Offroad Racing
GasDash Prologue
Prologue for the 10th Anniversary Gascoyne Dash ran like clockwork this morning, and all entrants are now traversing east towards Gascoyne Junction for the main race over the next two days. Today’s racing was held on what is revered as the longest prologue track in Australia – a 20km course set amongst Carnarvon’s horse racing …
2013 Gascoyne Dash Fires Up
The 2013 Kickstarters Gascoyne Dash fired up today with the scrutiny and street parade of 36 vehicles and 80 bike riders through the main street of Carnarvon, in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia. Competitors from all over Australia have converged on Carnavon, close to the most western point of the continent to start their …
Dashing Lockyer Decider
Matt Hanson and Leigh Wells have notched up their first AORC victory of the year in the #Aus1 Snap SMU Jimco at the final round of the championship, the TJM ProLocker Lockyer 300 held in South East Queensland on the weekend. Hanson built a huge 5 min 31 sec lead on Saturdays first section and …
Superior Engineering Short Course – Round Zero
Round 0 of the Superior Engineering Short Course held on Saturday at Caboolture was designed to be a test run of the new 3 round series starting in 2014. With 4 classes of racing and each class running their respective vehicles 20 seconds apart over 3 laps of the 2 Km course the action kept going …
AORC SHOWDOWN AT LOCKYER 300
THE high-flying stars of Australia’s most spectacular motorsport series will return to the Lockyer Valley to fight out their national championship in the TJM Pro Locker Lockyer 300 on 25-27 October. The fifth and final round of the Australian Off Road Championship has attracted almost 45 top cars and crews from as far afield as the Northern Territory to …
PERSEVERANCE & DETERMINATION PAY OFF FOR AUSTRALASIAN SAFARI WINNERS
Seventy brave and battle-weary competitors made it through to the finish line of the 2013 Australasian Safari in Geraldton today, 3200 kilometres and seven days after 100 racers started in Jurien Bay, Western Australia last Friday. Queensland Yamaha dealer Rod Faggotter has had a convincing moto win, not only for himself but also for Yamaha. …
A BITTERSWEET PENULTIMATE DAY FOR AUSTRALASIAN SAFARI COMPETITORS
In consultation with competitors, Australasian Safari organisers amended the course for moto riders in Leg 6 of Australasian Safari overnight following yesterday’s tragic incident where the event lost one of its biggest and best -loved characters, Ivan Erceg (number 19). Moto and quad competitors ran only the second stage of today’s Leg – 206km from …
R.I.P. Ivan Erceg
At 9.33am today there was an incident involving moto competitor 19, Ivan Erceg, on Stage 1, 50km east of Minilya Roadhouse near Carnarvon in Western Australia. Despite the immediate intervention of emergency services, he died at the scene as a result of his injuries. Australasian Safari Event Director Justin Hunt said: “We extend our sincerest …
Marathon Day – Australasian Safari Leg 4
Today’s leg of the Australasian Safari took competitors from remote inland Gascoyne Junction to tropical Carnarvon on the Coral Coast of Western Australia in two stages of 133km and 156km. It was a Marathon Day, meaning no outside assistance was allowed from service crews. Most competitors agreed the first stage, which was a rough rocky …
A ROCKY ROAD IN LEG 3 OF AUSTRALASIAN SAFARI
While the auto leaders made it through relatively unscathed today, the bikes took more of a hammering and Safari is living up to its reputation as Australia’s toughest off-road motorsport event. Western Australia’s Gascoyne was the scene for 432 hard competitive kilometres of racing today in two stages, and the course offered up what the …
TWISTS, TURNS AND BARREL ROLLS ON LEG 2 OF THE AUSTRALASIAN SAFARI
It wasn’t just the course that had rocky patches, twists and turns on Leg 2 of Australasian Safari today, where competitors had a huge 667 kilometres in three competitive stages racing from Kalbarri to Gascoyne Junction in Western Australia. Autos It was a dramatic day for some in the autos with Car 100 – Kees …
Australasian Safari – Leg 1
It was highlights and lowlights in Leg 1 of the Australasian Safari, with sand traps, tricky twisting navigation and rugged terrain in three stages in and around Northampton and Kalbarri in Western Australia. Auto West Australian Dave McShane’s recent vehicle purchase paid off today with a first place finish. “I knew of the car’s pedigree …