This weekend 53 crews will converge on the South Australian township of Millicent for the Teagle Excavations ARB Pines Enduro 400, the fourth and final round of the 2025 ARB Australian Off Road Racing Championship.
Proudly hosted by the Millicent Sand Buggy Club and led by three-time defending champions Danny Brown and George Apted #4, the event will again see teams tackle 400kms of the famous Teagle’s Quarry and Tantanoola Pine Forest in pursuit of glory.
Chasing a remarkable fourth straight triumph at the Pines in his Nissan powered Alumicraft, Brown will be joined in SA by an array of talented stars, none bigger than three-time champ Matt Hanson #7 in his SMU Racing Jimco, and local hero Toddy Lehmann #85 fresh off his Waikerie success.
The pressure will be fierce at the front with 2024 runner-up Dale Martin #5, two-time ARB Australian champion Brent Martin #90, 2019 victor Aaron Haby #57, multi time ARB podium sitter Andy Brown #45, plus young guns Kyle Tucker #14 and Tom Owen #30 all hungry for Pines supremacy.
ARB Big Desert 480 runner up Steven Graham #1065, Class 4 charger Damien Nicol #430, V8 Razorback campaigners Dean Carter #18, and Glenn Pike #75, along with Class 1 spearheads Simon Tucker #2, Jay Mitchell #121 and Matt Curtis #136 are others expected to challenge for the title.
Sitting on top of the 2025 ARB Australian standings heading into the final round is Class 10 competitor Steven Graham #1065 (1128 pts). With two top five results already to his name this season, Graham will be keeping his eye on the prize at Millicent in his Honda powered Alumicraft.
With the new ARB Australian pointscore in play, there are still 12 crews that could mathematically win the 2025 championship, with Graham’s closest rivals Lachlan Campbell #651 (1004 pts), and Stuart Chapman #1014 (988 pts) his biggest challengers.
Others to keep an eye on for ARB Australian outright honours include Peter Sibson #412 (940 pts), Simon Tucker #2 (932 pts), Aaron Haby #57 (916 pts), Kyle Tucker #14 (908 pts), and Richard Andrews #137 (888 pts).
The battle for class silverware will again be hotly contested at the Pines, with Brenton Gallasch #60, Jeremy Horne #35, Kurt Stephan #133, and Richard Andrews #137 who is currently tied with Simon Tucker #2 for the Class 1 championship all key players.
Defending Class 2 champion Brendan Forssman #201 will lock horns in a winner takes all showdown with Queenslander Brian Bradford #264, whilst Peter Sibson #412 who has one hand on the Class 4 trophy will face off with Nicol #430, Jason Forssman #474, Mark Booth #436, and Darren Mott #435.
Despite already having the ARB Australian Class 5 championship secured, Michael Shipton #585 would like to finish his 2025 season in style, with Andrew Cameron #570, and Russell Harris #515 ready to spoil the party.
Rising star Lachlan Campbell #651 has been the standout Class 6 performer in 2025, with Cameron Grayson #697 the only competitor who could snatch the Australian title from his grasp. Defending Pines Class 6 champion Jackson Evans #601, Darren Frankling #678, Simon Evans #636, and Tim Wilkinson #621 are other notable entries.
Steven Graham #1065, and Stuart Chapman #1014 are set to duel it out for ARB Australian Class 10 bragging rights at Millicent, with local Jake England #1032, Travis Conrad #1006, Darren Wright #1059, and Rod Visser #1057 others to watch closely.
Ross Newman #6681 is the sole Class 66 competitor, whilst Michelle Weedon #778, Darren Gill #760, Michael Hackney #888, and John Alfred #819 set to tackle the iconic Tantanoola Pine Forest in their respective classes.
The season finale kicks off from 10am Saturday morning in the Teagle’s Quarry, Millicent, with the 6km Hards Transport Services Prologue to determine the starting order, before four wheel to wheel short course laps are completed from midday.
On Sunday morning competitors head out into the Pines for six long course laps, with little dust to contend with and the unique reverse grid start, drivers will battle it out over 360kms for the title.
The 2025 Teagle Excavations ARB Pines Enduro 400 would not be possible without the support of championship partners ARB 4X4 Accessories, Mickey Thompson Tyres, Raceline Wheels Australia and AORRA, plus major sponsors Teagle Excavations, ARB 4X4 Accessories and Hards Transport Services.
The club would also like to acknowledge their live stream sponsors Screenshot Big Screens and Rural IT Solutions, OneFortyOne Plantations, Forestry SA, and the Wattle Range Council for the roads to race on, along with the many other great sponsors who have assisted to make the Pines Enduro 400 possible.
The 2025 Teagle Excavations ARB Pines Enduro 400, takes place in Millicent this weekend, over the 26th-28th of September.
