Rally News Kangaroo spoils Paddon’s Australian debut Hayden Paddon’s Australian Rally Championship debut was curtailed by hitting a kangaroo at 100mph. But there was consolation for the Hyundai New Zealand driver who won Heat 1… Read more by Luke Barry March 23, 2025 2 min
Rally News Paddon’s Australian rival ‘grateful’ for his challenge Harry Bates’ reign of the Australian Rally Championship is under serious threat in 2025 with the arrival of double and reigning European Rally champion Hayden Paddon. But… Read more by Luke Barry March 11, 2025 3 min
Rally News Why Paddon’s new plan is so important It’s the same on both sides: the biggest sporting rival is the one across the ditch. In cricket, it’s about the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. For rugby?… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2025 3 min
Rally Features The title decided between brothers by just 2.1s Hollywood script writers would even struggle to concoct a plot as gripping and unbelievable as what unfolded in this year’s Australian Rally Championship. Two drivers… Read more by Luke Barry December 8, 2023 10 min +
Rally Features A co-driving legend’s unexpected return Some names just look right next to one another on the side window of a rally car. Loeb/Elena, McRae/Grist, Burns/Reid… the list goes on. But… Read more by Luke Barry March 3, 2023 5 min
Rally Features Why Supercars star Van Gisbergen wants more rallying It’s the day after Shane van Gisbergen has taken a stunning second place on his Australian Rally Championship debut in Canberra – for me, anyway…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 10, 2022 5 min
ARA Features How a crash convinced Gelsomino to go rallying There likely isn’t a bone in Travis Pastrana’s body that hasn’t been broken at some point. Indeed, he’s lining up to return to the ARA… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 14, 2022 3 min
Rally News Van Gisbergen to make ARC debut He has become the biggest star in Australian Supercars, and now Shane van Gisbergen is taking on the country’s rallying scene as he will debut… Read more by Ida Wood March 7, 2022 2 min
Rally News Max McRae graduates to full Subaru program for 2022 Almost two decades on from his father’s last full season with Subaru, Max McRae will drive an Impreza WRX STI through 2022. McRae will utilize… Read more by David Evans December 20, 2021 3 min
Rally Features Gloves Off: Rhianon Gelsomino “I never think of myself as a female in a male-dominated sport. To me, we all have a helmet on, and we’re all here to… Read more by Josie Rimmer September 21, 2021 3 min
Rally Opinion Max McRae column: I was stoked to get back out there! After completing his first rally in three months on Saturday, Max McRae tells us all about it, his lockdown time, and what’s coming next, in… Read more by DirtFish Media August 22, 2021 2 min
Rally News Border issue forces McRae to miss Western Australia round Coronavirus restrictions have left Max McRae’s Ford Fiesta Rally4 stranded at the Western Australia border, forcing him out of Saturday’s Grimwade Rally. Missing the latest… Read more by David Evans July 24, 2021 3 min
Rally News What Max McRae took from his podium-scoring ARC debut Crossing Australia isn’t exactly the work of a moment. It took Max McRae almost five hours to fly from Perth to Brisbane. It took his… Read more by David Evans May 25, 2021 3 min
Rally News Taylor on why Australia is McRae’s perfect learning place Quite often in motorsport, game recognizes game. Molly Taylor – the 2016 Australian Rally Champion and Extreme E’s inaugural X-Prix winner alongside Johan Kristoffersson –… Read more by Luke Barry May 3, 2021 2 min
Rally News Max McRae to take on Australian Rally Championship Sixteen-year-old Max McRae will tackle this year’s Australian Rally Championship at the wheel of a Spanish-sourced Ford Fiesta R2. The Perth-based teenager laid down a… Read more by David Evans May 2, 2021 3 min
Rally News Max McRae stuns on 4WD debut despite fuel pump failure Sixteen-year-old Max McRae delivered a quite remarkable four-wheel-drive debut at Saturday’s Novus Glass Winvale Park Stages in Western Australia, winning eight stages and only losing… Read more by David Evans April 18, 2021 2 min
Rally Features Inside the Toyota GR Yaris’s first-ever rally It’s probably fair to say that the headline ‘Bates wins in Australia’ wouldn’t garner many website clicks or sell many newspapers. After all, Harry Bates’… Read more by Luke Barry April 18, 2021 5 min
WRC News How Max McRae is feeling ahead of Subaru debut The moment’s not lost on Max McRae. He gets it. Of course, he does. As any McRae would when they step aboard a Subaru rally… Read more by David Evans April 15, 2021 3 min
