Australasian Safari

Australasian Safari
Category Off Road Rally
Country Western Australia, Australia
Inaugural event 1985
Folded 2014
Official Website Australasian Safari

The Australasian Safari was an off-road motor sport racing event held in Australia. Like the Dakar Rally, the vehicle classes involved were motorcycles and cars, however there were no truck class. From 2008, a quad class was introduced. The event was first run in 1985 and has been held under the International Sporting Code of FIM and the General Competition Rules of Motorcycling Australia since 1999.[1][2]

The event was originally known as the Wynn's Safari and was first run in 1985. It was usually held around the end of August, in the Australian winter, and covered approximately 5500 kilometres, mostly through the Outback in just over a week.[3]

The event grew in size and scope for the first few years. In 1988, Australia's Bicentennial year, the event was tagged "The Big One" and was expanded to cover 10,000 km in 15 days, with a start in Alice Springs and traveling across the Tanami Desert, through the Kimberley region into Darwin, across the Gulf Country of far northwest Queensland and an eventual finish in Sydney. Out of 196 starting vehicles, only 96 finished the race.[4] The event changed its name in 1989 to the Australian Safari and to the Australasian Safari in 2008. Since 2007 the event was hosted in Western Australia.

Between 1994 and 1997 the event was included in the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup.

Results

Year Auto - Winner Moto - Winner Quad - Winner Ref
1985Andrew Cowan Mitsubishi PajeroSteve Chapman Honda XR 600-
1986Andrew Cowan Mitsubishi PajeroAllan Cunnynghame Yamaha XT 600-
1987Doug Stewart Mitsubishi PajeroSteve Chapman Honda XR 600-
1988Ross Dunkerton Mitsubishi PajeroMichael Goddard Honda NXR 650-
1989David Officer Mitsubishi TritonSteve Chapman Honda XR 600-
1990Kenjiro Shinozuka Mitsubishi PajeroJohn Hederics Honda XR 600-
1991David Officer Mitsubishi TritonJohn Hederics Honda XR 600-
1992Reg Owen Nissan PatrolJohn Hederics Honda XR 600-
1993Ian Swan Nissan PatrolMichael Goddard Kawasaki KLX 650R-
1994Jean-Pierre Fontenay Mitsubishi PajeroJohn Hederics Honda XR 600-
1995Doug Manwaring Nissan PatrolJohn Hederics Honda XR 600-
1996Bruce Garland Holden JackarooJohn Hederics Honda XR 600-
1997Mikhail Naryshkin Mitsubishi PajeroAndy Haydon KTM 640 LC4-
1998Cancelled-
1999Bruce Garland Holden JackarooStephen Greenfield Honda XR 600-
2000Bruce Garland Holden JackarooAndy Caldecott KTM 660-[5]
2001Bruce Garland Holden JackarooAndy Caldecott KTM 660-[5]
2002Bruce Garland Holden JackarooAndy Caldecott KTM 660-[5]
2003John Hederics Nissan PatrolAndy Caldecott KTM 660-[5]
2004John Hederics Holden RodeoJ Cunningham Honda XR 650-
2005Cancelled-[6]
2006Cancelled-
2007Hederics/Williams Holden RodeoGrabham Honda CRF 450X-[7]
2008Riley/Doble Mitsubishi PajeroGrabham Honda CRF 450XJohn Maragozidis Polaris Outlaw IRS[8]
2009Riley/Doble Mitsubishi PajeroJacob Smith Honda CRF 450XJosef Machacek Yamaha Raptor[9]
2010Craig Lowndes/Kees Weel Holden RodeoBen Grabham KTM 530 EXCPaul Smith Honda TRX700XX[10]
2011Riley/Doble Mitsubishi PajeroTodd Smith Honda CRF 450XJohn Maragozidis MMR Interceptor 850[11]
2012Hederics/Weel Holden ColoradoJake Smith Honda CRF 450XPaul Smith Honda TRX700XX[12]
2013Trigg/Olholm Toyota HiluxRodney Faggotter Yamaha WR450FHeath Young KTM 690 Rally[13]
2014McShane/Hayes Toyota TacomaRodney Faggotter Yamaha WR450FJohn Maragozidis MMR Interceptor 850[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ MotorSM.com - Australia Safari Archived February 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ 2007 Australian Safari Entry Form
  3. ↑ Motorcycling Australia - Australian Safari, the ultimate off-road adventure
  4. ↑ Carpenter, Bob; Haldeman, Phil; Snooks, Tom; Munting, Nick; Automotion Australia (Firm); Wynn's Australia (1989), Wynn's Safari the big one, Automotion Australia, retrieved 9 February 2015
  5. 1 2 3 4 Australian Safari 2000 Division Winners Archived February 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ 2005 Australian Safari cancelled
  7. ↑ Australian Safari 2007 Results Archived December 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Australian Safari 2008 Results Archived September 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Australian Safari 2009 Results Archived July 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Australian Safari 2010 Final Classifications Archived November 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Australian Safari 2011 Final Classifications
  12. ↑ Australian Safari 2012 Final Classifications
  13. ↑ Australian Safari 2013 Final Classifications
  14. ↑ Australian Safari 2014 Final Classifications
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