Finke Entries Almost Full

As of 9.00am today, bike and quad entries for this year’s Tatts Finke Desert Race are almost full.  534 entries have been received, leaving only 16 spots for riders wanting to race.

Finke Announces Naming Sponsor for 2012

Organisers of the Finke Desert Race today announced that the Tatts Group will continue on as the naming rights sponsor of Australia’s Greatest Desert Race in 2012. 

Finke to rejoin AORC?

Finke Desert Race President Antony Yoffa welcomed yesterday’s announcement that the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) wants the Tatts Finke Desert Race back as a Round of the Australian Off Road Championship. 

Finke to Welcome Overseas Racing Team

The Finke Desert Race today signed a historic agreement with a Chinese Off Road Club which will see competitors from China compete in ‘the Finke’. 

First Ever Grid Girl Application Open Day

It has just got even easier to apply to be a 2012 Memo Club Finke Desert Race Grid Girl, with the first of three Application Open Days happening tomorrow from 11.00am to 2.00pm at the Alice Springs Memo Club.

Finke Grid Girls Get a Facelift

To celebrate the tenth year of the Finke Desert Race Grid Girls in 2012, the Grid Girls page on the official Finke Desert Race website has been re-worked to keep everyone up-to-date with what’s happening in the world of the event beauties.

2011 Race Day 2 (Bikes) - Grabham wins Finke for KTM with broken hand

Ben Grabham #X98 KTM has won his fourth Tattersall’s Finke Desert title with a badly broken hand. Grabham crashed hard on leg 1 of the event yesterday but continued and hid his injury from race organisers, medical staff, and competitors   ‘because I didn’t want the other riders to hunt me down’.

2011 Race Day 2 (Cars) - Gartner/Jennings take first ever truck victory at Finke

The South Australian crew of Greg Gartner and Jamie Jennings have made Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race history by taking victory today in an Extreme 2WD truck, displacing the normal supremacy of the Pro Buggies in Australia’s largest and most prestigious off-road event.

2011 Race Day 1 (Bikes) - KTM and Grabham Dominate Day 1 at Finke

Multiple Finke winner Ben Grabham aboard his X98 KTM has made it to Finke for the overnight stop as the fastest bike in the gruelling two day 2011 Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race.

2011 Race Day 1 (Cars) - Robinson & Currie First Into Finke

West Australians Travis Robinson/Paul Currie in the #13 Jimco Nissan have led the field into Finke on Day 1 of the 2011 Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race.

2011 Prologue (bikes) - KTM’s Toby Price on a ‘roll’ at Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race Prologue

Toby Price who won last year’s Finke Desert Race on his first attempt in the desert classic has set the fastest bike time during the prologue qualifying session today (Saturday 11/6/11).

2011 Prologue (cars) - Fellows and Toyota on top at 2011 Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race

Last year’s Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race winners David Fellows/Mark Bergamin #1 (Jimco Toyota) have started off their title defence in the best possible way by posting the fastest time in today’s prologue for the 2011 event.