AORC
FINKE DEBUT FOR ELECTRIC RALLY CAR
The 2018 Tatts Finke Desert Race will see a nod to the future with Acciona bringing an innovative electric rally car to Australia for the first time, showcasing how renewable energy can be competitive in the toughest conditions. In 2017 the car made history, becoming the first zero-emissions vehicle to complete the Dakar Rally. Since …
2018 Finke Competitor Images
Update July 1: The 2018 Tatts Finke Desert Race Photo Galleries are now live! Check out all the racing action from both the Car and Bike Categories from scrutineering, prologue and from various points on the way down to Finke and back. To order prints or high res jpegs CLICK HERE Update 16 June: The …
2018 AORC Calendar Announced
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) has confirmed today that the St George 399 and the Rainbow Desert Enduro will be rounds of the BFGoodrich CAMS Australian Off Road Championship (AORC) in 2018. New to the calendar of Australia’s premier off road championship in 2017, the success of both events this year has ensured …
Travis Robinson First Into Finke
West Australian Travis Robinson and Trent Anthony (#13 Jimco OBR Nissan 3500cc) have completed Day 1 of the 2017 Tatts Finke Desert Race as the lead car into Finke for the overnight stop of Australia’s greatest and toughest off-road event. Travis Robinson was first away this morning from the Alice Springs start after having prologued …
Harley Letner Set For Finke Debut
The highly credentialed US Off Road specialist Harley Letner arrived in Alice Springs today ahead of 2017 Tatts Finke Desert Race. Letner’s maiden Finke race will be aboard a familiar vehicle, the # 59 Tatum 2005 Chev that he raced in the US before being sold into Australia several years ago. Alongside Letner will be …
Final Piece of 2017 AORC Jigsaw Announced
The CAMS Australian Off Road Championship has announced that the St George 399 is joining the 2017 championship season. The St George 399 will run from the 28th-30th April and is proudly organised by the SEQORRA (South East Queensland Off Road Racing Association). The town of St. George is 500km west of Brisbane near the QLD/NSW …
Rainbow Joins the 2017 AORC
The CAMS Australian Off Road Championship has just announced that the Rainbow Desert Enduro will be joining the 2017 championship season. Located in the historic township of Rainbow in Victoria, the community has welcomed the event and are ecstatic about the Enduro set to roar into life from the 4-6 of August 2017. Brett Price from …
2017 AORC Calendar Announced
Today the Australian Off Road Commission confirmed a three-round calendar for the 2017 season of the CAMS Australian Off Road Championship. Chair of the Australian Off Road Commission, Marilyn Emmins says the Commission is looking forward to another year of great racing in Victoria, Northern Territory and South Australia. “All events will be well supported …
Team Report: Gartner In the Hunt At Finke
2011 Kings of the Desert, Greg Gartner and Jamie Jennings returned to Alice Springs on the Queens Birthday Long Weekend on the hunt for a second Tatts Finke Desert Race Title. After three days of racing, thousands of whoops and almost four hours of limiter bashing, the South Australian team piloted the #410 R&J Batteries Extreme 2WD Ford Truck into fourth …
Race Report: Owen Takes Maiden Finke Victory
Glenn Owen and Matthew Ryan have added the jewel in the crown of the Australian Off Road Championship to their trophy cabinet, winning the Tatts Finke Desert Race held in Alice Springs over the weekend. Finishing second back in 1995, Owen went one better 21 years later, taking his maiden “King of the Desert” title …
Toby Price to take Finke Ironman Challenge
In the lead up to the 2016 Finke Desert Race, Australia’s top off-road racer and reigning Dakar Rally Champion Toby Price is prepared to take on two separate and gruelling categories of the race at once, in both the Motorcycle and Truck categories. The multi-terrain two day trek from Alice Springs to Finke and back …
Sunraysia Rollercoaster for Greg Gartner Motorsport
Greg Gartner Motorsports pulled the covers off a fresh new look for the 2016 Australian Off Road Championship at Mildura last weekend, when it hosted the opening round of the season, the BFGoodrich Tires Sunraysia 600. While the angry Ford V8 prepared by Craig Carrison Race Engines and the Albins ST-6i transmission remained at its …