Rick Bates
Richard Glen Bates is an Australian rally driver. He is the twin brother of the rally and racing driver, Neal Bates. Whilst Neal has achieved more success in the Australian Rally Championship, winning it four times, Rick has won two major cross country events in a nine-year span. The first was Panama-Alaska in 1997 and the next win was the Carrera Sudamericana in 2006.
He has, on at least one occasion, competed directly against his twin brother.
Career
In 1997, Bates won the Panama to Alaska rally driving a Porsche 911 with his co-driver Jenny Brittan. He has also appeared in two events of the World Rally Championship. First, he drove to 30th place at Rally Australia 1997 in a Daihatsu Charade GTi. Then, he drove at China Rally 1999, this time in a Volkswagen Jetta GTX, but he retired on the fifth special stage.In both occasions, he was co-driven by Jenny Brittan with whom he won the Panama to Alaska rally in 1997. The former event saw him race with his twin brother Neal who scored points with an eighth-place finish.
In 1997 he won the Australian Formula 2 Rally Championship driving a Daihatsu Charade GTi.
In 2000, he was third in the London-Sydney Marathon, finishing behind Stig Blomqvist and Michele Mouton.
In 2006, Bates and Brittan also won the Carrera Sudamericana in Argentina.
Rally results
WRC results
Circuit results
| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2000 | Shell Supercars Championship Series | 39th | Ford AU Falcon | Colorscan Motorsport |
| 2001 | Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E | 5th | Daihatsu Sirion GTVi | Daihatsu Motor Corp |
| 2001 | Shell Supercars Championship Series | 42nd | Holden VX Commodore | Lansvale Racing Team |
| 2002 | Australian GT Production Car Championship | 8th | Daihatsu Sirion GTVi | Daihatsu Motor Corp |
| 2002 | Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E | 3rd | Daihatsu Sirion GTVi | Daihatsu Motor Corp |
| 2002 | V8 Supercars Championship | 54th | Holden VX Commodore | John Faulkner Racing |
| 2003 | Australian Production Car Championship | 11th | Daihatsu Sirion GTVi | Daihatsu Motor Corp |
| 2003 | Australian Production Car Championship - Class D | 5th | Daihatsu Sirion GTVi | Daihatsu Motor Corp |
| 2003 | V8 Supercars Championship | 65th | Ford AU Falcon | ICS Team Ford |
| 2004 | Australian Production Car Championship | 10th | Daihatsu Sirion GTVi | Daihatsu Motor Corp |
| 2004 | Australian Production Car Championship - Class D | 3rd | Daihatsu Sirion GTVi | Daihatsu Motor Corp |
| 2005 | Australian Production Car Championship | 21st | Toyota Corolla Sportivo | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2010 | Australian Production Car Championship | 31st | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport |
| 2012 | Australian Production Car Championship - Class C | 15th | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport |
| 2014 | Australian Production Car Championship - Class C | 11th | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport |
| 2015 | Australian Production Car Championship | 4th | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X | Pro-Duct Motorsport |
| 2016 | Australian Production Car Championship | 8th | Renault Megane RS275 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X | Osborne Motorsport Pro-Duct Motorsport |
| 2017 | Australian Production Car Championship | 6th | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X | Pro-Duct Motorsport |
| 2018 | Australian Production Car Championship | 8th | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X | Pro-Duct Motorsport |