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Walsh Wins Fifth Finke Crown – 2024
Hometown hero David Walsh (#1) has sealed his fifth straight King of the Desert crown, keeping off his competitors on Race Day 2 at the 2024 Tatts Finke Desert Race. Clocking an overall race time of 3 hours, 38 minutes and 12.58 seconds, Walsh’s five consecutive wins writes him into the history books as only the second rider to win five straight races, alongside …
Beau Robinson Crowned King of the Desert at Finke 2024
Beau Robinson and Shane Hutt have claimed their first King of the Desert crown in the car category after finishing with the fastest overall time on Race Day 2 at the 2024 Tatts Finke Desert Race. Robinson completed the Day 2 leg within 1 hour, 47 minutes and 36.01 seconds alongside Navigator Shane Hutt. With …
FINKE 2022 – PRICE FASTEST TO FINKE WITH NEW RECORD ON DAY 1
Red Bull racer Toby Price (#487) is one step closer to clinching his second King of the Desert crown in the Car category at the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert Race, reaching the Finke (Aputula) checkpoint with a record-setting time on Race Day 1. Price and navigator Jason Duncan completed the first 226 kilometres of Australia’s toughest off-road race in 1 …
2021 FINKE DESERT RACE EVENT STATEMENT
The Finke Desert Race have released the statement below in relation to Mondays tragic incident. “The Finke Desert Race mourns the loss of a spectator yesterday after a tragic incident on the track. Together with all event parties, Motorsport Australia and Finke Desert Race are undertaking an investigation into the incident and will assist and …
ARB Dual-Zone Zero Fridge Freezer
If you are looking for a new way to keep the cans cold and your meals frozen, look no further than ARB’s new Zero Fridge Freezer, recently released at SEMA. Having both fridge and freezer space at the one time means you can travel for longer periods without restocking. Available in sizes including 69L and …
Gartner Wins Rainbow, Burrows the Championship
Mark Burrows has been crowned the BFGoodrich CAMS Australian Off Road Champion (AORC) for the eighth time in his career after coming third in the 2019 Hindmarsh Shire Rainbow Desert Enduro. In what were extremely difficult conditions after a rain plagued lead up and the cancellation of the first day of action, a number of …
XWC Round 3 – Swamp Donkeys by a Whisker
It’s been nearly ten years since the Comeup Xtreme Winch Challenge has ventured north into Central Queensland, but on the weekend of July 12-14, it was back with an action-packed weekend of extreme 4WD winching action. Seventeen Central Queensland based teams lined up on Friday night to tackle the first of three stages, set in …
XWC Round 2 Report
With overnight temperatures dropping into the negatives, about the only thing hot at the recent round of the Comeup Xtreme Winch Challenge (XWC) series was the winching action! 12 teams lined up on a bitterly cold Friday night at the Springvale property in the small country town of Wallabadah, just south of Tamworth for Round …
2019 Finke – Rhodes & Pullino ‘Kings of the Desert’
Jack Rhodes and David Pullino have completed a breakthrough win to be crowned Kings of the Desert for the first time at the 2019 Tatts Finke Desert Race, Round 2 of the 2019 BFGoodrich Tires CAM Australian Off Road Championship. The pair from Adelaide had finished the race on the podium four times previously (3rd in …
2019 Finke – Day 1 Bikes Report
Alice Spring’s own David Walsh (#2 KTM) is one step closer to his first King of the Desert title after blitzing the bike field to arrive at Finke in 1 hour 55 minutes and 25.7 seconds on Race Day 1 of the 2019 Tatts Finke Desert Race. The hometown hero lead the 612-strong field from the …
2019 Finke – Day 1 Cars Report
Red Bull racer, Toby Price (#487 Geiser Brothers Trophy Truck), has reached the Finke checkpoint the fastest on Race Day 1, as his looks to create history and become the first-ever competitor to be crowned the King of the Desert in the car category and bike category. The six-time winner of the bike category …
Cliffhanger 2019
Cliffhanger 2019 was held in April out at Mt Gap Station pulling teams and spectators from all over Australia. What makes Cliffhanger special is it’s long stages and rough terrain. Teams raced over 800klm in 6 days spending hours every day behind the wheel. Stages varied from high speed rally on farm trails, gruelling rock …