2023 Rally WA Calendar – Sideways on gravel
The 2023 Rally WA Calendar has been recently announced. Again as with 2022, the calendar is a little late getting out. This has been due to organisers waiting to confirm their events and also the Australian Rally Championship (ARC) calendar. The Forest Rally is WA’s ARC round and has a bearing on the whole season.…
Round 4 Zestino Rally Sprints
Round 4 2019 Zestino Rally Sprints was a lot quieter than round three. We had 23 entries for the previous round and only nine for this one. We think the weather had a big influence on the numbers. Perth had an absolute shellacking with 27mm of rain falling in the three days prior to our…
2020 Rally WA Calendar
Before reflecting on the season that was let’s have a look forward to the 2020 Rally WA calendar. Next year we’ll be running five rounds of both our popular Khanacross and Rally Sprint Series. In the full WA Rally Championship, there will be seven gravel rounds. 2020 Rally WA calendar opener We’ll be kicking off…
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…
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…
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…
Zestino Tyre Rally Sprints – The Easy way to Rally
What are they? Zestino Tyre Rally Sprints share many common elements with full rallies. Competing vehicles have a driver and may have a navigator, are a race against the clock and run on dirt roads. The major difference is that the events are simpler and cheaper making them easier to enter and compete. Stage The…
2018 Gravel Action Sprint Series
2018 Gravel Rally Sprint Series Calendar Here are the dates for 2018 Round 1 Sunday 18th March (Daylight Event) Round 2 Saturday 12th of May (Daylight Event) Round 3 Saturday 28th of July (Twilight/Evening Event) Round 4 Sunday 9th of September (Daylight Event) Round 5 Saturday 24th of November (Twilight/Evening Event) Click Here to Download…
Gravel Action Sprint Round 4 – 25+km of sideways
Gravel Action Sprint Round 4 The first of October dawned cool and clear. Recent weather in Perth resembled the depths of winter rather than a day well into spring. Much of the rain that had drowned the southwest had not reached the Wheat Belt. Not good news for farmers, however it had kept our roads…
Gravel Action Night Sprint –
Gravel Action Night Sprint – round 3 Up until the driver’s briefing at around 4pm Saturday, our gamble seemed to have paid off. Running an event in mid winter is always a risk with the weather. Whilst Perth and the southwest had received torrential rains, we’d had very little. Compact roads and no dust, perfect…