Respect Yourself Heat One Winner

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Subaru's lead driver Possum Bourne and co driver Craig Vincent extended their lead even further this afternoon. Possum's Impreza WRC98 headed for home 55 seconds ahead of the Corolla WRC of Neal Bates and Coral Taylor.

"We have just had a good clean run today, no real problems, except for a couple of very fast stages!" The Corolla driver was very disappointed to be second. "I can't remember having taken so many risks just to come second. A centre diff problem has made the car very unpredictable." The Toyota nearly left the road three times on the short Hairpin Road, and then lost further seconds on the following two stages. The car was then swamped by the TTA technicians at the end of day service park at the Kalamunda Shopping Centre, in the Perth hills.

For the full story check out the 'Official' Respect Yourself Forest Rally website at www.rally.com.au!