The International Rally of Queensland, known previously as Rally Queensland, is a rally racing event held in the

Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was create ...

of Queensland, Australia run by the Brisbane Sporting Car Club. The rally was based for most of its out of the state capital

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but in more recent times has moved north along the coast to various centres in the Sunshine Coast area. The rally begins in

Caloundra Caloundra ( ) is a coastal town and the southernmost town in the Sunshine Coast Region in South East Queensland, Australia. Geography Caloundra is north of the Brisbane central business district. Caloundra is accessible from Landsborough ...

before moving inland to forest roads in near Imbil and

Kandanga Kandanga is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people. Geography The town is located on the Mary Valley Road ( State Route 51) north of the state capit ...

. The rally was first held in 1968 as part of the original Australian Rally Championship and has been part of the ARC ever since. With the end of the Rally of Canberra in 2008 and the Western Australian government ceasing its funding of

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in 2006 both the

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and

Asia-Pacific Rally Championship The Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) is an international rally championship organized by the FIA encompassing rounds in Asia and Oceania. Group N cars dominated the championship for many years but in recent years cars built to R5 and S ...

s were both looking for new venues. Rally Queensland was selected for APRC duties and became the International Rally of Queensland in 2009. In 2013, a competitor died after his car crashed in the Imbil State Forest.

List of winners

Sourced in part from:Rally of Queensland: Hall of Fame
Retrieved 26 April 2015.

References

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International sports competitions hosted by Australia 1968 establishments in Australia Motorsport in Queensland

List of winners

See also

References