# Rick Bates

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**Richard Glen Bates** (born 19 March 1965) is an Australian rally driver. He is the twin brother of the rally and racing driver, [Neal Bates](/source/Neal_Bates). Whilst Neal has achieved more success in the [Australian Rally Championship](/source/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.

Bates 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](/source/Porsche_911) with his co-driver Jenny Brittan. He has also appeared in two events of the [World Rally Championship](/source/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, Bates 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 1997, Bates won the [Australian Formula 2 Rally Championship](/source/Australian_Rally_Championship#Australian_Formula_2_Rally_Champions) driving a [Daihatsu Charade GTi](/source/Daihatsu_Charade#G200).

In 2000, Bates was third in the [London-Sydney Marathon](/source/London-Sydney_Marathon), finishing behind [Stig Blomqvist](/source/Stig_Blomqvist) and [Michele Mouton](/source/Michele_Mouton).

In 2006, Bates and Brittan also won the Carrera Sudamericana in [Argentina](/source/Argentina).

## Rally results

Season Series Position Car Team 1995 Australian Formula 2 Rally Championship 1st Daihatsu Charade GTi Daihatsu Motor Corp 1996 Bulldog Midland Rally 36th Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 1997 Panama - Alaska Rally 1st Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 1998 Shield of Africa Rally 11th Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 2000 London-Sydney Marathon 3rd Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 2006 Carrera Sudamericana Rally 1st Honda Integra Type-R Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan Australian Rally Championship 23rd Ford Focus Team Pirtek

### WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points 1997 Daihatsu Australia Daihatsu Charade GTi MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN IDN ITA AUS 30 GBR NC 0 1999 Volkswagen FRD Rally Team Volkswagen Jetta GTX MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN Ret ITA AUS GBR NC 0

## Circuit results

Season Series Position Car Team 2000 Shell Supercars Championship Series 39th Ford AU Falcon Colorscan Motorsport 2001 Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 5th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Shell Supercars Championship Series 42nd Holden VX Commodore Lansvale Racing Team 2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship 8th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 3rd V8 Supercars Championship 54th Holden VX Commodore John Faulkner Racing 2003 Australian Production Car Championship 11th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Australian Production Car Championship - Class D 5th V8 Supercars Championship 65th Ford AU Falcon ICS Team Ford 2004 Australian Production Car Championship 10th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Australian Production Car Championship - Class D 3rd 2005 Australian Production Car Championship 21st Toyota Corolla Sportivo Novocastrian Motorsport 2010 Australian Production Car Championship 31st Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport 2012 Australian Production Car Championship - Class C 15th Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport 2014 Australian Production Car Championship - Class C 11th Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport 2015 Australian Production Car Championship 4th Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Pro-Duct Motorsport 2016 Australian Production Car Championship 8th Renault Megane RS275 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Osborne Motorsport Pro-Duct Motorsport 2017 Australian Production Car Championship 6th Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Pro-Duct Motorsport 2018 Australian Production Car Championship 8th Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Pro-Duct Motorsport

### Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Position Points 2000 Colorscan Motorsport Ford AU Falcon PHI R1 PHI R2 BAR R3 BAR R4 BAR R5 ADE R6 ADE R7 EAS R8 EAS R9 EAS R10 HDV R11 HDV R12 HDV R13 CAN R14 CAN R15 CAN R16 QLD R17 QLD R18 QLD R19 WIN R20 24 WIN R21 22 WIN R22 24 ORA R23 27 ORA R24 23 ORA R25 Ret CAL R26 30 CAL R27 23 CAL R28 26 QLD R29 18 SAN R30 21 SAN R31 15 SAN R32 18 BAT R33 15 39th 100 2001 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VX Commodore PHI R1 PHI R2 ADE R3 ADE R4 EAS R5 EAS R6 HDV R7 HDV R8 HDV R9 CAN R10 CAN R11 CAN R12 BAR R13 BAR R14 BAR R15 CAL R16 CAL R17 CAL R18 ORA R19 ORA R20 QLD R21 19 WIN R22 WIN R23 BAT R24 10 PUK R25 PUK R26 PUK R27 SAN R28 SAN R29 SAN R30 42nd 388 2002 John Faulkner Racing Holden VX Commodore ADE R1 ADE R2 PHI R3 PHI R4 EAS R5 EAS R6 EAS R7 HDV R8 HDV R9 HDV R10 CAN R11 CAN R12 CAN R13 BAR R14 BAR R15 BAR R16 ORA R17 ORA R18 WIN R19 WIN R20 QLD R21 Ret BAT R22 10 SUR R23 SUR R24 PUK R25 PUK R26 PUK R27 SAN R28 SAN R29 54th 56 2003 ICS Team Ford Ford AU Falcon ADE R1 ADE R1 PHI R3 EAS R4 WIN R5 BAR R6 BAR R7 BAR R8 HDV R9 HDV R10 HDV R11 QLD R12 ORA R13 SAN R14 25 BAT R15 Ret SUR R16 SUR R17 PUK R18 PUK R19 PUK R20 EAS R21 EAS R22 65th 100

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Car# Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class pos. 1990 3 Search for a Champion Peter Gazzard Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1 57 DNF DNF 1991 70 Toyota Team Australia Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT 3 76 DNF DNF 1992 70 Toyota Team Australia Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT B 125 24th 3rd 2000 22 Colourscan Racing Brett Peters Ford AU Falcon – 157 15th 15th 2001 3 Lansvale Racing Team Cameron McConville Holden VX Commodore – 160 10th 10th 2002 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner Holden VX Commodore – 160 10th 10th 2003 23 ICS Team Ford Neal Bates Ford AU Falcon – 62 DNF DNF

### Complete Sandown endurance results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class pos. 2001 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Bob Hughes Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI A 150 6th 1st 2003 ICS Team Ford Neal Bates Ford AU Falcon – 136 25th 25th

### Complete Bathurst/Eastern Creek 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class pos. 1991 Neal Bates Motorsport Neal Bates Geoff Morgan Toyota Celica B 214 17th 1st 1992 John Smith Geoff Morgan Keith Carling Toyota MR2 S 243 7th 1st 1993 Neal Bates Motorsport Juan Manuel Fangio II Peter McKay Toyota MR2 S 245 6th 1st 1994 Neal Bates Motorsport Juan Manuel Fangio II Neal Bates Toyota MR2 S 249 4th 1st 1995 Neal Bates Motorsport Phil Alexander Warren Rush Toyota MR2 S 235 DNF DNF 2007 Scott's Transport Peter Gazzard Bob Hughes Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution VIII S 253 3rd 2nd 2010 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Mazda 3 MPS C 15 DNF DNF

### Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class pos. 2019 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Renault Mégane RS265 C 0 DNS DNS 2022 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Renault Mégane RS265 C 110 40th 5th 2024 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Zach Bates Renault Mégane RS265 C 0 DNS DNS

## External links

- [WRC Results (eWRC)](http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=2766&sct=1)

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