Winners of the PlayStation Round Australia Rally, Bruce Garland and Harry Suzuki, Holden Jackeroo.
The PlayStation Round Australia Rally started in Adelaide on 6 September, 1998.
The event travelled the perimeter of the nation with competitors contesting 76 special stages, totalling 3,900 kilometres, or 21 percent of the total 18,300 kilometres, before finishing in Adelaide 22 days later.
Tom Snooks was the Executive Officer of the 1998 PlayStation Rally.
Michael Guest and jason Walk, Subaru Impreza, pictured early in the event.
Peter Brock and Wayne Webster finished 2nd outright in their production Holden jackeroo.
Video of the 1998 PlayStation Round Australia Rally. (1hr 27 min)
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THE EVENT
A1: Preamble
A2: From the Clerk of Course, Bob Carpenter
A3: Eligible Vehicles
A4: Compulsory and Optional Equipment
A5: Vehicle Checking
A6: Servicing During the Event
A7: The Organisers and Key Officials
A8: The Competition
THE COMPETITORS
B1: Entry List
B2: Some Competitor Photographs
B3: They Said It
THE RESULTS
C1: Preamble
C2: General Classification
C3: Results by Category
C4: Results by Class
C5: Special Awards
C6: Outright Positions Within Each Leg
C7: Outright Positions at End of Each Leg
THE COURSE
Leg 1 – Adelaide to Port Augusta
Leg 2 – Port Augusta to Eucla
Leg 3 – Eucla to Esperance
Leg 4 – Esperance to Bunbury
Leg 5 – Bunbury to Geraldton
Leg 6 – Geraldton to Carnarvon
Leg 7 – Carnarvon to Port Hedland
Leg 8 – Port Hedland to near Derby
Leg 9 – Near Derby to Kununurra
Leg 10 – Kununurra to Darwin
Leg 11 – Darwin to Tennant Creek
Leg 12 – Tennant Creek to Cloncurry
Leg 13 – Cloncurry to Greenvale
Leg 14 – Greenvale to Cairns
Leg 15 – rest day in Cairns
Leg 16 – Cairns to Mackay
Leg 17 – Mackay to Maryborough
Leg 18 – Maryborough to Coffs Harbour
Leg 19 – Coffs Harbour to Sydney
Leg 20 – Sydney to Albury
Leg 21 – Albury to Horsham
Leg 22 – Horsham to Adelaide