Finke
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 …
AORC SET FOR RECORD BREAKING FINKE DESERT RACE
The 2015 Tatts Finke Desert Race is set to be the biggest event in Australian Off Road Championship history as a record number of competitors, volunteers and fans converge on Alice Springs, Northern Territory, for Round 2 of the season this weekend (June 5-8). A record 140 entries for the car section – along with …
TOYO FIELDS FINKE DREAM TEAM
An elite squad of Team Toyo racers is looking for a podium in Australia’s most dangerous race. Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Toyo Tires in Australia, the tyre manufacturer has selected a team of elite drivers to lead the largest field of competitors ever seen at the 40th annual Finke Desert Race. Team Toyo is …
Finke: On the Limiter
Entries for the 40th anniversary Tatts Finke Desert Race reached the cut off car entry limit today quicker than a Pro Class buggy can get from Alice Springs to Finke and back. Following the trend of the moto category a couple of weeks ago which reached its capacity of 600 in less than 9 hours, the …
Finke Car Entries Set To Open
The Finke Desert Race Club has announced that entries for the auto section of the 2015 Tatts Finke Desert Race will open on Monday 16th March. “We are expecting strong interest this year in the auto section from competitors keen to be part of the 40th Finke celebrations”, said Club President Antony Yoffa. “If everyone …
Attack the Dirt – The Road to Finke
Is this the first documentary to tell the story of trophy truck racing in Australia? The film that is produced by Jetpilot and presented by Toyo Tyres profiles the rapidly growing off road racing scene, from the perspective of one of its most successful drivers, Brad Gallard, as he prepares for the infamous Finke Desert …
2014 Finke – Class Wrap Up
Shannon and Ian Rentsch have claimed their third ‘King of the Desert” title at the Tatts Finke Desert Race today, taming the famous whoops and red desert sand in the race from Alice Springs to Finke and back. Rentsch put their pre-race engine dramas behind them on the first leg of the race to Finke …
Rentsch Back On Top At Finke
The son and father team of Shannon and Ian Rentsch from Victoria have taken victory in the 2014 Tatts Finke Desert Race. Driving their #1 JIMCO 2010 Nissan 3500cc the duo, who now have three Tatts Finke Desert Race titles to their credit, made the home trip from Finke to the Alice Springs finish today …
Geddes The First Finke Ironman
Queenslander Billy Geddes has defied all the odds and has completed the 2014 Tatts Finke Desert course twice, driving a Trophy Truck and riding a bike. This double effort, unique in the event’s 39 year history, was made possible by Geddes using a helicopter between the Alice Springs start and the overnight stop at Finke …
Robinson Takes P1 On Finke Grid
Travis Robinson and Paul Currie from WA in their #13 JIMCO OBR Nissan 3500cc PRO buggy have dominated today’s Prologue for the 2014 Tatts Finke Desert Race. Setting an extremely fast time of 4minutes 59 seconds around the 8.3 kilometre prologue circuit Robinson/Currie were 11 seconds ahead of the second placed Victorian son and father …
GARLAND TO DEBUT NEW DAKAR-SPEC ISUZU AT FINKE
Australian Dakar Rally veteran Bruce Garland has confessed to ‘a moment of madness’, leaving today for the Northern Territory in preparation for next week’s Finke Desert Race, the toughest cross-country rally in the southern hemisphere.The 55-year-old Sydneysider, who has survived a fractured vertebra, a heart attack and five bypasses, and prostate cancer surgery in the …