“I’ve been chasing this victory for a while; it’s my favourite rally, so I’ve always wanted to have this win,” Taylor said.
“After a disappointing start in the first round, to come back with this in round two was more than we could hope for.”
Nathan Quinn, of NSW, and East Victoria Park’s Ben Searcy finished the April 21-23 rally in second outright, with the WA crew of Brad Markovic, of Kalamunda, and Byford’s Toni Feaver finishing third.
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READ NOWMarkovic led the crews contesting the WA Rally Championship from the opening stage of the rally, recording two heat wins.
He took the WARC event win ahead of Nannup’s Tom Wilde and Swan View co-driver Madelin Kirkhouse, as well as Razvan Vlad, of Padbury, and Parkerville’s Daymon Nicoli.
“We had a great run yesterday and tried to keep our noses clean today; consistency was the key, finding a good pace, sticking to that pace and that was our game plan this weekend,” Markovic said.
Bunbury father-and-son Mitchel and Stuart Clarke were too fast in the Clubman Cup class, winning every stage. Mark Travers and Jeremy Edwards took the honours in the clubman masters class ahead of Andrew Pinker and Tony Floyd.
More than 50 crews from across Australia contested the Make Smoking History Forest Rally through the forests of Nannup and around the electric Busselton Special Stage.
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