Ed Ordynski

{{short description|Australian rally driver (born 1955)}}

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{{WRC driver

| Name = Ed Ordynski

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| Nationality = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australian

| Years = 1989 - 2004

| Teams = Mitsubishi

| Races = 22

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Stage wins = 0

| Points = 27

| First race = 1989 Rally Australia

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| Last win =

| Last race = 2004 Rally Australia

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{{WRC driver

| Name = Ed Ordynski

| Image =

| Caption =

| Nationality = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australian

| Years = (Group N) 1989 - 2001

| Teams = Mitsubishi

| Races = 28

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 9

| Podiums = 0

| Stage wins = 70+

| Points = 122

| First race = 1989 Rally Australia

| First win = 1989

| Last win = 2001

| Last race = 2001 Rally Australia

}}

File:The Holden VR Commodore of Ed Ordynski.jpg in which Ed Ordynski and Ross Runnalls won the 1995 Mobil 1 Trial]]

Edward David Ordynski (born 21 July 1955) is an Australian former rally driver. He served as Chairman of the Australian Rally Commission (ARCom) in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgccsa.org.au/FeatureArticles/ClubPatron.htm|title=Club Patron - Ed Ordynski|publisher=MG Car Club of South Australia|accessdate=22 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013005949/http://www.mgccsa.org.au/FeatureArticles/ClubPatron.htm|archive-date=13 October 2009|url-status=dead}}

Ordynski is best known for his exploits driving Mitsubishi cars. Driving a Galant VR-4, he won the Australian Rally Championship in 1990. He also won the Group N category that year, and went on to win that category three more times (1993, 1994, 1995), driving a Lancer Evolution.{{cite web|url=http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=441&Itemid=2|title=EXCLUSIVE: The Ed Ordynski interview |last=Whitten|first=Jeff|date=22 September 2006|publisher=RallySport Magazine|accessdate=22 March 2010}}

Ordynski won the 1995 Mobil 1 Round Australia Trial driving a Holden Commodore (VR)The lion roars again, Mobil 1 Round Australia Trial, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 266 to 268 entered by the Mobil Bridgestone Rally Team.Entry List, Official Spectator Guide, Round Australia '95 Mobil 1 Trial He also drove 5.0 Litre Touring Cars in 1995, recording a tenth place in the 1995 Sandown 500,Sandown 500, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, page 277 and a retirement in the 1995 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst in a Holden Commodore (VP).1995 Tooheys 1000, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, page 281

Away from rallying and motorsport, Ed Ordynski was a Year 5 Primary school teacher at Mitcham Primary School circa 1982

.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} {{Cite web | url=https://rallysportmag.com/where-are-they-now-ed-ordynski/ | title=Where are they now: Australian rally driver ed Ordynski | date=19 December 2017 }}

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