Rally Recall

The Final Showdown – 2000 Saxon Safari Rally

Heading into the final round of the 2000 Australian Rally Championship, Possum Bourne and Neal Bates were equal on points in the fight for the title.

30th September 2020, 9:00am
by Neil Blackbourn

When Bourne’s Impreza WRCar blew an engine, and Bates crashed his Corolla WRCar heavily, in the days before the rally, it threw a real spanner in the works.

Neil Blackbourn was there for “The Final Showdown”.

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