The COT22 Entry list, as at 18 March, is now available on both the COT Rally Documents and Forms and COT Regularity Documents and Forms pages.
Philip Bernadou
Clerk of Course
Updated Supplementary Regulations
Updated Supplementary Regulations for both the COT Rally and COT Regularity competitions have been released.
Classic Outback Trial Supplementary Regulations V7 for the Rally competition are available on the Rally Docs and Forms page.
Classic Outback Trial Regularity Supplementary Regulations V5 are available on the Regularity Docs and Forms page.
These updated Supplementary Regulations have been approved by Motorsport Australia approval and replace previous documents. They have been rewritten from the original document issued in 2019 and should be re-read.
Tom Snooks
Clerk of the Course
Unfinished business for the Kaplan/Penney RX7
Multi-faceted businessman, Adam Kaplan is going all out to prove that his Mazda’s reliability and his well-known speed can deliver a victory in the 2021 Classic Outback Trial.
Kaplan, together with 26 year old co-driver Aleshia Penney, hopes to show their pace of the 2018 event , where they were fastest on most of the special stages they finished, was no flash-in-the-pan.
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Something borrowed, something white…
“If you prang it, you need to get the other body shell in my back yard prepared and re-sprayed!”
Such was the jovial conversation between Simon Crane and his long-time friend David “Dinta” Officer, after an agreement was made for Simon to drive David’s famous Mitsubishi Colt Galant in the 2020 Classic Outback Trial.
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Andrew Travis going for a fifth COT win.
Son and father rally team of Andrew and David Travis are out to win the Classic Outback Trial – again.
Andrew, a 36 year old financial planner from Bathurst and his father, David, 63, a dentist also from Bathurst, have proven to be a formidable combination in long distance rallies for over eight years.
If the Travis team wins this year’s Classic Outback Trial, it will be their fifth victory in six COT starts.
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Swan’s Swansong
Long time Victorian rally driver, Ian Swan will be hanging up his long distance driving helmet after this year’s Classic Outback Trial.
Swan, a 73 year old from Frankston South in Victoria, will line up in his trusty 1975 Volvo 242 with his “new” co-driver – long-time mate Colin Gow of Wonga Park – in an attempt to beat a previous third place in the 7 day, 2,300 kilometre Special Stage Rally.
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Vale Ted Perkins
It is with great sadness that the Classic Outback Trail farewells a long standing member of its competitor family.
Ted Perkins passed away on Friday morning after a long and brave battle.
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Mechanic turns Driver for Classic Outback Trial
Rally car preparation specialist John Rawson is the latest entry in the 2020 Classic Outback Trial.
Proprietor of Tayell Service Centre, a small but well known rally preparation business in the Melbourne suburb of East Bentleigh, 64 year old Rawson will compete in his 1978 Datsun Stanza in an attempt to win the 2,300 kilometer special stage rally.
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Toyota Altezza for the 2020 Classic Outback Trial
Melbourne’s Paul Lahiff, who finished 50th in a Holden in the 1979 Repco Reliability Trail, has chosen a 1999 Toyota Altezza to take on “allcomers” in the 2020 Classic Outback Trial.
Paul started his rally career in 1973, driving a Holden FC. Most recently, he competed in the 2019 Alpine Rally of East Gippsland where he finished a creditable 46th out of 110 starters in very tough conditions.
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The Hulk Runs for Victory in COT20
Brisbane’s Luke Dimech and his hulking Holden Monaro are the latest entry in the 2020 Classic Outback Trial.
Luke and his older South Australian brother, Neil, who will take on the co-driver duties, are keen to pit their skills in the recently rebuilt Monaro GTS 350 against 49 other contenders, most of whom will be driving smaller and more nimble machines.
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