Offroad Racing
Pickering Secures 10th AORC Production 4WD Title.
As the dust settles at the Glenugie State Forest, north of Coffs Harbour, upon completion of Round 4 of the 2013 Australian Off Road Championship – the Coates Hire Rally Australia Off Road – the Townsville based team of Geoff Pickering has secured their tenth Australian Off Road Championship in the Production 4 Wheel Drive Class. In …
Australasian Safari – Prologue
The Prologue was only seven-kilometres but it still challenged competitors and set the scene for Australasian Safari 2013. Last year’s auto winner Kees Weel with co-driver John Panozzo in the Holden Colorado blew their clutch, Sam Beck and Chris Kenny fought the beach sand in their VW Amarok and came off second best, but Safari …
AORC Round 4 Highlights Clip
THE AORC Round 4 highlights clip has just been launched celebrating Travis Robinson and Paul Currie’s win in the #13 OBR Jimco at the Coates Hire Rally Australia last weekend. Shannon and Ian Rentsch were second in the #33 Jimco. Jared Melville and Kurt March were third in their Razorback. It was Robinsons first aorc …
Safari Revs Up
The 100 competitors and their 400-plus support crews, families, officials, medics and organizing team gathered in Wanneroo yesterday to complete their final vehicle checks and paperwork for the 2013 Australasian Safari. Today, the Australasian Safari travels to the turquoise coast of Jurien Bay for the Prologue – a time trial on sandy beach tracks to …
Robinson Hits Coffs Outerbounds
Travis Robinson and Paul Currie have taken their maiden AORC round victory today in their #13 OBR Jimco, winning the fourth round of the Australian Off Road Championship, held as part of the Coates Hire Rally Australia at Coffs Harbour. Robinson shelved his normal flamboyant driving style for event, taking a more conservative approach to …
Coffs Welcomes the AORC
Coates Hire Rally Australia welcomed the Australian Off Road Championship to its star studded line up of motorsport this afternoon, inviting 10 of Australia’s leading teams to take part in the Armor All Super Special Stage held at Brelsford Park in the heart of Coffs Harbour alongside the WRC and ARC Rally cars. The specially …
National 4×4 Show Melbourne Ready to Launch
Dirtcomp has put the finishing touches on it’s stand at the National 4×4 Show this afternoon and is ready for action over the next 3 days. Make sure you drop by the stand and pick up a show special, check out our Aussie Offroad Kart and watch our exclusive cut of Brad Gallards hot lap …
Olholm in Overdrive at Silver City 1000
Geoff Olholm and Gordon Trigg have continued their silver streak In Broken Hill, NSW this weekend, winning their second Silver City 1000 cross country rally. Olholm had previously won the race in 2011, and finished second in 2012, however in 2013 the Cairns Coconut Resort Team returned to the top step of the podium with …
Olholm Takes Charge in the Silver City
The Silver City 1000 produced some competitive cross country racing today, with three different teams taking stage wins on the fast flowing tracks around Broken Hill. Stepping into the drivers seat of his Dad’s V8 GU Patrol, Will Dunn with navi Gareth Edwards alongside took the first stage win of the event this morning out …
Olholm On Top Early at Silver City
The Silver City 1000 kicked off tonight under lights with a short and sweet prologue at the Broken Hill Racecourse in extremely windy and dusty conditions. The 2.7km course incorporated many of the whoops and bumps created a few years ago for the Outback Extreme, giving the drivers something to test out their suspension, while …
Gallard Tames Gundy
Brad Gallard with navigators Scott Modistach and Todd Casey have tamed what is arguably Australia’s toughest offroad track this weekend, taking victory at the Albins ARB Goondiwindi 400 in their #454 Toyo Geiser Truck. The victory sealed back to back wins at Goondiwindi for the South Australian, with Gallard finishing the 400km race in a …
Silver City 1000 Entry List
A solid entry list is firming for the Silver City 1000 Cross Country Rally in Broken Hill on August 16-18. Racing kicks off on the Friday night at the Broken Hill Race Course at 7:30pm with the prologue, followed by two days of stages on properties surrounding the Silver City in Western NSW. The list …