Selley had held second place throughout the first day and a half however a remarkable second-half of the Rally saw the flying Toyota overhaul the German thoroughbred for second.Simon Gunson and Jurgen Lunsmann finished fourth powered their Mk1 Capri to fourth place, less than 20 seconds away from a place on the podium. The Gunson / Lunsmann combination also headed up a Team victory for WA inc. David McDonough and Dave Langfield finished fifth in their Ford Capri Perana, a further 30 seconds behind. In Modern Classic, Rally legends Neal Bates and Coral Taylor ultimately won their tight battle with Ben Calder and Steve Glenney after three days of the pair being almost completely inseparable. Driving his classic ARC-winning Celica, Bates withstood attack after attack from Calder to ultimately edge out a narrow 46-second margin by the end of the final stage. The iconic Celica was also the fastest car overall in the rally, their total time of 44:27.8 seconds the fastest of all cars entered.
Stuart Bowes (left), Darryl Bush (centre) and Neal Bates all drove ex-works Toyota rally cars in the Adelaide Rally.
In Category S, Craig Van Diemen and Michael Mohr pushed their Mitsubishi Lancer EVO to victory in Category S, ahead of a recovering Nick Streckeisen and Jeremy Dale in their Nissan GTR.While he didn’t get a rally victory, Irishman Frank Kelly spent much of the rally sideways and finished third in class. William Gill and Cathy Gill won the regularity competition ahead of Matt Bull & Brett Foster, with Ben Auld and Rhys Gillet in third. Event director Tim Possingham said the expanded 2017 Shannons Adelaide Rally was a success for all concerned. “Over three days we have seen some intensely close competition between more than 280 competitors on some of South Australia’s best roads. “Thanks go to our partners at Shannons, the Sporting Car Club of South Australia, South Australia Tourism Commission and the City of Adelaide. We also thank the manufacturers who were involved in the touring section. “Thanks also to the interstate and even international competitors who have come all this way to compete.”
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