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[[Image:Dunkerton.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ross Dunkerton in the 2006 ''[[Targa West]]'' rally]] |
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'''Ross Dunkerton''' (born July 16, 1945) is considered{{cn}} Australia's most successful rally driver to date, originating in Perth, [[Western Australia]]. He was previously a [[councillor]] for the [[Bassendean, Western Australia|Town of Bassendean]], but moved with his family to [[Cairns in Far North Queensland]] in late 2007. |
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'''Ross Winston Dunkerton OAM''' (born 16 July 1945) is an Australian [[rally driver]]. Dunkerton is a 5 time Australian Rally Champion and 2 time Asian Pacific Rally Champion. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2018. |
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Ross is married to his wife Lisa has two sons, Aaron and Flynn. |
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Dunkerton is one of only three Australian rally drivers in history to achieve FIA A seeded status (the others being [[Chris Atkinson]] and [[Cody Crocker]]), and is arguably Australia’s most successful.<ref>http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/CCA6426B3167D9DEC12576A8003CDE7D/$FILE/Priorités%20A+B%202010_v2.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> |
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[[File:Ross Dunkerton in the Targa West Rally.jpg|thumb|Ross Dunkerton in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX]] |
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Dunkerton is a regular competitor in numerous tarmac and historic gravel events in both Australia and New Zealand. He competed in the 2009 Otago Rally of New Zealand in his newly purchased MK II BDA Ford Escort rally car. |
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Dunkerton was awarded life membership with CAMS in 2011, inducted into the Australian Rally Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame in 2016. |
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Dunkerton's current car is a turbocharged [[Ralliart]] [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution|Lancer Evolution IX]] RS. |
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[[Image:Dunkerton 1974 Graham Ruckert.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ross Dunkerton in the Datsun 240Z which took him to his first [[1975 Australian Rally Championship|Australian Rally Championship in 1975]]]] [[File:Ross Dunkerton in the 2006 Targa West rally.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ross Dunkerton in the 2006 ''[[Targa West]]'' rally]] |
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Dunkerton won the [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship]] in 1991 and 1992 in a [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] as a full-time factory driver for Mitsubishi Ralliart. In Australia, he won the [[Australian Rally Championship]] in 1975, '76, '77, '79 and '83 in [[Datsun 510|Datsun 1600s]], [[Datsun 240Z|240Zs]] and [[Datsun 260Z|260Zs]]. Dunkerton also won the [[Southern Cross Rally]] in 1980. He won the 2005 and 2006 [[Targa West]] rallies, placing third in the 2007 event. |
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== Television presenting == |
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After winning almost 100 rallies in a career spanning three decades, former International Rally Driver Ross Dunkerton turned his hand to full time television presenting in 1995. |
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==Personal life== |
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In 1997, Dunkerton won a National Media award{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}, testimony to the adage that he brings to television, the same determination, wit and effort that saw him enjoy so much success in his sporting career. |
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Born in [[Fremantle]], [[Western Australia]],<ref>Quartermaine, Braden (3 April 2012). [http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/dunkerton-driven-out-of-wa/story-e6frg13u-1111114900033 "Ross Dunkerton at end of road in WA"], ''[[Perth Now]]''. Retrieved on 3 April 2012.</ref> he was previously a [[councillor]] for the [[Bassendean, Western Australia|Town of Bassendean]], but moved with his family to [[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]] in [[Far North Queensland]] in late 2007. |
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Ross is married to his wife Lisa has two sons, Aaron and Flynn. |
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Dunkerton has taken on many roles, his most current being a full time presenter for the Western Australian lifestyle show, Home in WA. He has also presented coverage for a variety of motorsport events including the Variety Club Bash and coverage of the Australian Rally Championship on network ten. |
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==Career== |
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Dunkerton is a regular competitor in numerous tarmac and historic gravel events in both Australia and New Zealand. He competed in the 2009 Otago Rally of New Zealand in his newly purchased MK II BDA Ford Escort rally car. |
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Dunkerton is one of only two Australian drivers to have ever stood on a podium of a World Rally Championship event, the other being Chris Atkinson. In 1992, Dunkerton finished third in the Rothmans Rally of New Zealand, round 7 of the 1992 World Rally Championship. |
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== Television presenting == |
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After winning almost 100 rallies in a career spanning three decades, former International Rally Driver Ross Dunkerton turned his hand to full-time television presenting in 1995. |
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In 1997, Dunkerton won a National Media award{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}, testimony to the adage that he brings to television, the same determination, wit and effort that saw him enjoy so much success in his sporting career. |
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Dunkerton has taken on many roles, his most current being a full-time presenter for the Western Australian lifestyle show, Home in WA and the automotive series, Zoom TV. He has also presented coverage for a variety of motorsport events including the Variety Club Bash and coverage of the Australian Rally Championship on network ten. |
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==External links== |
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==Career results== |
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*[http://bassendean.wa.gov.au/councillors/dunkerton.htm Contact details at local government website] |
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*[http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=2643 Results and profile], Rallybase.nl |
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! Series |
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! Position |
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! Car |
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! Team |
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| 1975 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
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| [[Datsun 240Z]] |
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| 1976 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
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| [[Datsun 260Z]] |
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| 1977 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
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| [[Datsun 260Z]] |
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| 1979 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
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| [[Datsun Stanza]] |
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| 1983 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
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| [[Datsun 1600 (510)|Datsun 1600]] |
