Whitsunday Regional Council – Don River Dash 300 – 2020.
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by Terry Hill
3y ago
The second ever Don River Dash was held in the dry river bed in the North Queensland town of Bowen on the weekend. Above – All hands to the wheel in Preparing for race day. Supported by the Whitsunday Regional council and run by the Burdekin offroaders inc Club, the event has grown from its inaugural year and hosted 75 drivers and a field of 140 Bike riders. Heading the drivers list was Billy Geddes and the defending Champion from last year, driving his Geiser Bro’s trophy Truck. Above – Trophy Truck “HELLBOY” – Geddes/Price. Bike riders were headed by Toby price who competed in both the ..read more
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Debutante – Comiskey takes The Gundy 400.
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by Terry Hill
3y ago
Continued from Saturday’s action – Above – First time to Goondiwindi and Brett Comiskey and Daniel McKenzie take Victory in the notorious hard race. Sunday  Section 2- 2 continuous laps 160km’s in total. Section 3- 2 continuous laps 160km’s in total. (Reduced Field as not all competitors competed in the 5 laps) Sunday saw the three overnight leaders Cox, Taylor and Chapman suffer issues and opened the door for Paul Weel driving Toby Price’s old class 4 truck, but he suffered mechanical issues ( Fuel )and this left the door open for debutante’s Brett Comiskey and Daniel Mckenzie in a Ji ..read more
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ALBINS ARB Goondiwindi 400 – Saturday action !
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by Terry Hill
3y ago
ALBINS ARB GOONDIWINDI 400. Round 5 – 2020 Mickey Thompson Tires AORRA Queensland Off Road Racing Championship Round 1 – 2020 Mickey Thompson Tires AORRA Queensland Long Course Off Road Racing Championship On an 80km track carved out of 14 private properties 36kms East of Goondiwindi competitors flocked on the weekend to contest the ALBINS ARB Goondiwindi 400. As an icon of the off-road racing season both competitors and spectators look forward to this annual event. Scrutineering was completed on Friday at the showgrounds in town. Saturday All competitors completed the prologue course to ..read more
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First time Off-road race a hit !
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by Terry Hill
3y ago
Round 4 2020 AORRA Qld Off Road Racing Championship. Round 3 2020 Queensland Off Road Short Course Championship Round 3 2020 Queensland Off Road Junior Championship. Round 3 2020 Queensland Off Road Ladies Championship. Early start on sunday A round of the North Queensland Off Road Racing Championship was held at Moranbah on the weekend, and a large field of drivers entered after a long layoff due to Co-vid19.  The event was scheduled for March but had to be cancelled due to public safety caused by the pandemic. Deputy Clerk of the Course and Mackay Off road racing official, Michael Msfu ..read more
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Rally of the Bay – 2020 -NSWRC
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by Terry Hill
4y ago
  Toyota Gazoo racing – Harry Bates and John Mccarthy competing Rally Australia 2018. Stage 1 – Old Highway Toyota Gazoo racing 1st ,2nd. Harry bates just pips brother Lewis by.8 sec Shamrock Motorsport – Dalton 3rd, back 5.5 secs Good drive C.Hoy from 10 up to 7th in an evo- 21 secs back Nathan Quin back at 6th 20secs adrift. Stage 2 – Picnic on Sproxton No Start – Nathan Quin? Toyota Harry Bates stage time 8.19.898secs – Fastest Dalton back another +12.6 secs Lewis Bates Toyota Yaris just keeps 2nd place overall Nathan quins finally starts? Penalty 1.40 secs! Top 3 after stage 2 Bates ..read more
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2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
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by Lorne Close
4y ago
Bentley took the line honours for 2020The Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour began in 1991 and is an endurance race for GT and production cars from all over the world, held on Mount Panorama Race Circuit. It is a race for GT3, GT4 and invited production-based endurance vehicles. Top flight GT3 teams will have 3-4 professional drivers with lower GT3 categories allowing non-professional drivers. GT4 and Invited have no driver restrictions.   The Bathurst 12 Hour is now acknowledged around the world as one of the most significant races in the GT series calendar, alongside the likes of the Nurburgring 24 ..read more
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2019 – Motorsport – From behind the lens.
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by Terry Hill
4y ago
2019 Motorsport – From behind the lens. As 2020 fast approaches it is a good time to look back on 2019 from behind the camera lens. The year started off in April in the small Queensland town of St George for round 1 of the BFGoodrich Australian Off Road Championship where Shannon Rentsch with co pilot and Dad Ian Rentsch we’re victorious. The Extreme 2WD trucks were great to photograph with both Greg Gartner and Beau Robinson providing ample opportunities for us photographers. Next it was off the the Australian centre for the iconic Finke Desert race in June which was also Rd2 of the AORC ..read more
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WRC – Rally Australia 2019???? – (WRC2 Monday Testing )
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by Terry Hill
4y ago
NSW & QLD are currently burning and with “Catastrophic fire conditions” forecast tomorrow for all of NSW and most of Queensland, the 2019 FIA WRC Kennard’s Hire Rally Australia is in serious doubt? The ARC component of the rally has already been cancelled. This needs to be put in perspective, people have lost lives and others have lost all, end of the day this is only a car race! If the event is to run at all I think it will be abbreviated and run on different roads, as most of the stages were set in forested sections of the area around Coffs Harbour. Currently all state forests are clo ..read more
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The Curtain to fall on NSW- Coffs Harbour for WRC?
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by Terry Hill
4y ago
With the recent announcement from the FIA that New Zealand will again host a round of the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship, this will be at the expense of the Australian Round of the WRC. Time to reflect on the past 7 years of a world class event on the NSW – Mid North Coast town of Coffs Harbour. 2011- My first visit to this event as a spectator and I was immediately hooked, my memory is Sebastien Loeb was caught out by wet roads and crashed and Mikko Hirvonen going on to win. 2011 – Rally Australia- Ford Focus RS winner Mikko Hirvonen. SS3 Shipmans. 2011 – Rally Australia – Citroen Driver ..read more
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WRC -Day 1 Rally Spain.
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by Terry Hill
4y ago
WRC Rally Spain – Day 1. Rally Spain, what a contrasting day for Champions, one finds himself (9 times champion) leading the event and the other sees his aspirations for a seventh consecutive championship disappear. You cannot write a script for the world Rally Championship, you have Hyundai 1st,2nd and 3rd after day 1 in Spain, you have 9-time world champion and semi-retired Sebastien Loeb leading by nearly 2 seconds. 9 time world champion Sebastien Loeb in Rally Australia 2011 resumes normal operations in Wrc Rally Spain 2019 – Leading after day 1 ! Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo placed ..read more
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