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WRC title winner joins Australian Rally Championship

This month's Forest Rally boasts a bumper entry list headlined by Toby Price and 2020 Junior World Rally Champion Tom Kristensson.

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Tom Kristensson (right) will join the Australian Rally Championship later this month. Image: Red Bull Content Pool

Price announced his debut in the competition last week, taking the wheel of a Subaru WRX Challenge.

The Dakar Rally winner forms part of a 39-strong field that includes Swedish duo Tom and Andreas Kristensson.

Tom Kristensson won three out of four events to claim the 2020 JWRC title aboard a Ford Fiesta R2.

Having recently sealed victory in the Swedish Rally Championship, they’ll compete in a 2017 Skoda Fabia R5.

Price and the Kristenssons join regulars Harry Bates and Coral Taylor, Scott Pedder and Glenn Macneall, Lewis Bates and Anthony McLoughlin, and WA local Alex Rullo and Steve Glenney.

Toby Price to make Australian Rally Championship debut

“We are ecstatic with the size of the entry and the quality of the competitors,” said Ross Tapper, event clerk of course.

“We are privileged to have our Australian Champions to be able to compete against the best from New Zealand, Sweden and Ireland.

“It is our own mini-WRC and will be fascinating to see how it unfolds over the weekend. Rally fans should make their way down to Nannup to see high quality rallying on some great roads that have been graded smooth.”

The 2025 Forest Rally takes place in Busselton, Nannup and Bunbury in Western Australia on 23-25 May.

2025 Forest Rally Entry List

Car No. Competitor / Sponsor Driver / Co-Driver Year – Manufacture Car – Class
1 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Harry Bates
Coral Taylor
2024 Toyota
GR Yaris – Rally 2
2 Pedders Suspension and Brakes Scott Pedder
Glenn Macneall
2025 Skoda
Fabia RS – Rally 2
3 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Lewis Bates
Anthony McLoughlin
2024 Toyota
GR Yaris – Rally 2
4 Paddon Racing Group Hayden Paddon
John Kennard
2022 Hyundai
i20N – Rally 2
5 Maximum Motorsport Tom Kristensson
Andreas Johansson
2017 Skoda
Fabia R5 – R5
6 IS Group, IntelliSpatial, Fleetcare,
Fuchs
Alex Rullo
Steve Glenney
2022 Hyundai
i20N – Rally 2
7 Shamrock Haulage Richie Dalton
Mac Kierans
2020 Toyota
GR Yaris – AP4
8 Ezi Up Tyre Repair Kit Troy Dowel
Mitch Garrad
2020 Toyota
GR Yaris – AP4
9 Clayton Hoy Clayton Hoy
Erin Kelly
1998 Mitsubishi
Lancer EVO 6 – P5
10 IS Group, IntelliSpatial, Fleetcare,
Fuchs
Peter Rullo
Ben Searcy
2022 Hyundai
i20N – Rally 2
11 R317 Motorsport Patrick O’Brien
Shane Farrell
2015 Peugeot
208 – AP4
12 Rando Constructions Craig Rando
Scott Beckwith
2024 Toyota
GR Yaris – Rally 2
13 Team Cabling / SR Automotive Stewart Reid
Bella Haggarty
2016 Mitsubishi
Mirage – AP4
14 Tunetech Auto Service Centre Thomas Loughton
Michael Loyd
2008 Mitsubishi
Lancer EVO X – P5
15 ARC Plant Hire Eamonn McNabb
Pascal McCarney
2022 Ford
Fiesta – Rally 2
16 Thrive Exercise Physiology Timothy Hiles
Noah Humble
1992 Subaru
Legacy – P5
17 Allstar Camper Hire Nicholas Box
Caleb Ash
1990 Nissan
Silvia – C2
18 DCL Contracting Group / KMG Frank O’Shea
Murish O’Connell
2004 Subaru
Impreza WRX – P5
19 PowerPlay Toby Price
Holly Kilbride
2023 Subaru
Impreza WRX – WRX
20 Kelly Motorsport Frank Kelly
Lauren Kelly
1977 Ford
Escort MkII – CRC
21 KAT Racing / Purely Porscha /
Paramount Cabinets
Kelly Thomas
Amelia Jordan
1998 Subaru
Impreza GC8 – P5
22 Australian Truck Performance Tony Sullens
Kaylie Newell
2013 -Citroen
DS3 – P4
23 Midalia Steel Gary Mills
Shaun McMacken
2004 Ford
Fiesta – CRC
24 KickAss 12 Volt Products Glenn Brinkman
Jacci Hughes
2023 Subaru
Impreza WRX – WRX
25 BMG Autos / Alcorn Motorsport Glenn Alcorn
Jonathan Charlesson
1986 Toyota
AE86 – CRC
26 Trenching Systems Australia / Ferguson
Earthmoving
Graeme Ferguson
Ross Moody
1972 Ford
Capri – C2
27 K-Tec Engineering Motorsport Keith Hamilton
David Humphreys
2019 Subaru
Impreza WRX – P5
28 RMF Fabrication Robert Foley
Rachael Ferrante
2022 Toyota
GR Yaris – P5
29 DCL Contracting Group Declan Madigan
Stephen Kelly
2010 Subaru
Impreza WRX – P6
30 Spalding Dillon Australian / European
Affair
Molly Spalding
Matt Dillon
1995 Subaru
Impreza WRX – C3
31 Premier Pools Jackson Long
Damien Long
2005 Subaru
Impreza RS – P5
32 Racing Dipsy Shane Garner
Sylvie Garner
1994 Subaru
Impreza WRX – P5
33 Perfmet Racing Roy Tierney
Steven Jopson
2006 Mitsubishi
Lancer EVO – P5
34 Dardanup Removals | WA Custom Glass |
Cape Accounting | Civitest | Steelweld
David Smith
Rodger Pedersen
2006 Ford
Fiesta ST150 – P3
35 Maximum Motorsport Andy van Kann
Catherine Saayman
2023 Subaru
Impreza WRX – WRX
36 Newground Water Services Steven Champion
Steven Crawford
1991 Hyundai
Lantra – C2
37 Escal 8 Motorsport Mike Gigney
Donagh O’Driscoll
1977 Mitsubishi
Lancer LB – C2
38 Fivetenracing Matt Shinnors
Catherine Shinnors
1971 Datsun 1600 – C2
39 Purely Porscha Peter Thompson
Declan Stafford
2004 Ford
Fiesta S1600 – S1600

 



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