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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Peter Brewer

'Back in my happy place': Taylor climbs in alongside Harry Bates for rally title shot

Harry Bates and Coral Taylor will compete together for the full 2023 season in the Neal Bates Motorsport-built Gazoo Racing Toyota Yaris. Picture supplied

Thirty years after she first joined forces with Canberra's Neal Bates in the Australian Rally Championship, Coral Taylor is stepping into the co-driver's seat again fulltime to partner with Neal's son and three-time title-winner Harry to fight out this year's season in the ACT-built Gazoo Racing Toyota Yaris.

The 62-year-old Sydney mother of two, and now a grandmother, previously won four national championships as the co-driver with Neal Bates, with 34 round wins over three decades.

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