Rick Bates

Rick Bates
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1965-03-19) 19 March 1965
Canberra, Australia
World Rally Championship record
Active years 1997, 1999
Teams Daihatsu Australia
Rallies 2
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums 0
Stage wins 0
Total points 0
First rally 1997 Rally Australia
Last rally 1999 China Rally

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, 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 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.

In 2006, Bates and Brittan also won the Carrera Sudamericana in Argentina.

External links

WRC Results (eWRC)

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