Lia Block\u2019s entry confirmation<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Swede will be one of three Skoda Fabias competing in Adelaide, however not his usual R5 machine from Gippsland.<\/p>\n
Scott Pedder is only available for the Thursday of the event, leaving Kristensson to pilot the Pedders Rally Team entry for the remaining three days.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we\u2019re heading to Adelaide for a demonstration at the 2026 bp Adelaide Grand Final on 26-29 November \u2013 the Supercars season finale,\u201d Kristensson added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be switching to Scott Pedder\u2019s Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 and putting on a rally show at an event attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators!<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo action-packed weekends of competition and demonstrations. We\u2019re really looking forward to getting back to Australia!\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Pedders Rally Team Skoda Fabia RS Rally2. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n
For Pedder, the decision to field Kristensson at Adelaide was a simple one.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pleased we have been able to finalise the Pedders Rally Team Protected By Famous Insurance line-up for the final two events of the year to have someone familiar like Tom,\u201d Pedder said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are super excited to have Tom feature with the Pedders Rally Team Protected By Famous Insurance both at The Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally and the Australian Rally Championship Festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has already competed twice with the team since debuting at the Forest Rally last year, and he brings plenty of experience to the fold, so I am confident he will be able to deliver strong performances across both events.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I am unable to attend the full Australian Rally Championship Festival, I have no doubt he, along with Andreas, will do a fantastic job in the exhibition event in the Rally2 car and represent the brand in front of thousands of people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Gippsland Rally concludes a hard-fought ARC season, which has seen three crews battle for the top spot in the standings all season.<\/p>\n
Lewis Bates and Anthony McLoughlin lead the way for Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia, with Pedder and Glenn Macneall trailing by 41 points.<\/p>\n
A costly crash for Harry Bates and Coral Taylor in Tasmania sees the pair enter the final round in third place, 75 points away from their TGRA teammates.<\/p>\n
The Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally will conclude the EROAD Australian Rally Championship season on November 20-22 before the Adelaide Grand Final ARC Festival one week later on November 26-29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Kristensson and Andreas Johansson will contest the final round of the Australian Rally Championship. Image: Supplied Kristensson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[130409,64,63,31148,806,805,803,804,85,521872],"class_list":["post-954286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-adelaide-grand-final","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-rally-championship","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-tom-kristensson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTom Kristensson and Andreas Johansson will contest the final round of the Australian Rally Championship. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n