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| 1987 |
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| Malaysian Rally Championship |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st<ref name=Lee>Mel Lee, The Malaysian Rally Championship - Mixed Fortunes in a Bumper Year, Number One Motorsports Yearbook 1988, pages 94-108</ref> |
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| [[Ford Laser TX3 4WD]]<ref name=Lee/> |
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| [[1989 World Rally Championship season|1989]] |
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| [[World Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 64th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| 1989 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 5th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| [[1990 World Rally Championship season|1990]] |
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| [[World Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 20th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| 1991 |
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| [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| 1991 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 6th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| [[1991 World Rally Championship season|1991]] |
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| [[World Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 40th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| 1992 |
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| [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| 1992 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 7th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| [[1992 World Rally Championship season|1992]] |
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| [[World Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 16th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| 1993 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 7th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution|Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| [[1993 World Rally Championship season|1993]] |
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| [[World Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" | 24th |
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| [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution|Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E]] |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart |
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| 1994 |
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| [[Australian Rally Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |
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| [[Mitsubishi Galant VR-4]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060822001802/http://bassendean.wa.gov.au/councillors/dunkerton.htm Contact details at local government website] |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Colin Bond]] | title = Winner of the [[Australian Rally Championship]] | years = 1975, 1976 and<br>1977 <small>(titled shared with [[George Fury]])</small> | after = [[Greg Carr (rally driver)|Greg Carr]]}} |
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*[http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=2643 Results and profile], Rallybase.nl |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Greg Carr (rally driver)|Greg Carr]] | title = Winner of the [[Australian Rally Championship]] | years = 1979 | after = [[George Fury]]}} |
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120812011210/http://www.rossdunkertonrally.com/ |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Geoff Portman]] | title = Winner of the [[Australian Rally Championship]] | years = 1983 | after = [[David Officer (rally driver)|David Officer]]}} |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Colin Bond]] | title = [[Australian Rally Championship|Australian Rally Champion]] | years = 1975-1977 <small>(titled shared with [[George Fury]] in 1977)</small> | after = [[Greg Carr (rally driver)|Greg Carr]]}} |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Greg Carr (rally driver)|Greg Carr]] | title = [[Australian Rally Championship|Australian Rally Champion]] | years = 1979 | after = [[George Fury]]}} |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Geoff Portman]] | title = [[Australian Rally Championship|Australian Rally Champion]] | years = 1983 | after = [[David Officer (rally driver)|David Officer]]}} |
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{{Succession box| before = [[Carlos Sainz Sr.|Carlos Sainz]] | title = [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship|Asia-Pacific Rally Champion]] | years = 1991-1992 | after = [[Possum Bourne]]}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Dunkerton, Ross |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Rally Driver, Media presenter |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Perth, Western Australia |
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[[Category:Australian rally drivers]] |
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Fremantle]] |
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[[Category:Racing drivers from Western Australia]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:51, 17 June 2024
Ross Winston Dunkerton OAM (born 16 July 1945) is an Australian rally driver. Dunkerton is a 5 time Australian Rally Champion and 2 time Asian Pacific Rally Champion. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2018.
Dunkerton is one of only three Australian rally drivers in history to achieve FIA A seeded status (the others being Chris Atkinson and Cody Crocker), and is arguably Australia’s most successful.[1]
Dunkerton was awarded life membership with CAMS in 2011, inducted into the Australian Rally Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame in 2016.
Dunkerton won the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in 1991 and 1992 in a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 as a full-time factory driver for Mitsubishi Ralliart. In Australia, he won the Australian Rally Championship in 1975, '76, '77, '79 and '83 in Datsun 1600s, 240Zs and 260Zs. Dunkerton also won the Southern Cross Rally in 1980. He won the 2005 and 2006 Targa West rallies, placing third in the 2007 event.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Fremantle, Western Australia,[2] he was previously a councillor for the Town of Bassendean, but moved with his family to Cairns in Far North Queensland in late 2007.
Ross is married to his wife Lisa has two sons, Aaron and Flynn.
Career
[edit]Dunkerton is a regular competitor in numerous tarmac and historic gravel events in both Australia and New Zealand. He competed in the 2009 Otago Rally of New Zealand in his newly purchased MK II BDA Ford Escort rally car.
Dunkerton is one of only two Australian drivers to have ever stood on a podium of a World Rally Championship event, the other being Chris Atkinson. In 1992, Dunkerton finished third in the Rothmans Rally of New Zealand, round 7 of the 1992 World Rally Championship.
Television presenting
[edit]After winning almost 100 rallies in a career spanning three decades, former International Rally Driver Ross Dunkerton turned his hand to full-time television presenting in 1995.
In 1997, Dunkerton won a National Media award[citation needed], testimony to the adage that he brings to television, the same determination, wit and effort that saw him enjoy so much success in his sporting career.
Dunkerton has taken on many roles, his most current being a full-time presenter for the Western Australian lifestyle show, Home in WA and the automotive series, Zoom TV. He has also presented coverage for a variety of motorsport events including the Variety Club Bash and coverage of the Australian Rally Championship on network ten.
Career results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/CCA6426B3167D9DEC12576A8003CDE7D/$FILE/Priorités%20A+B%202010_v2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Quartermaine, Braden (3 April 2012). "Ross Dunkerton at end of road in WA", Perth Now. Retrieved on 3 April 2012.
- ^ a b Mel Lee, The Malaysian Rally Championship - Mixed Fortunes in a Bumper Year, Number One Motorsports Yearbook 1988, pages 94-108