Rick Bates

Rick Bates
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	19 March 1965 (age 59); 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

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. 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.

Results

Complete V8 Supercars Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2000	Colorscan Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	PHI	BAR	ADE	ECR	HID	CAN	QLD	WIN 28	ORA DNF	CAL 30	QLD 18	SAN 20	BAT 15		39th	100
2001	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	PHI	ADE	ECR	HID	CAN	BAR	CAL	ORA	QLD 19	WIN	BAT 10	PUK	SAN		42nd	388
2002	John Faulkner Racing	Holden VX Commodore	ADE	PHI	ECR	HID	CAN	BAR	ORA	WIN	QLD Ret	BAT 10	SUR	PUK	SAN		54th	56
2003	ICS Team Ford	Ford AU Falcon	ADE	PHI	ECR	WIN	BAR	HID	QLD	ORA	SAN 25	BAT Ret	SUR	PUK	PUK	SAN	65th	100

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

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
1993	6	Caltex CXT Racing Team	John Smith	Toyota Corolla Seca	B	113	DNF	DNF
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

External links

WRC Results (eWRC)
Rick Bates career summary at DriverDB.com