2023 Experts Cup Rally – Deciding 3 championships
In this post we event into the final round of the year, the 2023 Experts Cup Rally. Specifically this was the sixth round of the State Rally Championship. It’s hard to believe how swiftly time has passed, with all these events flying by. This time around, our destination was the coal mining town of Collie.…
2023 Safari Rally – Rough & dusty ex WRC stages
In early October we embarked on the thrilling journey to the penultimate round of the WA Rally Championship for 2023—the highly anticipated 2023 Safari Rally. The Safari Rally holds a special place in our hearts, as we have not only participated as competitors but also as officials, establishing an intimate familiarity with its challenges. Our…
2023 Karri Rally – 230km/h roads!
In mid-August, the 2023 Karri Rally unfolded in the quaint town of Manjimup, marking the fourth round of a six-round series. Our journey commenced with a leisurely 350-400 kilometer drive to this destination. It was another long trek after the previous 2023 Grimwade Stages Rally. Karri Rally format The proposed format comprised two forest stages,…
2021 Experts Cup Rally – Big Field!
And so we roll around to the end of the season! Let’s get going with the 2021 Experts Cup rally. It’d been an insane few weeks since the last time I had a chance to get a blog post out. We had our hands really full trying to get a slight dent out of a…
2021 Forest Rally – Wet & Slippery!
The 2021 Forest Rally was again different from previous years. Normally we start with a super special stage in Busselton on Friday and Saturday night coupled with gravel stages in Nannup. Last year because of Covid that didn’t happen and the 2020 Forest Rally was a name only event. It ran out of Collie using…
The decade of WA Rally 2010 – 2019
At the end of every year we do look back at the season however this time I’m going to look back on the whole decade. The last time I did one of these I typed it all out which just goes to show how much has changed in 10 years. So let’s have a look…
2019 Experts Cup Rally – Loose and Dusty
The 2019 Experts Cup Rally. Where there was as much fun in the service park as there was out on the stages! Big Field of Experts A bumper field of 38 cars entered the 2019 Experts Cup this year. Running in the coal mining town of Collie it was the last round of the Better…
2018 Boddington Safari Rally – Tough & Technical
MRF Tyres 2018 Boddington Safari Rally This year the Light Car Club brought the Safari Rally back to its spiritual home in Boddington. Set on the June long weekend the 2018 Boddington Safari Rally was round 3 of the Rally WA championship. 140km of plantation roads defined the technical event. The Rally Action Team We…
2018 Forest Rally – What a drama!
The tough event! By far, this would have to be the toughest rally we’ve ever done! The 2018 Make Smoking History Forest Rally was a tragedy for us. We started with five cars and by the end not one had got through unscathed. Round 2 of the WA Rally Championship, the 2018 Forest rally was…
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…