Offroad Racing
THE LAST ONE – AUSTRALASIAN SAFARI 2014
Justin Hunt, the event director of the Australasian Safari has just announced in a press release the 2014 event will be the last one held in WA. “After seven years in Western Australia, it’s with a heavy heart that we wish to advise the 2014 Australasian Safari will be the last one held in Western …
Penfold Tops The Mountain
The 2014 Hedweld Milbrodale Mountain Classic has been conducted for 28 years and has become one of the most prestigious events on the NSW Off Road Racing Calendar, attracting a field of 70 local and interstate entrants. It was a very action filled weekend at the 2014 Hedweld Milbrodale Mountain Classic. Saturday saw the running …
SeaLake Rollercoaster of Narva Racing
Mick Magher and Daniel Hose rode the rollercoaster only offroad racing can deliver in the #882 Narva Racing GU Patrol over the Queens Birthday long weekend in June. Returning to the familiar Victorian hunting ground for the 41st running of the MBL SeaLake Mallee Rally ARB 350, Magher didn’t waste any time getting down to …
Owen Doubles Up At SeaLake
Mother Nature turned on near perfect conditions for the 41st MBL Sea Lake Mallee Rally ARB 350. Glenn Owen and Matt Ryan #30 Jimco took back to back victories at popular race, which was the second round of the ARB Off Road Racing Series. They crossed the line with a 1min 20.717sec lead over second …
2014 Finke – Class Wrap Up
Shannon and Ian Rentsch have claimed their third ‘King of the Desert” title at the Tatts Finke Desert Race today, taming the famous whoops and red desert sand in the race from Alice Springs to Finke and back. Rentsch put their pre-race engine dramas behind them on the first leg of the race to Finke …
Rentsch Back On Top At Finke
The son and father team of Shannon and Ian Rentsch from Victoria have taken victory in the 2014 Tatts Finke Desert Race. Driving their #1 JIMCO 2010 Nissan 3500cc the duo, who now have three Tatts Finke Desert Race titles to their credit, made the home trip from Finke to the Alice Springs finish today …
Geddes The First Finke Ironman
Queenslander Billy Geddes has defied all the odds and has completed the 2014 Tatts Finke Desert course twice, driving a Trophy Truck and riding a bike. This double effort, unique in the event’s 39 year history, was made possible by Geddes using a helicopter between the Alice Springs start and the overnight stop at Finke …
Owen Locks In Pole For SeaLake
#30 Glenn Owen and Mat Ryan have won today’s prologue at the MBL SeaLake Mallee Rally ARB 350 in a time of 4min 05.595sec. Ahead of #42 Danny Brown and George Apted in second 4:09.391 & the third placed #942 Wally & Maree Francombe a further one and half seconds back. #154 Cam McClelland drove …
Robinson Takes P1 On Finke Grid
Travis Robinson and Paul Currie from WA in their #13 JIMCO OBR Nissan 3500cc PRO buggy have dominated today’s Prologue for the 2014 Tatts Finke Desert Race. Setting an extremely fast time of 4minutes 59 seconds around the 8.3 kilometre prologue circuit Robinson/Currie were 11 seconds ahead of the second placed Victorian son and father …
Narva Racing Attacks Sea Lake
Mick Magher Motorsport and their V8 Narva Racing Extreme 4WD are refreshed and ready for action at Round 2 of the ARB Off Road Racing Series this weekend, the MBL Sea Lake Mallee Rally ARB 350. The team had a tough start to the season at the ARB Paringa Desert 400 and are looking forward …
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 …
EAGLE POWERSPORTS READY FOR FINKE
The Eagle Powersports team completed suspension testing on their two Polaris RZR 1000s on the weekend as final preparations are made for their three car assault on the Finke Desert Race. In what has been a huge team effort by the staff at Eagle, they have also completed full race preparations for the Polaris Australia …