Sydney Off Road Racing Association
Patron Ian Irons

NSW's Premier Offroad Racing Club!

This page is for general offroad information.  It was compiled for offroadracing.com.au (and you can still find a copy of it there) by Garry Myers.

Consider this: anyone can learn to ski. Go up the chair lift, come back down the slope; it’s always a bit of fun to go that little bit faster each time. Then you get the extreme guys who will charge down the side of a mountain on a double black diamond on a snowboard at a million miles an hour - just for the sheer thrill of it!

Anyone can race a car. Build a club car or a lap dash car and get out and circulate on your favourite track and see how you compare. Always a bit of fun. Then you’ll get the extreme guys who think it would be fun to race a car on a dirt track in the middle of the bush, half way out of control only to launch the thing off a 4 foot jump at speeds in excess of 100kph. Now that’s offroading!

Offroad racing is at the extreme edge of motorsport. Offroading is probably more akin to motor cross than normal racing. It can seriously test both the car and driver to the limit… and sometimes beyond.

Tracks range from sand, dirt, mud and gravel through dunes, forests, deserts and scrub. With 9 different divisions there is a type of car and a budget to quench any highflying thirst.

With wild jumps, creek crossings, hairpins and wide open straights, the racing is fast and furious with cars built to match. It’s amazing to see any vehicle looking like its trying to achieve launch velocity off a dirt jump with daylight beneath all 4 wheels!

Aside from the racing, the social side of the sport is just as appealing as the sport itself. With most events going over 2 days, Friday and Saturday nights are all about BBQs, sitting around a campfire with a beer or bourbon in hand and of course the never ending stories from all and sundry.

Classes include buggies, sedans, four wheel drives and trucks/VW baja (heavily modified silhouette) vehicles.

For further explanation of all classes see here this is the Cams Manual page describing or the car and engine formula for each class. 

Pro Buggy - buggies from 1651cc to 6000cc inc forced induction ( one or two seat )
Pro lite - buggies up  to 3500cc naturally aspirated ( one or two seat)
Super 1650 - buggies between  1330cc and 1650 cc ( two seat )
Sportman Buggy - up to 1330cc ( two seat)
Clubman Buggy - up to 1650cc ( formula)
Performance Two Wheel Drive - Modified 2WD not exceeding 6000cc
Extreme 2WD - Highly modified 2WD not exceeding 6000cc ( inc Baja )
Production 4WD - Production 4WD not exceeding 6000cc
Extreme 4WD - Highly Modified 4WD not exceeding 6000cc

If you are a first time race spectator the car numbers go like this :

Pro Buggy - two digit number

Pro Lite - starts with number 1 ( 3 digit number )
Super 1650 - starts with 2 ( 3 digit number )
Sportsman Buggy - starts with 3 ( 3 digit number )
Clubman Buggy - starts with 6 ( 3 digit number )
Performance 2WD - starts with 5 ( 3 digit number )
Extreme 2WD - starts with 4 ( 3 digit number )
Production 4WD - starts with 7 ( 3 digit number )
Extreme 4WD - starts with 8 ( 3 digit number )
 

For further information about Offroading check out www.offroadracing.com.au for photos, classifieds, race dates, discussion pages and race reports from your area.