Round 1 of the Australian Off Road Championship

March 29, 2010 at 10:58 pm · Filed under Events

Offroad Racing Cracker this Easter in the West

The 2010 Australian Off Road Championship will kick off in style across the Easter long weekend (April 2-5), with the ARB Pinjarra Engineering Hyden 450 held in Western Australia. The entry list is bursting at the seams with over 90 cars, including many from the East Coast, that are making the trip to Hyden in the WA wheatbelt. Topping the entry list is the reigning Australian Champions, Shannon and Ian Rentsch, who will be picking up where they left off at the end of 2009 in their battle with the Jimco’s of David Fellows and young WA hot shot, Travis Robinson.

The number of outright contenders that will be snapping at their heels has never been greater. Danny Auricht, Brad Prout and Andrew Kittle will all be unveiling brand new proclass A-arms, while the strong field of local WA based teams will be aiming to keep the silverware out of the hands of the invading East Coast racers.

While the race to greet the chequered flag first on Sunday afternoon will be paramount, the battles within the class ranks will be equally as fierce. With most of the 2009 Class champions including Justin Watt (Prolite), Werner Zettl (Super 1650), Chris Western (Extreme 2WD), Clayton Chapman (Production 4WD) and Colin Hunter (Extreme 4WD) all looking to get their season off to a good start.

Saturdays racing will see the drivers lay it all on the line from 7.00am during the prologue. With no top ten shoot out there will be no second chance to snare the dust free run at the front of the field. The drivers will then back up for the first section of the race, a 160km point to point race from the event HQ at “Smithy’s Place” to the Hyden town centre and back.

Sunday morning will see the competitors face six laps of an extended 65km track at “Smithy’s Place”, which embraces massive jumps, whoop-de-doo’s, high speed straights and rugged natural terrain, all just 18km from Hyden. The sensational “Christie’s Hill” spectator points and at the start/finish line facilities will once again be a magnet for the crowd and television camera’s alike, as some of the world’s fastest and most technically advanced offroad race cars attack the Western Australian outback.

The next event of the five round Australian Off Road Championship will be the Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race, held in Alice Springs on the Queens Birthday Long Weekend, June 11th-14th.

Patrolapart 4×4 Winch Challenge Victoria

March 22, 2010 at 9:06 pm · Filed under Competition

 
When/Where:
“Corrabora”
28th March 2010
Old Fumina Rd Neerim North
Admission Fees:
Adults $15
Children Under 16 FREE!
Things to help Keep the kids entertained:
Onsite Catering, Giveaways, Jumping Castle,
Rock Wall , Face Painting, Pony Rides
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