Offroad Racing - Aust Championships at Goondiwindi

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The final round of the Australian Offroad Racing Championships is being held at Goondiwindi this weekend. Kicking off on Saturday with a prologue, then the top ten shoot out followed by 3 laps in the afternoon. Sunday will have the 5 remaining laps of the 50km course. It should be an exciting event with a good entry field and the championship to be decided at this round. Scrutineering is being held in the town park, Callandoon St from 6pm Friday night and will be a great opportunity to have a close look at the cars.

To get to the track:
Travel 10 km east of Goondiwindi (towards Inglewood) on the Goondiwindi – Warwick Road (Cunningham Highway) turn left into Scudamore Road
and follow 1km to Pit entry gate on the left.

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so... how was the weekend ?

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The action was absolutely awesome and the temperature was very hot, approaching 40 yesterday. Shannon Rentsch driving a Chenowth SR20 powered buggy from Victoria clinched his third consecutive Australian title, ahead of Bruce Chapman from Tamworth in a Subi powered Jimco in second and Eric Phillips from WA was third. The arena area that they built for the event had a couple of big jumps and the track was designed so that the cars re-entered the spectator area halfway through the lap.

Geoff Pickering from Townsville won the production 4WD class in hte Pajero. Colin Hunter driving a highly modified Grand Cherokee was up with the A-Arm buggies until he busted the pinion in his front Dana 44 diff.

[Ruffy]

Shannon Rentsch driving a Chenowth SR20 powered buggy from Victoria clinched his third consecutive Australian title,

Shannon would have to be one of the most naturally talented drivers i've seen. I have competed against him a few times and he is a real spectacle.
Nice family to.
I'd go as far as to say that he is better now than Mark burrows or Craig martin were in there day.

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He is definitely very talented. Backing up this year to take his third Championship was a big effort. To win 3 out of 5 events against the quality of competition there was is a testament to that. A few years ago there were only a handful of American A-Arms, so to a certain extent it came down to those who could afford the best technology, now a big part of the top twenty is at this standard.

The other stand out performer this year I believe is Eric Phillips. A newcomer to the national series, he has stepped up to the A-league in a brand new car and really pushed many of the more established big names.

[joe crothers]

Yeah Rentchy is a top bloke and a great peddler absolutley fantastic to see
him keep the title ,sounds like a good weekend.