2013
SSS Six Day Extreme – Day Three Update
Wednesday’s racing headed out past the Trakka Terrace base camp, after the mornings speed stage at Coopers Stadium, to Fourby’s Freeway. EFS Qld were the first on SS11 and the time lost negotiating the first off camber turn, where they had to break out the winch to stop the truck sliding out of the course …
SSS Six Day Extreme – Day One and Two Update
The first two days of competition at the SSS Six Day Extreme being held at Landcruiser Mountain Park are now complete. The nine stages held so far have tested the limits of all eight teams, physically, mentally and mechanically. With the technical winch stages mixed with some speed and GPS elements to keep the competitors …
SSS Winch Six Day Extreme Kicks Off
Teams are gathering at Landcruiser Mountain Park today for the running of the SSS Six Day Extreme winch competition. Peter Stirling and his crew have been on the ground for the past week setting up the challenging stages and preparing for action. The entries are: British Offroad – Andrew McFarlane & Mark Calder RGM Racing …
TRED 1100 Subscription Prize Winner
Dirtcomp would like to congratulate Brad Towner from South Australia on winning our Edition 33 Subscription Prize – A set of Tred 1100 Recovery Devices and leashes. Hopefully they will provide some extra piece of mind when you are out touring the country in your 4WD. For more information on the Treds – The Total …
FOX Factory Tuning For Finke Desert Race
FOX factory tuning technicians will be available prior to the race and at the overnight rest stop during this year’s Finke Desert Race. They will be working with Desert Speed Lab, http://desertspeedlab.com/ to provide the latest tuning technology and race support to FOX competitors entered in the race. Pre-race tuning will take place in Alice …
Tough Tracks Season Opener
After heavy rain at Janowen Hills 4WD Park forced the postponement of round one, The 2013 Tough Tracks 4×4 Challenge finally got under way amidst clear blue skies and crisp mornings. The tracks are now timed to sort out the front runners from each others allowing the Trophy Class to ease up on the severity of its track to hopefully …
Monster MX Nationals round 2 report – Quads
Murray Bridge played host to the opening round of the Yamaha Australian Pro Quads class and they really turned up the heat with some great action. Moto 1 was red flagged on the first lap with defending champion Gaisford taking a heavy fall. With Gaisford out ,it opened the championship up to be anybody’s day. …
Tuff Truck Overall Results
The final adjusted point score for the Tough Dog Tuff Truck Challenge has just been released. Congratulations to all who competed! Place Team No. Team Name Total 1 30 Rock Rash Racing 1121.0 2 5 Team OPW 1107.0 3 29 Offroad Boss 1037.0 4 1 Team PIRATE 1028.0 5 56 Rockracing 4×4 1023.0 6 11 …
GAME CHANGER! – Tuff Truck Challenge Points Change
After a successful weekend and a massive effort from all teams, the guys at Tuff Events have sat down and analyzed the results and have issued a press release with the massive announcement that team OPWs score was tallied incorrectly on the travel ramp resulting in a game changing swap for the top spot on …
Tough Dog Tuff Truck Challenge – Top 30 Results
Here are the Tough Dog Tuff Truck Challenge provisional results for the Top 30 in reverse order as read out by Tony Price at last nights presentation. Don’t forget to check out the photos from Friday and Saturday in the daily posts – we’ll have some more teaser pics from Sunday up later today. Thanks …
Team OPW Wins Tuff Truck 2013
Congratulations to Tazz and Bug Baguley on winning the Tough Dog Tuff Truck Challenge in the Team OPW FJ40, held at Milbrodale this weekend. They finished on 1197 points ahead of Dave Camp and Hayden Smith from Rock Rash Racing in second, on 1187 points and Brett and Mitch Thorpe in the Offroad Boss Jeep …
Tuff Truck Saturday Update
As of this afternoon, the event is well and truly underway and there have been at least four courses completed by all teams. As it stands, there is less then 30 points separating the top four place getters! Within the top three are a seasoned competitor, a leaf sprung vehicle and a Queenslander. The tracks …