“I grew up in Canberra and I had done the rally in Canberra a number of times but I’d only done the Victorian round of the ARC in about 2012,” Stilling explained.“I’d always wanted to do the whole series but time, kids, money had always made it difficult. This year I was changing jobs and I took the opportunity.
“I really wanted to capitalise at the National Capital Rally, I could have wrapped up the championship there but we slipped off the road on Sunday morning, it wasn’t to be.”With co-driver duties in the Stanza shared between Lisa Dunkerton (Eureka Rally), Cindy Gielingh-Jones (Forest Rally) and Rhys Llewellyn (National Capital Rally), the 2017 Australian Classic Rally Challenge co-driver title went to Tony Brandon. Brandon co-drove with second-placed Brett Stephens in the Datsun Bluebird, the pair competing at National Capital Rally and Rally Australia where they had a first and second in class respectively. It was a great comeback by Stephens and Brandon this year after they destroyed their previous Bluebird at Rally Australia last year on the Wedding Bells stage.
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