australian safari race

The Australasian Safari was an off-road motor sport racing event held in Australia between 1985 and 2014. History [ edit ] The Australasian Safari was first run in 1985 and held under the International Sporting Code of FIM and from 1999, the General Competition Rules of Motorcycling Australia .

Australian Safari Race Report - Day 2, Monday, August 21 ... Nissan Patrol driver Ross Nicastri today raced into the outright lead in the Auto Division of the Vodafone Australian Safari cross country rally through the Northern Territory amid a controversial 40-minute penalty imposed on fellow-NSW competitor Terry Denham.

14 years ago. When more than 100 competitors in this year's Australasian Safari take off into the West Australian outback on Saturday, they will be marking the 25th year of this Aussie endurance adventure. The Australasian Safari began in August 1985 as the Wynns Safari. The first event included several international Paris to Dakar ...

2000 VODAPHONE AUSTRALIAN SAFARI. RACE REPORT FROM A PRIVATEER By Michael Fanning. This year I fulfilled a lifelong dream, that is to compete in the Australian Safari International Cross Country Rally. The Safari is one of the longest and toughest off road races in the world, and this year travelled almost 4500 km across desert and station ...

VODAFONE AUSTRALIAN SAFARI - Tuesday, August 22. DAY 3 REPORT: Curtin Springs-Alice Springs. Total distance: 562km. Competitive distance: 392km (3 stages) HARRSION IN HOSPITAL - NICASTRI ROLLS NISSAN. Sydney motorcycle rider Derryn Harrison is in the Emergency Care unit in Alice Springs Hospital with internal injuries after crashing today in ...

Ayers House, Adelaide's upmarket exhibition venue, was packed. Top European motorsport correspondents mingled with the local press for the media launch of the Australian Safari, an event which, in its first decade, had earned a reputation as the Dakar Down Under. And this, the 1996 edition, was to be the deciding round of the FIA World Cup; a ...

Meet the legends of the Australasian Safari. 23 Mar 2010, 12:00 am. Gallery 4. For 25 years some special characters have thrown themselves full tilt at some of the world's harshest terrains. Meet the legends of the Australasian Safari. Aussie motorsport events become international icons. The Great Race at Mount Panorama, the Moto GP at Phillip ...

While the Safari is a stand-alone event on the Australian motorsport calendar, it also served this year as a round of the FIM's international cross-country rallies World Cup which ensured a solid ...

Brock, who won Australia's 'Great Race' at Mount Panorama for the first time in 1972 in a Holden Torana, will then lead the Safari competitors from the circuit through the centre of Bathurst to the start. "It's a great idea and it's going to be fantastic," said Brock. "There will be so many memories come flooding back -- the run up Mountain ...

In 2011, Australia's most successful cross-country team - Glenn Hoffmann Racing - plugged 22-year-old Australian Safari champion Jake Smith into the mix on a meticulously prepared Honda CRF450X. With a specially built backup truck, veteran Dakar spannerman Max Sullivan and a well-disciplined team, Hoffmann was anticipating a top 10 result.

Motor Sport. Crocodile officer! Automotion Australia has set itself the ultimate challenge. By 1992 it hopes that the Australian Safari will be the most prestigious and keenly fought Raid in the world, better even than the Paris-Dakar. After four experimental years, the 1989 Safari heralded a new era in the event's history for, with a new ...

THURSDAY, JULY 19: American Casey McCoy, runner-up in the 2000 Australian Safari, is switching to a more powerful Honda in a bid to win the Moto Division of this year's international cross country rally through the Northern Territory. The 35-year-old Californian confirmed today he would contest this year's 4,300km event from August 19-26 on a ...

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In 2013 there were seven Safari race competitors who'd previously taken part in the Tour. The 2013 ADVT. In 2013 the tour attracted 18 riders from all over Australia and overseas, with an assortment of bikes including a 1986 800cc BMW and a 1990 750cc Yamaha Ténéré, and both bikes attracted huge interest from rally competitors.

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Active8 Yamaha's Rodney Faggotter has won the 2014 Australian Safari after the final days competition was wrapped up over the weekend in, Kalbarri, Western Australia. After 24 hours of racing across seven days and 1000's of kilometres, Faggotter clinched his second consecutive victory of the gruelling and iconic event after putting the ...

These multi-day Australian safari tours and packages provide the perfect opportunity to explore the different type of habitats and animals, whilst always delivering the element of surprise that makes wildlife safaris such a desired travel experience. Given the diversity of Australian ecosystems, we recommend linking these tours and regions ...

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Safari's victory in the 2008 Ballarat Pacing Cup proved his only Group 1 amongst 28 lifetime wins, but was a race that certainly defined his career. Brian Gath's tactics to win the feature are legendary, with the master reinsman driving Safari tough outside Blacks A Fake and continually pouring the pressure on the Queensland star before ...

THURSDAY, APRIL 13: Defending Australian Safari champion Bruce Garland today announced his preparation for this year's 5,000km international cross-country rally through the Northern Territory had been expanded to include two major events in the United States and Asia. The 41-year-old Sydney endurance driver and regular navigator Harry Suzuki ...

Safari race last in WA Credit: The West Australian. Motorsport fans have been dealt a major blow with confirmation that this year's Australasian Safari will be the last held in WA. The decision, announced yesterday by event director Justin Hunt, comes after Tourism WA decided to end its financial support for the event. ...

This year the Aussie contingent is unusually without a pure sprinter - Ewan missing the race for the first time since 2019 - though Michael Matthews is back on the start line again in 2024 ...

Australia will have a strong presence at Tour de France 2024 with six riders competing across four different teams. Jai Hindley - who wore the yellow jersey in 2023 - leads the Aussie charge ...

Maxwell's 59 runs off 41 balls was the highest score for Australia by a big margin. Marsh (12 runs) and Marcus Stoinis (11 runs) were the only other batters who managed to put on double-figure ...