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Neal Bates
Neal Bates
	Neal Bates and Coral Taylor
Nationality	Australian
Born	19 March 1965 (age 59); Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Related to	Rick Bates (twin brother); Alison Drower (sister-in-law); Zach Bates (nephew)
Australian Rally Championship
Years active	1989–2009
Teams	Neal Bates Motorsport
Best finish	1st in 1993, 1994, 1995 & 2008
Previous series
1997–2003; 1997; ; 1997; ; 1993–97; 1989–93; 1989	V8 Supercars; Australian Super Touring Championship; Australian GT Production Car Championship; World Rally Championship; Australian Endurance Championship; Australian Touring Car Championship
Championship titles
2008; 1995; 1995; 1994; 1993	Australian Rally Championship; Targa Tasmania; Australian Rally Championship; Australian Rally Championship; Australian Rally Championship

Neal Anthony Bates (born 19 March 1965) is an Australian rally and racing car driver. Throughout his career Bates has been associated with Toyota in the Australian Rally Championship and for 19 years his Neal Bates Motorsport outfit ran Toyota's official rally program in Australia. Bates claimed four drivers' titles in this time and helped Toyota win four manufacturers' crowns.^[1]

Bates' navigator/co-driver since 1993 has been Coral Taylor.

Bates long-time partnership with Toyota also brought the first of many circuit racing opportunities, a drive in a star search program in Toyota's Australian Touring Car Championship team. This led to a number of touring car racing opportunities with the factory Toyota Corolla teams as well as V8 Supercar teams including Paul Weel Racing, Glenn Seton Racing and Gibson Motor Sport.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1991	World Rally Championship	56th	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Toyota Team Europe
1991	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1992	Australian Rally Championship	4th	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1993	World Rally Championship	45th	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1993	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1994	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1995	World Rally Championship	27th	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1995	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1996	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Celica GT-Four	Neal Bates Motorsport
1997	World Rally Championship	26th	Toyota Corolla WRC	Neal Bates Motorsport
	Australian Rally Championship	3rd	Toyota Corolla WRC	Neal Bates Motorsport
	Australian Super Touring Championship	13th	Toyota Camry	Phoenix Motorsport
	Australian GT Production Car Championship	13th	Porsche 993 RSCS
1998	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Corolla WRC	Neal Bates Motorsport
1999	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Corolla WRC	Neal Bates Motorsport
1999	V8 Supercar Championship Series	31st	Ford AU Falcon	Ford Tickford Racing
2000	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Corolla WRC	Neal Bates Motorsport
2001	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Corolla WRC	Neal Bates Motorsport
2001	Australian Nations Cup Championship	13th	Porsche 996 GT3	Tekno Autosports
2002	V8 Supercar Championship Series	43rd	Ford AU Falcon	00 Motorsport
2003	Australian Rally Championship	8th	Toyota Corolla Sportivo Turbo	Neal Bates Motorsport
2003	V8 Supercar Championship Series	65th	Ford AU Falcon	ICS Team Ford
2004	Australian Rally Championship	6th	Toyota Corolla Sportivo Turbo	Neal Bates Motorsport
2005	Australian Rally Championship	6th	Toyota Corolla Sportivo Turbo	Neal Bates Motorsport
2006	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Corolla Sportivo Turbo	Neal Bates Motorsport
2007	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Corolla S2000	Neal Bates Motorsport
2008	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Corolla S2000	Neal Bates Motorsport
2009	Australian Rally Championship	3rd	Toyota Corolla S2000	Neal Bates Motorsport
2012	Australian Classic Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Celica	Neal Bates Motorsport

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
1990	Toyota Team Australia	Toyota Celica 2000 GT	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS 26	ITA	CIV	GBR			NC	0
1991	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS 5	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	56th	2
1993	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	AUS 8	ITA	ESP	GBR		45th	3
1995	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Celica GT-Four	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS 9	ESP	GBR							27th	2
1996	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Celica GT-Four	SWE	KEN	IDN	ARG	FIN	AUS Ret	ITA	ESP							NC	0
1997	Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL 6	FIN	IDN Ret	ITA			27th	1
1997	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Celica GT-Four													AUS 8	GBR	27th	1
1998	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS 12	GBR		NC	0
1999	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS Ret	GBR	NC	0
2000	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS 9	GBR	NC	0
2001	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS Ret	GBR	NC	0
2009	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Corolla TRD S2000	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN	AUS NC	ESP	GBR			NC	0

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1989	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Dowson	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	C	141	17th	1st
1990	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	C	59	DNF	DNF
1991	Toyota Team Australia	Rick Bates	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	3	76	DNF	DNF
1992	Toyota Team Australia	Rick Bates	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	B	125	24th	3rd
1993	Caltex CXT Racing Team	John Smith	Toyota Corolla Seca	B	113	DNF	DNF
1997*	Phoenix Motorsport	Mark Adderton	Toyota Camry	-	64	DNF	DNF
1998	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel	Ford EL Falcon	OC	155	9th	9th
1999	Glenn Seton Racing	Geoff Brabham	Ford AU Falcon	-	159	10th	10th
2000	Ford Tickford Racing	Wayne Gardner	Ford AU Falcon	-	45	DNF	DNF
2002	Gibson Motorsport	Rodney Forbes	Ford AU Falcon	-	159	14th	14th
2003	ICS Team Ford	Rick Bates	Ford AU Falcon	-	62	DNF	DNF

* Super Touring race

Complete Sandown endurance results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1989	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Dowson	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	A	142	11th	2nd
1990	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	V8	85	DNF	DNF
1998	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel	Ford EL Falcon	OC	122	DNF	DNF
2001	Tekno Autosports	Steve Webb	Porsche 996 GT3	N	161	2nd	2nd
2003	ICS Team Ford	Rick Bates	Ford AU Falcon	-	136	25th	25th

References

^ "Neal Bates and Coral Taylor Profiles". Toyota Racing Development. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2008.

External links

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Robb Herridge	Australian Rally Champion 1993, 1994 & 1995	Succeeded by Possum Bourne
Preceded by Andrew Miedecke	Targa Tasmania 1995	Succeeded by Jim Richards
Preceded by Simon Evans	Australian Rally Champion 2008	Succeeded by Simon Evans

[1] "Neal Bates and Coral Taylor Profiles". Toyota Racing Development. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2008.

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