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Rally of Oberon Returns to Close Out the 2026 Rally NSW Season
The Rally of Oberon will make its return to the NSW rally calendar on Saturday, 14 November 2026, providing competitors with a new season-ending challenge across the forests surrounding Oberon. Organised by the Rally Car Club, the event will feature approximately 140 kilometres of competitive stages, with crews tackling roads through the Jenolan forests in a traditional roadbook-only rally. The Rally of Oberon will host: Round 5 of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship Round 6 [...]
Young Driver Steps Up for First State Championship Start at Rally of the Bay
Photo: Roy Meuronen Photography Up-and-coming rally driver Ryley King will take another important step in his motorsport career when he contests the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay in Batemans Bay on Saturday, 25 July. Driving his turbocharged Subaru Forester with experienced co-driver Matt James alongside him, King will make his first appearance in a round of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship. The event will also provide King with his first opportunity to undertake [...]
Redhead and Winwood-Smith Swap Outright Pace for Classic Fun at Rally of the Bay
Photo: Roy Meuronen Photography Josh Redhead and Ray Winwood-Smith will take a very different approach to the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay, swapping their front-running Mitsubishi Evo V for a shed-built Datsun Stanza. The pair had hoped to continue fighting at the front of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship in Batemans Bay, but with the Evo now undergoing preparation for the upcoming Australian Rally Championship round in Tasmania, Redhead has made the difficult [...]
O’Malley’s Narooma nightmare: Inside the single-pin fault that cost a championship charge
PHOTOS: Roy Meuronen Photography James O’Malley and co-driver Jono Forrest will head to Batemans Bay with plenty to fight for when they contest the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay on Saturday, 25 July. The single-day event is the third round of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship and will provide the O’Malley Rally Team with an important opportunity to recover from a disappointing result at the previous round in Narooma. O’Malley and Forrest completed [...]
After-Dark Shakedown Added to the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay
Competitors at the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay will have the opportunity to test their cars under both daylight and night-time conditions, with entries now open for the event’s official Friday Shakedown. The Shakedown will be held on Friday, 24th July, from 2:30 pm until 6:30 pm, ahead of the third round of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship in Batemans Bay on Saturday. With the session continuing after sunset, the Lazer Rally of the [...]
Gravel Girls Ready to Take on the RD Cup Challenge at the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay
On the 25th of July, the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay, based in Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales, will once again showcase the future of rallying through the RD Cup Regularity Rally, with several first-time competitors ready to tackle the same forest roads used by crews in the Bay Stages and Bay Ramble. Among the most anticipated entries are the aptly named "Gravel Girls", with Teneille O’Hara and Abby Bromfield teaming [...]
2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay – Live Blog
🕒 Update at 10:17 - 25.07.26 Josh Redhead and Ray Winwood-Smith wasting absolutely no time getting acquainted with the Datsun Stanza on SS1 at the 2026 Lazer Rally of the Bay 😄 Slightly different car this weekend, same commitment. If you’re going to learn, you may as well do it with a bit of opposite lock and a cloud of Batemans Bay dust. #LazerRallyOfTheBay #RallyNSW #ECCRS #BatemansBay #NSSCC 🕒 Update at 10:09 - 25.07.26 James O'Malley and Jono Forrest are [...]
2026 Narooma Forest Rally – Live Blog
🕒 Update at 19:15 - 29.06.26 Gotta love a proper champagne spray shot from the Narooma podium 🍾💦 Congrats to the top three NSWRC crews yesterday at Narooma. Fast roads, technical forests, and now the small matter of getting that champagne smell out of the race suits. That is rallying. 👌 #NaroomaForestRally #NSWRC #RallyNSW #OnTheDirt 🕒 Update at 16:18 - 28.06.26 Winners are grinners at Narooma 😄🏆 Round 2 of the NSW season delivered the smiles on [...]
Redhead Motorsport Ready to Convert Speed into Results at Narooma
Josh Redhead and co-driver Ray Winwood-Smith head to this weekend's Toyota Gazoo Racing Narooma Forest Rally determined to convert their proven pace into a strong result after a frustrating opening round of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship. The pair arrive in Narooma on the back of an impressive fifth outright finish at the recent Australian Rally Championship round in Queensland, demonstrating they have the speed to challenge some of Australia's best rally crews. That performance [...]
NSW 2WD Championship Leaders Ready for Narooma Challenge
N SW two-wheel-drive championship leaders James O'Malley and co-driver Jono Forrest are preparing to take on some of Australia's best rally competitors when they contest this weekend's Toyota Gazoo Racing Narooma Forest Rally. The Tumut Toyota-backed crew head into Round 2 of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship full of confidence after an impressive performance at the season-opening Bathurst Rally, where they finished sixth outright and claimed the honours as the event's leading two-wheel-drive crew. While [...]
Shannon’s Rally Heartland – Live Blog
🕒 Update at 17:24 - 26.04.26 Car 23 absolutely living up to the number plate here 😅💨 A consistent run across the Shannon’s Rally Heartland has paid off for Jamie Lawson and Darryl Obrien, taking third place in the classics and second in ECCRS 2WD. After all the dust, rocks and hard kilometres north of Burra, that is a tidy result and a well-earned spot at the pointy end. Podium presentation is about to happen in town, so it’s [...]
Pedder Prevails in Thrilling Shamrock Haulage Rally of Bathurst
Photos: Roy Meuronen Photography The Shamrock Haulage Rally of Bathurst delivered a spectacular day of competition, with fast forest roads, changing conditions and intense battles across all categories highlighting one of the standout events on the NSW rally calendar. At the front of the field, Scott Pedder and Glenn Macneall claimed outright victory in their R2 Skoda, delivering a strong and consistent performance across the day to secure the win after a hard-fought battle with [...]
