2023 ARB480 winner #410 Greg Gartner and Jamie Jennings
VORRA Committee and club members are excited to be hosting for the third year this championship event at Rainbow. The local Rainbow community continues to support our events and welcome competitors, crews and volunteers to their region.
2024 ARB Australian Off Road Racing Championship:
Rainbow 22-24 March
Hillston 5-7 July
Goondiwindi 9-11 August
Millicent (Pines) 20-22 September
Robinson Reigns at ARB Rainbow
Western Australian Beau Robinson and navigator Shane Hutt #1113 launched their 2024 season in style on the weekend, claiming a maiden ARB Australian Off Road Racing Championship round victory at the STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480.
Starting from second on Sunday, Robinson took control of proceedings early on lap one in his 7litre Mason Trophy Truck after the withdrawal of Danny Brown #42 due to mechanical dramas. Despite mid race challenges from both eventual podium sitters, Robinson was never headed, holding on to record a powerful Rainbow triumph.
2023 ARB Goondiwindi 500 champions Clayton Chapman and Adam McGuire #15 continued on their dream run, the smiling Queenslanders launched their Toyota powered Aussie built Razorback to second outright and Ultimate Class glory; just 49 seconds adrift of Robinson.
Offroad road legend Andy Brown and navigator Danny Hardman #1142 who made a pass on Robinson during Sundays second lap steered their new AWD Class 11 Alumi Craft to third outright, making it consecutive STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480 podiums.
Multiple time Australian champion Mark Burrows and son Tom #21 recorded their best finish to date in the teams new Aussie build Monkfab machine crossing in fourth, ahead of Jimco chargers Dale Martin and Adrian Rowe #5 who finished a further four minutes adrift to round out the Ultimate podium.
South Australian’s Simon and Kyle Tucker #110 held on for the Class 1 silverware albeit engine dramas on Sunday, outlasting Matthew Burrows and Jay Mitchell #3 in sixth and seventh outright respectively. Craig and Megan Barnett #68 continued on their impressive ARB championship streak with an eighth place finish, with Class 10 victors Dean Mcginley and Dean DeMarco #1087, and Class 6 champions Jackson Evans and Samuel Raper #635 who roared to life in their new Polaris Pro R rounding out the STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480 top ten.
Peter Sibson and Jason Munro #412 kickstarted their 2024 ARB campaign with the Class 4 spoils, overcoming fellow Victorians Darren and Bailey Mott #435, plus John Smith and Grant Manion #445 in second and third.
Brendan Forssman and Leigh Whitehand #202 drove consistently all weekend to claim Class 2 honours, whilst Darren and Amelia van der Woude #554, Heath and Michelle Weedon #701, Ross Newman and Chris Leonard #6681 reigned in their respective classes.
In other class results, Darren Frankling and Rob Hackney #1110 launched their Class 11 title defence with a third, likewise David Loughnan and Jake Stevenson #104 in their Class 1 Erceg Engineering Honey Badger. Justin Rider and Steven Teese #627 survived a close encounter with young gun Lachlan Campbell and father Greg #607 for second in Class 6, whilst Sam Bentley and Eli Moss #1018 locked down second in Class 10 over Steven and Ella Graham #1065.
After watching a number of notables fall away on Saturday including two time defending ARB champion Brent Martin #1, Aaron James #93, Jake Williams #1137, Glenn Collis #147 and Hannah Bentley #418,
Sunday was no exception, with Danny Brown #42, Stuart Chapman #17, Steven Graham #1065, Robert Plant #128, Trevor Chandler #1121, Simon Gubbins #1054, Brett Plant #929, Heath Weedon #701, James Tyrell #1036, and Jourdain Patterson #44 all bowing out.
The 2024 ARB Australian Off Road Championship will now turn its attention to the ARB The Gap 440 at Hillston; held over the 5th-7th of July.
By TC Media
Pic courtesy of Show ‘n’ Go Photography
Western Australian Beau Robinson and navigator Shane Hutt #1113 launched their 2024 season in style on the weekend, claiming a maiden ARB Australian Off Road Racing Championship round victory at the STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480.
Starting from second on Sunday, Robinson took control of proceedings early on lap one in his 7litre Mason Trophy Truck after the withdrawal of Danny Brown #42 due to mechanical dramas. Despite mid race challenges from both eventual podium sitters, Robinson was never headed, holding on to record a powerful Rainbow triumph.
2023 ARB Goondiwindi 500 champions Clayton Chapman and Adam McGuire #15 continued on their dream run, the smiling Queenslanders launched their Toyota powered Aussie built Razorback to second outright and Ultimate Class glory; just 49 seconds adrift of Robinson.
Offroad road legend Andy Brown and navigator Danny Hardman #1142 who made a pass on Robinson during Sundays second lap steered their new AWD Class 11 Alumi Craft to third outright, making it consecutive STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480 podiums.
Multiple time Australian champion Mark Burrows and son Tom #21 recorded their best finish to date in the teams new Aussie build Monkfab machine crossing in fourth, ahead of Jimco chargers Dale Martin and Adrian Rowe #5 who finished a further four minutes adrift to round out the Ultimate podium.
South Australian’s Simon and Kyle Tucker #110 held on for the Class 1 silverware albeit engine dramas on Sunday, outlasting Matthew Burrows and Jay Mitchell #3 in sixth and seventh outright respectively. Craig and Megan Barnett #68 continued on their impressive ARB championship streak with an eighth place finish, with Class 10 victors Dean Mcginley and Dean DeMarco #1087, and Class 6 champions Jackson Evans and Samuel Raper #635 who roared to life in their new Polaris Pro R rounding out the STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480 top ten.
Peter Sibson and Jason Munro #412 kickstarted their 2024 ARB campaign with the Class 4 spoils, overcoming fellow Victorians Darren and Bailey Mott #435, plus John Smith and Grant Manion #445 in second and third.
Brendan Forssman and Leigh Whitehand #202 drove consistently all weekend to claim Class 2 honours, whilst Darren and Amelia van der Woude #554, Heath and Michelle Weedon #701, Ross Newman and Chris Leonard #6681 reigned in their respective classes.
In other class results, Darren Frankling and Rob Hackney #1110 launched their Class 11 title defence with a third, likewise David Loughnan and Jake Stevenson #104 in their Class 1 Erceg Engineering Honey Badger. Justin Rider and Steven Teese #627 survived a close encounter with young gun Lachlan Campbell and father Greg #607 for second in Class 6, whilst Sam Bentley and Eli Moss #1018 locked down second in Class 10 over Steven and Ella Graham #1065.
After watching a number of notables fall away on Saturday including two time defending ARB champion Brent Martin #1, Aaron James #93, Jake Williams #1137, Glenn Collis #147 and Hannah Bentley #418,
Sunday was no exception, with Danny Brown #42, Stuart Chapman #17, Steven Graham #1065, Robert Plant #128, Trevor Chandler #1121, Simon Gubbins #1054, Brett Plant #929, Heath Weedon #701, James Tyrell #1036, and Jourdain Patterson #44 all bowing out.
The 2024 ARB Australian Off Road Championship will now turn its attention to the ARB The Gap 440 at Hillston; held over the 5th-7th of July.
By TC Media
Pic courtesy of Show ‘n’ Go Photography
