Offroad Racing
Robinson Strikes Kalgoorlie Gold
Beau Robinson and Ken Skinner struck gold in their #413 OBR Trophy Truck this afternoon, taking their maiden AORC round win at the opening round of the 2014 season, the Kalgoorlie 400. The Perth based team thrived in tough, dusty conditions, finishing in a time of 4hr 46min 15sec, picking off the twin turbo V6 …
Rhodes leads Day One at Kalgoorlie 400
South Australian Jack Rhodes lead the way at the inaugural Kalgoorlie 400 after the #91 Jimco racer crossed the finish line fastest in Saturday’s section 1 with a time of 57m32sec. What was a hot and dusty opening round of the 2014 Australian Off Road Championship, Outer Bounds Racing’s Travis Robinson greeted the chequered flag …
Dixon Wins Condo 750
The Slattery Auctions Condo 750 cross country rally was held in near perfect conditions, with the heavy rain that had threatened the event in the preceding days clearing on Friday afternoon. Leaving in its wake a glowing outback sunset for scrutiny in the main street of Condobolin and an almost dust free track for the …
Tough Day at the Office For Narva Racing
The new kid on the block, the ARB Paringa 400 held at Broken Hill proved it was a force to be reckoned with on the weekend. Serving up a challenging mix of flowing station tracks, creek crossings, washouts and bull dust that claimed many of Australia’s top offroad racing teams as victims, including the #882 …
Owen Dominates The Dust At Paringa
Glenn Owen and Matt Ryan won the first round of the ARB Off Road Racing Series, the ARB Paringa 400 held in Broken Hill this weekend in their #30 Jimco. Aaron and Liz Haby successfully debuted their #57 Element Buggy, taking second outright ahead of his brother Carl Haby & Terry Schultz in the #56 Element in third outright. …
ARB Coopers Plains Micklefab TT Ready for Debut
After 18 months intense preparation, the ARB Coopers Plains team are ready to debut their #408 Micklefab Raptor Trophy Truck at round one of the 2014 ARB Off Road Racing Series at Broken Hill this weekend. Driven by Mark Lacey, with his son Oliver in the navigators seat the team are looking forward to kicking …
Magher Ready For ARB Curtain Raiser
After a lengthy off season, Narva Racings Mick Magher and Daniel Hose are champing at the bit to get back behind the wheel for this weekends first round of the ARB Off Road Racing Series, the Paringa 400 being held in Broken Hill. The duo drove their V8 powered #882 GU Patrol to equal first …
Superior Engineering Short Course – Round 1
First round of the Superior Engineering Short Course was run over the weekend on a Private Property at Elimbah, just off the Bruce Highway near Caboolture. With plenty to see from Trophy Karts, Celebrity Races and a Monster Truck display it all came down to the battle between the 50 competitors across 7 classes to see …
TEAM TOYO GEARS UP FOR OFF-ROAD RACING SEASON
Team Toyo is attacking the 2014 off-road racing season with a line-up that’s bigger, faster and tougher. For the first time in 15 years one of Australia’s most successful off-road racing squads, Peter Kittle Motor Sport, has switched to Toyo Open Country tyres in search of the edge required to win the ‘Bathurst 1000 of off-road …
AORC WELCOMES TONKA AS SERIES PARTNER
The Australian Off Road Championship welcomes internationally renowned toy company, Funrise Toys, manufacturer of TONKA branded products under license from Hasbro. The Tonka brand has become the official championship and telecast partner for the 2014 season. Funrise has been at the forefront of toy manufacturing since the company was founded in 1987. Tonka is one of …
Condo 750 Two Weeks Away
The Slattery Auctions Condo 750 will be holding its 17th annual off-road navigational rally this year on the 11th, 12th & 13th of April. So far there are 40 bikes entered with 5 sidecars. Well known riders Rod Faggoter, Mathew Fish, Paul Smith, locals Todd and Jacob Smith and young local Todd Ridley, who finished …
Monster Energy Partners 2014 AORC
In what is an exciting year for the Australian Off Road Championship (AORC), one of the world’s most iconic energy drink brands, Monster Energy, has today been confirmed as an official Championship partner for 2014 and the official energy drink of the AORC. Monster Energy already has a global presence in various forms of motorsport …