Why are rally cars so fast?
If you’re thinking Turbos and all wheel drive, you’d be partially correct. For more than 30 years, 4 wheel drive and turbo charging have been standard equipment in rally cars. It was way back in 1981 that Audi brought the concept to the WRC and the game changed completely. Having said that, modern rally cars…
How to become a Rally Driver Part 3 – Club Motorsport
Part three of our series is where the fun starts! We’re introducing you to club level Motorsport called Khanacross. These “grass roots” events provide a strong foundation to start rally driving. They are cheap and easy to enter and you don’t need full rally cars to compete. Check out part 2 of the series if you’ve missed it.…
2015 Ventkhana
With the forecast of heavy rains in Perth on the weekend, we wondered how much weather we’d actually get at our venue. We’d certainly find out by mid way through the weekend! 23 Venturers and seven leaders put their hats in the ring for the much anticipated Ventkhana 2015. Whilst camp was being set up…
2015 Donnelly Rally
To say that the 2015 Donnelly Rally didn’t go to plan would be the most massive understatement of the year. What is normally a popular rally through the picturesque tall timber forests nearby to Bridgetown ended in the most tragic circumstances. During the fifth stage of the rally an incident with a competing car resulted in…
How to become a Rally Driver Part 2 – Governing bodies & licenses
Time to look at the governing bodies of Motorsport in Australia and license types. To compete you need a competition license. There’s a few different types and with a rally license, you need to have held a lower level first. Don’t worry, it’s pretty straight forward to get the basic license and in future episodes,…
How to become a Rally Driver Part 1 – Where to start
If we had a dollar for every time we’re asked how to become a rally driver! As it’s the number one question, we created this series to help you go rally racing. In each part, we cover small steps on how to become a rally car driver or co-driver and explain in plain English. The…
Khanacross 12th of April
Originally scheduled as a Twilight Khanacross in mid march, heavy rains in the 24 hours leading up to the event forced us to postpone until April. Finding a new date was tricky with everything else on our calendar, however we changed the date to the 12th of April and ran a daylight event instead. Ten…
Our team at the 2015 Quit Forest Rally
During the off season our team was busy in the workshop getting cars ready to start the new season. With a similar line up to last year, the difference was going to come in the form who was competing in what championship rather than changing cars. Both Brad/Richard and Neil/Dannielle had committed to moving up…
New rules for frontal head restraints
If you’re going to compete in state championship or higher rallies this year, you need to know about frontal head restraints (FHR’s), also known as HANS devices. CAMS have changed the rules and they are now mandatory for all competitors in state and above events. There’s a lot of myths circulating about the subject, so…
2014 Carringtons Traffic Services Safari Rally
The 2014 Carringtons Traffic Services Safari rally did not work out quite how anyone had planned. After a 2 ½ month break from the laste event, the Lewana Stages Rally, the final round of the outright championship and the penultimate round of the State 2wd and Clubman Series should have been a straight forward affair.…