2019 Safari Rally – Tough & Dusty
In early June we competed in the longest-running rally in Australia and indeed the southern hemisphere. The 2019 Safari Rally is a piece of Australian rally history. 54 years of Safari in WA The Light car club of WA started running the Safari Rally in 1966. Alongside the sport the event has evolved. Over the…
2016 Darling 200 Rally – Causing an upset in the Clubman Cup!
The final rally of 2016 was the decider of the Clubman Cup series and an all two wheel drive affair. Known for its slippery surface and narrow roads, the Darling 200 was based in Jarrahdale to the southeast of Perth. Last year the rally had seen temperatures of 39°, this year the weather dawned cool…
Racing in the dark – Twilight Khanacross
In late August we ran the last of our khanacrosses for the year, this time a twilight event. Originally with a field of 20 drivers, two did not start. One driver had mechanical troubles and another had to bow out due to illness. Wet Racing & Mud The winter rains had limited the choices of…
Slippery when wet! – July Khanacross
Despite the winter date, our Khanacross at the end of the July dawned as a clear Sunday morning. Similar to our June event, rain was forecast. Heavy weather had hit Perth on Saturday evening however we hadn’t received any. Training to be a clerk of course, Neil Trethowen took over the reins for our third…
Plenty of sideways action and drama at the first Khanacross for 2016
Even before entries closed we had numbers in the high 20’s and when we completed the final tally, 31 drivers were confirmed to contest last weekend’s Light Car Club/Rally Action Twilight Khanacross. It was a great field with a good mix of new and experienced competitors on the entry list. We woke on Friday morning…
Twilight Khanacross 12th September
The last Rally Action/Light Car Club motorsport event of the year took the form of a Twilight Khanacross. Like every event we’d run this year, rain had made the choice of tracks we could use for tests interesting for our September event. The clouds had looked ominous as the 29 drivers arrived and we crossed our…
Khanacross 14th June
A cold and clear June Sunday morning dawned for the second LCC Khanacross for the year. Whilst it may have been winter, no rain had fallen for a month or so and the ground conditions resembled the dusty height of summer. 27 drivers brought out their weapons for a chance to get sideways and race…
2013 Carringtons Traffic Services Safari Rally
Rally teams returned to Perth for round five of the WA State Rally Championship in October. Using the familiar forest roads of Mundaring, the 2013 Carringtons Traffic Services Safari rally covered approx 120km of competition spread over 9 special stages. Rain in the weeks leading up to the rally had created some damp and muddy…