2020 Khanacross series round 3 – Full field
Let’s get going with our Khanacross series round 3. As I said before with our round two Khanacross we’ve been very lucky we haven’t missed a round in our series this year. The relative isolation of Perth and our border closures have meant we can get back to things quicker than most of Australia. Weather…
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…
2019 October Khanacross – Ladies take a clean sweep!
Over the last 18 months or so there’s been a real changing of the guard with our Khanacrosses. Those who were leading the pack no longer are and there’s been a new sheriff in town so to speak. With our October 2019 Khanacross however, the guard changed again. 2019 October Khanacross – The series decider…
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…
Performance Race Gear – Gravel Action Sprint Round 1
Round 1 of our Gravel Action Sprint series ran toward the end of March. It had been a culmination of several months of work behind the scenes and physically on the ground. No longer the realm of full rally cars, new vehicle and competitor requirements opened up entries to a wider audience. Construction of a…
What is a Rally Sprint? Get into rally without the extras.
What is a Rally Sprint? In a nutshell, a rally sprint is a mini rally without the extras. A leaner, meaner, version that has been on the treadmill and shed a few kilos. Generally a rally sprint will be comprised of one or two stages of limited distance, say 4 – 10km. There are usually…
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…
Big field for our June Khanacross!
A week after our trip south to the MRF Tyres Boddington Rally, we were back at our venue running a Khanacross. With the winter rain arriving, puddles lay here and there around our venue. We tried to set tests using tracks that at least avoided some of the water. The forecast showed rain on the horizon,…