AP4 rally cars, what are they? – The new generation
An AP4 rally car is the Australia Pacific region’s answer to the R5 rally car. The rules and basic technical specifications are similar. AP4 rally cars are not FIA homologated and don’t have to be produced by a vehicle manufacturer. Currently AP4 rally cars are approved for national and Asia-Pacific championships only in Australia. There…
2019 Fire Extinguisher Rules
Many seem to trip up on the requirements for this simple yet mandatory safety equipment. Let’s take a look at the 2019 fire extinguisher rules for motorsport. Hand Held Fire Extinguishers Testing How often does a fire extinguisher need testing? The straight answer is every three years. This is determined by the date stamped into…
Perth Rally – What’s changed in the 2019 Championship
The Western Australian rally calendar for 2019 was announced toward the end of last year and cited some alterations to events and dates. What some Perth rally people may not know about are the other changes taking place in the WA championship. The Clubman Cup For 2019 CAMS have made changes to the standards…
Subaru versus Toyota 2018
It’s been a long time since there was a Subaru versus Toyota battle in any rally championship. Back in the 90’s the two manufacturers fought it out fiercely in the WRC. At the time Prodrive WRX versus TTE Celica was a big budget, high stakes game. 21 years on Over 20 years since those cars…
Rally WA 2019 Calendar – Gravel events
2019 is shaping up to be an exciting year on the Rally WA Calendar. There is a five round entry level gravel rally sprint series as well as the full WA state rally championship (WARC). Rally WA 2019 Calendar 17th March – Zestino Rally Sprint Series Rnd 1 5-7th April – Forest Rally (WARC round…
Rally Australia – 30 years from 1988 – 2018
30 Years of Rally Australia 2018 marks the 30th Anniversary of Rally Australia being formed. Starting three decades ago in Perth it would become one of the best in the world. History of Rally Australia In the mid 80’s Australia was not part of the World Rally Championship (WRC) like our eastern neighbour New Zealand.…
What happened to the 2018 Darling 200 Rally?
2018 Darling 200 Rally Believe it or not, the 2018 Darling 200 rally was affected by fire. How can that be? The rally was due to run in November and we’re in September. In fact fire was identified as a problem in August by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). Formerly known as…
Experts Cup Rally – the rough and tumble. And we came away with a win!
2018 Experts Cup Rally This year’s Experts Cup rally was a break from tradition. Normally a winter event, warm and dry weather greeted us for the new spring date in September. Round five of the Rally WA state rally championship took us to Collie. The roads Rain in the days leading up to the event…
RallyVent 2018 – The BIG wet
RallyVent 2018 Within the last two weeks of July over 75mm of rain had fallen at our venue. In the first week of August another 30mm came down. RallyVent 2018 was going to be wet and slippery! Rain on arrival day 33 drivers from seven different Venturer units accepted the challenge. When the first groups…
16 year old girl leads rally sprint series
Junior leads the way A few days ago we got to update the points after round three of the Zestino Tyre Rally Sprint series. To our delight we discovered a surprise leader. 16 year old Kelly Thomas is sitting at the top of the outright points table! Kelly is in her second season of rally…