Offroad Racing
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 …
KING OF THE PARK
Above: Phil McGuiness and Daniel Peart in the 80 Series Winch Truck Queensland’s Manar Park played host to the King Of The Park Challenge over the first weekend in October. The 6 hours of actual racing on the 13+ km Course featured steep hills, rock ledges, creek beds and tight twisty bulldust filled tracks. The …
LEG 4 LEAVES SAFARI COMPETITORS EXHAUSTED
The 352 kilometre Leg Four from Gascoyne Junction to Exmouth was described as ‘exhausting’ by many Australasian Safari competitors. The rocky mill track in the first stage had vehicles burning through tyres, and the overgrown bush and rough terrain on the second stage was gruelling enough to have competitors slump in a heap beside their …
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 …
TMR TO RACE PLUG-IN 4WD IN SAFARI FIRST
TMR Australia, with technical support from Mitsubishi Motors Australia (MMAL), will race the first plug-in four-wheel drive ever officially entered in an Australian motorsport event – Western Australia’s final Australasian Safari, running from 19 to 27 September. TMR Australia’s race-prepared Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and supporting Mitsubishi Triton will race on wheels …
Wildcat Set to Tackle Australian Safari
Arctic Cat’s class leading Wildcat X is set to tackle the ultimate off-road challenge when it takes on the iconic Australasian Safari cross-country rally next week. With sponsorship and technical support from Arctic Cat Australia, Arctic Cat Perth and Quadparts.com.au, Team Arctic Cat G2 Rallye Racing has entered a 2014 Wildcat X in the Australasian …
Monster Energy X-raid Team wins Desafio Inca
Nani Roma (ESP) and Michel Périn (FRA) gave the Monster Energy X-raid Team the win in Peru’s Desafio Inca. With their MINI ALL4 Racing, the pairing won all the six special stages that had to be contested over the course of the three-day event. At the end of some 1000 kilometres and 13 hours …
Riley Motorsport Returns to the Safari
Steve Riley & John Doble are on their way to the 2014 Australasian Safari this week – starting in Perth on Friday 19th, travelling through Geraldton, Murchisson, Gascoyne Junction, all the way to Exmouth, back to Carnarvon and finishing a week later in Kalbarri on Saturday 27th September. Steve commenced racing in the Safari in …
Rentsch Conquers Coffs
Shannon and Ian Rentsch have taken another step closer to a seventh AORC title this weekend, winning the Pedders Suspension Coffs Coast 400 in their #Aus1 Hogs Breath / BF Goodrich Tires Jimco. Hosted in the stunning Coffs Harbour hinterland on a brand new track, the fourth round of the Australian Off Road Championship was …