The Australian Rally Championship will re-expand to six rounds in 2016, with a brand new event to be run out of Ballarat. The news means a Victorian round will return to the ARC calendar, with Rally Victoria having not made it onto the 2015 schedule. Ballarat, located 100 kilometres north of Melbourne, is Australia's most populated inland city, and has a rich history as a gold mining town. And according to the ARC Chairman Ben Rainsford, it is also the perfect place to bring rallying back to Victoria. “It’s exciting to announce a return to Victoria in 2016,” said Rainsford. “The sport has such a rich history in the state, and it is terrific news to be able to take the crews, teams,...
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