Polaris in the Side-By-Side championship, but other than that he's been busy pouring concrete in his own business. Taylor, on the other hand, has had consistent seat time in her factory Subaru, and more recently in a Subaru TCR race car run by Kelly Motorsport. She contested Rally Tasmania last year. For Evans, it's his first time at the event. All of which makes for an intriguing battle this weekend. As we know, one rally won't make or break either driver's or team's reputation, but if nothing else, there's some handy bragging rights on offer.
Simon Evans last contested the ARC in 2016.
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