Features
PRICE UNVEILS THE TSCO TRITON TT
Toby Price, 2-time Dakar Rally Champion & 6-time Finke Desert Race Winner, has tonight unveiled his brand-new Mitsubishi Triton Trophy Truck in Burleigh Heads, Queensland. The brand new TSCO built Trophy Truck touched down in Sydney last week after an extensive design and build process, timed perfectly for Price to debut the Dougans 6 Litre …
Loeb Is Back In The Desert
Nine-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb arrives back to the Dakar with a brand-new car. Loeb has joined up with the Bahrain Raid Xtreme Team and will be behind the wheel of their fearsome BRX Hunter T1 car. The Frenchman’s four-wheel drive vehicle features a bespoke 3.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine – a first at the Dakar. …
Riley’s Dream: A Holden Ute at Dakar
The Holden Ute of Steve Riley and Trev Hanks are currently living their dream of racing at Dakar in their Aussie built Holden Ute. Steve Riley a former off road motorcycle racer and three times auto winner of the Australian safari rally along with co/driver and friend Trev Hanks are competing in 2019 Dakar Rally. …
WORKHORSE: YAMAHA WOLVERINE X2
The new generation Yamaha Wolverine X2 is the hard working sibling of the Yamaha YXZ 1000R. While the YXZ is at home carving up the motorcross track, the Wolverine X2 arrives with it’s sleeves rolled up, ready to get the job done no matter what terrain lies ahead. The Wolverine X2 features a comfortable …
FEATURE: LACEY’S MICKLEFAB TROPHY TRUCK
EDITION 40 FLASHBACK – THE ARB COOPERS PLAINS MICKLEFAB RAPTOR TROPHY TRUCK Looking for an Australian built truck to rival the American heavy-weights starting to dominate the Extreme 2wd category, Mark Lacey turned to master craftsman, Gavin Mickle for a home grown solution… Sitting on the side of the dusty Australian Safari track in 2004, Mark …
Feature: The Dark Knight 79 Series Build: Pt1
Every once in a while a very special vehicle comes along. This 79 Series Dual Cab is certainly special and has defined itself as the apex predator. When Perry was in need of a monster touring set up, Brisbane’s ARB Coopers Plains was there to answer the call. It all began with meticulous planning and …
Feature: From Russia With Love
Rally squad Kamaz reveals the new truck that it hopes will take them to a 14th victory on the Dakar Rally, which runs through some of the most inhospitable terrain in South America. Unlike the trucks that have gone before it, this latest Kamaz Master, based on the Kamaz-4326 chassis, has a long cab with …
City Slickers: A Stadium Super Truck Dissected
Offroad racing has often been described as one of motorsports best kept secrets. But with the launch of Robby Gordon’s Stadium Super Trucks which compete in the SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Series presented by Traxxas the cat may finally be out of the bag. Inspired by the Mickey Thompson Stadium Offroad Racing Series, which helped …
New Product: Roadsafe Tow Points
If you spend any length of time off road, sooner or later either you or your mate will need to be recovered from a sticky situation! Whether you are hauling out the winch or about to hook up a snatch strap, a rated tow point is essential to implement a safe recovery. There is much …
Cubic Revolution: OPW Ultra 10.4
Making it’s competition debut at the 2015 King of the Hammers, the Australian built OPW Ultra 10.4 was unveiled to the field as the first Ultra4 with fully independent suspension. While owner/driver Peter Antunac and navi Mal Van Ysseldyk got off to a good start at KOH in 2015, qualifying 26th, the teams efforts were …
GSL Fabrication: The Stainless Horsepower Stable
I love Toowoomba. It was my home town for many years and the location where I bought my first house. More importantly, Toowoomba was the first place where I would commute daily over 300kms to work in the DirtComp office, a place that harboured my passion for 4wds. Getting back into the countryside for the …