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ATC Victoria Run and Won The Australian Tarmac Challenge would like to thank its sponsors, supporters and, most of all, competitors for a truly amazing event over two days. Also, a big thank you to the town of Shepparton for being great hosts along with Broadford and the Commercial Hotel for allowing ATC to conduct a motorkhana in their main street. Congratulations to the following competitors for finishing on the podium in their respective championships:
You can find the full results here
Latest Entry List
Check out the preliminary entry list for the upcoming Victorian event. Entry List
Entries Closing this Saturday the 14th November For The Biggest Event Of 2009!
Only six places remain for our new event - the "One Dayer" due to be held at the Holden Proving Grounds, Lang Lang on November 21, 2009 The event has already attracted 74 drivers for what promises to be a highlight of the 2009 season. Drivers who have not yet registered and paid the $495 Entry Fee must do so no later than Saturday 14 November. Late entries will not be accepted. You can view the updated entry list HERE.The all inclusive fee covers:
Event registrations and payment can be made by visiting HERE. Remember, your place in the event is not confirmed until payment is received!
This full ATC "show in one day" promises to be one hell of day! Enter now as tardiness is sure to disappoint.
ATC NSW concludes with the sound of WRC competitors on the Super Special Stage
Round 2 of the Australian Tarmac Challenge has concluded in Murwillumbah with competitors sampling Rally Australia’s and the WRC Super Special Stage. Later that evening the WRC boys gave it a run, providing plenty of action for competitors as they watched in style from the top floor of the Imperial Hotel above the start line.
The event was a great success with around 60 cars and 90 drivers sampling race tracks, hill climbs and street circuits from Sydney’s Eastern Creek up the North Coast.
Channel Nine’s Karl Stefanovic and Cameron Williams competed in a Nissan 350z Roadster, loving the tight street circuits and the carnival atmosphere along the way.
For full results go HERE, congratulations to all Championship and Class winners.
ATC New South Wales 2009 - Pricing and Entries Released
The 2nd Round of the Australian Tarmac Challenge will start off in Sydney and head to Murwillumbah for the World Rally Championships in September. This is gearing up to be the event of the year so get your entry in EARLY or you will miss out!
The most exciting part of the NSW event is YOU will get to compete on a near identical WRC Super Special Stage in Murwillumbah, in front of THOUSANDS of fans- then watch the WRC cars do their stuff. It’s the first time in history this has been able to be done! Add to that awesome venues and events such as Eastern Creek Raceway and WSID Dragway, a couple of Australia’s best hillclimbs, a fast blast down an airport runway, a tricky karting circuit, and some fast-flowing Auto Tests. We have even secured another signature event at Coffs harbour with stages on some of the beach access roads!
Pricing for NSW Event Driver (plus non-driving passenger) Entry: $2,750 2nd Driver (replaces non-driving passenger) Entry: $990 Pricing includes entry, some meals, merchandise, rally decals, entry and tickets to Rally Australia Super Special Stage with ATC hospitality. CAMS insurance premium $190 per car.
Places are filling fast so get your entry in ASAP!
The Inaugural Australian Tarmac Challenge Victoria has been run and won!
The ATC Victoria for 2009 was run on the weekend, and what a huge weekend it was!
Over 120 drivers turned up for the Inagural Round - and the Motorsport Gods were smiling on a sun soaked South-Eastern Victoria for some close competition!
Channel 9’s Karl Stefanovic competed in the event in the Nissan 370Z and said” This is a great event, I have never participated in anything like this before and I will be back to have a run in Sydney” I can’t encourage Motoring enthusiasts around the country enough to compete at this safe and well managed event I loved it”.
All the results of the weekends action is on our RESULTS page, check them out. Congratulations to all of the winners of each category and class. We now look forward to seeing you at the NSW Round in September.
The 2nd event of the Australian Tarmac Challenge will be held in Sydney in September 2009.
Places are filling fast so get your entry in ASAP!
Stefanovic And Williams To Tear Up The Track
Channel 9’s Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Cameron Williams have confirmed their participation in the 1st event of the Australian Tarmac Challenge to be held in Melbourne on the weekend commencing the 29th May, 2009.
Stefanovic and Williams will team up in the new Nissan 370Z in a variety of events around the track including hill climbs and skid plans. The event will take place at Phillip Island, Holden Proving Grounds and the Haunted Hills.
With Williams taking the wheel on Friday at Phillip Island and Stefanovic on Saturday and Sunday the weekend’s events are guaranteed to be action packed.
“I am looking forward to the ATC Challenge and testing my driving skills out on the track, and against Cameron in the timed events”, said Stefanovic.
“Cam competed last year so he has a little bit on me with experience, but we’ll see how it all goes. The guys from ATC have gone to a lot of trouble in preparing a car for us to compete in so the credit will go to them whatever our result”.
You can still take part in the Challenge with what will be the greatest, heart pounding, adrenalin packed racing weekend of your life make sure your in Melbourne from the 29-31st May, 2009.
Go at your own pace or push yourself to the limit it’s up to you!
If you “Are up for the Challenge”, and would like more information about the event contact us.
Championship Calculator
What championship are you in? We have finally worked out the classes for 2009 and our three championships - Street (Production), Club and Motorsport. Work out your points and see what class your car fits into: Check out the table HERE
Are you up for the challenge? - Newsletter 2, 2009
Only 8 weeks to until the first round of the Australian Tarmac Challenge - have you got your entry in yet?! Close to half of the available places have been filled, time to download the entry form and get in in ASAP!
