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Dirtcomp Edition 43 Coming Soon
The drought is almost over, our team has almost completed the long awaited edition 43 of Dirtcomp. This mag has been running behind schedule due to some production issues earlier in the year, but these have now all been resolved and we look forward to pumping out the most exciting stories and images from our world in …
Explore Australia Expo is a One Stop Shop for Big Boys Toys
Whether it is four-wheel drives, monster trucks, touring bikes, stunt vehicles ATV’s, UTV’s, PWC‘s or electric bikes the Explore Australia Expo at Melbourne Showgrounds on May 29 -31 has it all. A mecca for adventurers, explorers and motoring enthusiasts alike, the event will provide visitors with a rare opportunity to not only view an incredible …
SST’s Thunder Downunder
The debut of the Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks this weekend at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide brought the house down, with three seat of the pants races climaxing with a finish in the final race like no other. In Friday’s first SST race Racing virtuoso EJ Viso claimed first blood, cruising to a convincing …
Dirt Shark – The Doonies
Mix some of the worlds elite freestyle mx riders including Jeremy McGrath with the trucks of BJ Baldwin, Casey Currie and Curt LeDuc add in the Monster Energy girls and the famous Glamis Sand Dunes and you get Monster Energies Dirt Shark – The Doonies. [youtube id=”raEc-huh9pQ” width=”580″ height=”337″]
RENTSCH ON SEVENTH HEAVEN
Rentsch wins back to back AORC titles at TJM Lockyer 300 Shannon and Ian Rentsch have successfully defended their Australian Off Road Championship crown after winning their seventh career Aus #1 title behind the wheel of the Hogs Breath Cafe / BFGoodrich Tires Jimco at the TJM Lockyer 300 in Queensland last weekend. Equaling the record of legendary Pro Buggy steerer …
STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS TO DEBUT AT CLIPSAL 500
American racing pioneer and NASCAR legend Robby Gordon today confirmed he will bring the popular new Stadium Super Trucks Series to next year’s Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Touted as the world’s newest and most exciting form of racing, the 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide will be the first time these 600 horsepower V8 trucks will compete for …
TJM LOCKYER 300 LOOMS LARGE
With Coffs now behind us the Off Roading Road Show prepares to head further north into the Lockyer Valley for the 5th and final round of the National Championship. Friday’s activities at the Laidley Showgrounds consists of documentation and scrutiny with the Laidley Show Society doing the catering. There is plenty of caravan powered sites …
A CLASSIC SAFARI COURSE FOR COMPETITORS ON LEG TWO
Australasian Safari competitors described Leg Two from Murchison Settlement to Gascoyne Junction as tough but spectacular. Competitors experienced a variety of terrain such as fast flowing mill runs, red dunes, narrow tracks, rocky river crossings and claypans. Quad competitor John Maragozidis described today’s course as “a classic Safari course, full of technical parts.” Auto The …
SAFARI UNDERWAY AT GLENGARRY
It was a sandy, flowing 10.86km course around the historic Glengarry Station that gave the Australasian Safari competitors their first taste of this year’s event. Quinn Cody (USA) was the fastest rider in the Moto category, and was pleased with his first Safari outing. “Prologue was fun. I didn’t take any chances, and I didn’t …
GARLAND TO DEBUT NEW DAKAR-SPEC ISUZU AT FINKE
Australian Dakar Rally veteran Bruce Garland has confessed to ‘a moment of madness’, leaving today for the Northern Territory in preparation for next week’s Finke Desert Race, the toughest cross-country rally in the southern hemisphere.The 55-year-old Sydneysider, who has survived a fractured vertebra, a heart attack and five bypasses, and prostate cancer surgery in the …
Janowen Stampede – Grabbing rockracing by the horns
The past weekend was the long-awaited opening round of the Aust4 Racing Series. With the advent of the new series in Australia, Nitto Tyres jumped at the chance to support the events as the naming rights sponsor and the marriage between the tyre brand and the Australian 4WD scene was established. With the weekend’s events …
Tough Tracks Round 1
The season starter of the 2014 Tough Tracks 4×4 Challenge saw round one having to be changed from Emu Creek Extreme Retreat to The Springs 4×4 Park at the last minute due to local council limiting hours available to run the comp in. Luckily some new tracks were organised at The Springs and the competition was …