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TECH: Diff Drop Kits
If you have investigated putting a suspension lift into your IFS equipped 4wd, chances are the subject of a diff drop kit has been raised. In Edition 49 of Dirtcomp the team from Roadsafe 4wd climb under the front of a modern fourby to highlight their importance. While live front axles remain the king for …
VIDEO: GUNDY 400 TEASER
A taste of the Trophy Truck action from the 2017 Albins ARB Goondiwindi 400 – Round 5 of the 2017 ARB Australian Off Road Racing Series.
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 …
YXZ Toughness Shines Through
Yamaha’s pure sports YXZ1000R is proving that reliability as well as speed counts in the hotly contested world of off road racing. Yamaha’s ROV training instructor Dan McKenzie is currently setting the pace in the Australian SXS Championship Superlite A class. After winning round one, McKenzie showed it was no fluke by taking out round …
Rentsch Riots in the Sunraysia
Dominating the 2017 ARB Sunraysia 400 from start to finish, the Victorian team of Shannon and Ian Rentsch have taken their second outright victory on Keera Station in the past three years. The rain in the lead up to the event forced a last minute race format change to 6 laps of a shortened 65k …
2016 King of the Hunter
Congratulations to Mitchell Gregory and Marshall Bell from MRG Motorsport on winning the second ULTRA4 Racing Australia Tough Dog King of the Hunter held at Milbrodale this weekend. Mitchell Thorpe from Thorpe Motorsport was second overall and OPW – Offroad Performance WarehousePete Antunac and David Camp finished third. In the TT/WINCH Class Team Anything Mechanical Motorsport took the class win, ahead of Remson …
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 …
Let The Dirt Fly In Sydney
Greg Gartner is back in the hot seat and will be kicking up the dirt at Valvoline Raceway in the #14 Toyo Tyres Australia / Clipsal 500 Stadium Super Trucks this Saturday night! After bringing the house down at the Gold Coast 600 last weekend, Gartner and the SST’s will run on the same bill as Round 4 of the Ultimate Sprintcar Championship …
Chapman Chalks Up Another Warialda Win
Runamuck Racing’s Bruce and Bryce Chapman added another Hunter Rivmasta Warialda 200 victory to their extensive tally on the weekend. The father and son team, who shared the driving, took the #58 Jimco to outright honours in a time of 2hr 50min 51sec. The #102 Prolite of Matt and Kerry Martin were second outright after battling …
Bond Racing Wins WE Rock Round 4
Rock crawling returned to an old favourite on the weekend with Rover Park near Tenterfield hosting the fourth round of the W.E.Rock Series. Twelve teams hit the six tracks, split between the creek bed filled with boulders, ledges and drop offs and the massive rock face further up, which provided great spectating as the crawlers …
A Salute to the Kings of the Desert
Boasting the biggest line up in its 40 year history, the race for the 2015 Tatts Finke Desert Race title is certainly going to be hot. For some, the landmark year will be their first the journey to the red centre, while others having been making the trek for decades in search of an elusive …