The weekend is going to be awesome starting out at Phillip Island for sprints, auto tests and a bit of a fun go-kart challenge on the first day, then up the road to the top secret Holden proving grounds... Lang Lang. Put your car through the twisty roads the proving ground has to offer, and a skid pan which is the size of a shopping mall! Day 3 the event heads to the now infamous Haunted Hills hillclimbing circuit, and some laps of the DECA sprint circuit close by. Its going to be a huge weekend of Motorsport!
Standing Regulations Released
We have finally worked out the classes for 2009 and our three championships - Street (Production), Club and Motorsport. Work out your points and see what class your car fits into: Check out the table HERE
Accommodation and Crew If you are already registered for Victoria, we have organised accommodation in Cowes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. If you are wanting to bring additional crew and bring them to official rally functions/meals, you must register them.
Accommodation forms HERE Crew forms HERE
Official Launch Party You are invited to the official launch of the Australian Tarmac Challenge, due to be held in Melbourne on the 8th May. If you are interested in coming to the launch, please register your interest with Mat - mat@australiantarmacchallenge.com
It should be a great night with sponsors announced and hosted by Channel Nine's Today Show host Karl Stefanovic. See you there!
ULTIMATE NURBURGRING TOUR - LIMITED PLACES STILL AVAILABLE There are now only limited spaces available for the 2009 UNT to be held on 23-27th July. Get your motor running with 3 days at the legendary Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit with us! Latest update is a very well known current V8 Supercar driver will be joining us at the Ring! Will be awesome to sit in the passenger seat with this man at the wheel!
For more info, contact Anthony Moss amoss@australiantarmacchallenge.com
We look forward to seeing you at the end of May at the Island!
Dates and information released for 2009 Series - Newsletter 1, 2009 We would like to officially announce the 2009 series - The Australian Tarmac Challenge! Formerly the Dutton Rally, the Australian Tarmac Challenge (ATC) is the old Dutton you know – but we have had the old girl on the treadmill, down to the plastic surgeon and onto the weight training.
The Australian Tarmac Challenge is located in the Fast Track Australia corporate headquarters at 119 Salmon St Port Melbourne, with our new team as follows: Anthony Moss – Series Director Rennie De Maria – Managing Director Mat Ishac – Series Operations Manager Mark O’Connor – Technical advisor Kurt Stiles – Motorsport advisor Our team will still be assisted by James Taylor (Clerk of Course, Race Solutions), Bruce Foote (Scoring- MDB Consulting) and our many volunteers and officials who make Australian Motorsport possible. What makes the Australian Tarmac Challenge different: Firstly, the old system of Handicap and Outright Championships will go – and in comes a completely new system – Street Production, Club and Motorsport Championships. All three will have equal weighting and equal significance. Don’t want to bring the GT3 Porsche or the EVO IX MR? Bring the M3, the HSV Clubby, or even the Mazda 3 MPS instead – the Championships are designed to encourage anyone to enter and compete on-par with similar vehicles. Secondly, the events have changed. Some dramatically, some only slightly. Our credo is to provide you with the most motorsport activity we can fit into 3 days at great venues, and this is what we will do. If its not a motorsport venue, we will make it one – and this will become evident as we progress through the 2009 Series. The first event will be in Victoria- and the venues include Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, the now infamous Haunted Hillclimb in Morwell and the Moe DECA centre, and the unbelievable and challenging Holden test facility, at Lang Lang. Second will be the NSW event. Gone are Wakefield Park and Canberra, the NSW event has completely changed for 2009. The event will begin in Sydney, make its way to Eastern Creek International Raceway for a day of competition, and then up the coast to Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Grafton and finally the Tweed Coast where it will become and official part of the WRC event. WRC? Yes, the Dutton Tarmac Challenge competitors for NSW will officially compete on the WRC Super Special Stage – the same ones the WRC cars will use – of course all on Tarmac Roads. Combine some of Australia’s best hillclimbs, scenery and other bits of secret tarmac we have found along the way, and this makes the DTC NSW an event not to be missed in 2009! Lastly, we will head to Western Australia for event 3, for more fun at Collie, Perth Motorplex, AHG and Barbagallo Raceway. Don’t think Perth will be tame though, we are aiming for a complete shakeup of Collie, Motorplex and AHG – think head to head, mate against mate timed challenges and you will start to get the idea.
Event 1: Victoria 29-31 May Event 2: New South Wales 3-6 September Event 3: Western Australia 16-18 October Now we know that some of you will be thinking that the 2009 Motorsport budget is not looking too good at the moment, and you might think that all this sounds great, but will probably cost more right? Well, WRONG! The 2009 Series will be even more affordable than ever with different events different costs, and our low-fat Tarmac Challenge Diet designed to make it more affordable for you without taking out any motorsport or any fun stuff. Some of the dinners have gone, but we have replaced these with 10pm presentations at local pubs each night. The media stuff will stay and we are looking at more ways to promote your sponsors online and with video footage, with more options for you to choose in each package. So hang up the race boots and park the full-blown racing car. Steal the daily driver from the wife and come and have some fun with us! We will be releasing pricing, packages and full schedules in the next week or so. Of course if you want to make a deposit to secure your entry now, don’t hesitate! We envisage 2009 will be a huge year – bring on the 2009 Australian Tarmac Challenge! See you on the black stuff.
Anthony Moss Series Director Australian Tarmac Challenge Pty Ltd
Cameron Williams Speaks About Dutton Rally NSW
Today Show's Cameron Williams speaks about the Dutton Rally NSW on 26th November 'Today Show', Channel Nine.
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