Rick Bates (born 19 March 1965) is an Australian rally driver. He is the twin brother of the rally and racing driver,
Neal Bates. Whilst Neal has achieved more success in the
Australian Rally Championship
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Competition - to 2010
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, winning it four times, Rick has won two major cross country events in a nine-year span. The first was Panama-Alaska in 1997 and the next win was the Carrera Sudamericana in 2006.
He has, on at least one occasion, competed directly against his twin brother.
Career
In 1997, Bates won the Panama to Alaska rally driving a
Porsche 911
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with his co-driver Jenny Brittan. He has also appeared in two events of the
World Rally Championship. First, he drove to 30th place at Rally Australia 1997 in a Daihatsu Charade GTi. Then, he drove at China Rally 1999, this time in a Volkswagen Jetta GTX, but he retired on the fifth special stage.
In both occasions, he was co-driven by Jenny Brittan with whom he won the Panama to Alaska rally in 1997. The former event saw him race with his twin brother Neal who scored points with an eighth-place finish.
In 2000, he was third in the
London-Sydney Marathon, finishing behind
Stig Blomqvist and
Michele Mouton
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In 2006, Bates and Brittan also won the Carrera Sudamericana in
Argentina.
Results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
WRC results
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Complete Sandown endurance results
External links
WRC Results (eWRC)Profile on Driver Database
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Australian rally drivers
1965 births
World Rally Championship drivers
Supercars Championship drivers
Living people
Twin sportspeople
Australian Endurance Championship drivers