2013
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 …
Sporties 12 Hour Wrap Up
In an offroad race determined by time rather than a specific distance, “Last Minute Racing’s” Danny Auricht in the #8 Jimco and Andrew Mowles in the #135 Razorback have stormed home to win the Sporties 12 Hour Enduro held at the Alice Springs Offroad Track on the weekend. The two car Alice Springs based team …
Sporties 12 Hour Launch
The Sporties Twelve Hour Enduro kicked off with scrutiny tonight, bringing the the Todd Mall in the centre of Alice Springs to life. The event boasts a unique format where the clock determines the length of the race, not the number of kilometres and the fact cars are paired up into teams. The teams must …
Rentsch Flies at Flinders
The Victorian son and father team of Shannon and Ian Rentsch have won the third round of the Australian Off Road Championship, the Bentley’s Cabin Park Flinders 450 held at Baroota, just north of Port Pirie in South Australia this weekend. The Rentsch’s win in the #33 SR Racing Jimco extends their AORC lead heading …
Farm Fantastic
David Burton-Bradley and Team DGR continued his amazing run of competition wins by taking out the three days of competition at Farm Fantastic for the Outlaw Class. As well as the being the Overall Winner of the Superior Engineering Rocksport 2013 event, Team DGR were also honoured to win the inaugural perpetual “Jamie Hughes Memorial …
Rumble In The Rain
We might have to rename the event “Rumble in the Rain” … The previous round of Rumble on the Rocks was inundated with rain and this round was looking like it was heading the same way. Rain on Friday soaked everything but at least the rain stayed away on Saturday. David Burton-Bradley was having an …
British Offroad Conquer the XWC Mountain
The second round of the ARB Xtreme Winch Challenge series was held at “The Mountain” in Manilla over the weekend. A massive congratulation to Andrew McFarlane & Mark Calder from British Off-Road who took out 1st place with a very clean performance over the weekend. Paul Semmens & Nathan Mills were second and the 75 …
Van Vliet the Finke ATV Master
Mitch Van Vliet won the quad division of the Tatts Finke Desert Race held on the weekend in a time of 5hr 34min 54sec on his #992 Yamaha YFZ450. Can Am Rider, #915 Clint Sheridan from Tasmania was the quickest down to Finke on Sunday, but had to settle for second after Mitch Van Vliet …
Bentley Leads Finke at Halfway Point
BENTLEY LEADS AT FINKE HALFWAY POINT South Australian driver Hayden Bentley has blitzed the field on Day 1 of the Tatts Finke Desert Race to post the fastest time on the 226 kilometre run from the Alice Springs start to the halfway race point at Finke. Bentley driving the #18 single seater twin turbo V6 …
Desert Battle Lines
The battle lines have once again been drawn in the red desert sands, as teams roll into Alice Springs for the 38th Tatts Finke Desert Race being held this weekend. Returning to the Australian Off Road Championship after a break in 2012, the Finke has attracted a high quality field of over 90 buggies, trucks, …