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This weekend, 50 crews will converge on the South Australian township of Millicent for the Teagle Excavations ARB Pines Enduro, the fourth and final round of the 2026 ARB Australian Off Road Racing Championship. 

Proudly hosted by the Millicent Sand Buggy Club, the Pines will once again deliver a unique mix of the Teagle’s Quarry and the demanding Tantanoola Pine Forest, with the 2026 AORRA South Australian Off Road Racing Championship also on the line.

Leading the charge into the season finale is championship leader Clayton Chapman #15, the proud Queenslander returns to Millicent alongside Adam McGuire in the team’s Toyota-powered Razorback chasing their maiden ARB Australian title.

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Chapman, who has dominated the 2026 ARB Australian season with victories at The Gap 440 and Gundy 500, heads a field featuring the top ten championship contenders, including his closest rivals Lachlan Campbell #3 and Bodie Tickner #1093.

The Pines lineup is also boosted by the return of defending champions Dale Martin and Mark Degruchy #5 in their Martin Motorsports Jimco, while three-time Millicent winners Danny Brown #4 and Matt Hanson #7 return to the South Australian event chasing their fourth crown.

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Current ARB Australian champion Aaron Haby #1 returns to Millicent in his Element Prodigy after finishing runner-up in 2025, he is joined by Mark Burrows #21 and last year’s third-place finisher Andy Brown #45 for another assault on the iconic Tantanoola Forest.

Griffith’s Jason Richards #91 is set for his first Millicent campaign in ‘Sheila’, joining Glenn Pike #75, Kyle Tucker #14, Matthew Burrows #123, and Brett Comiskey #434 in the hunt for a maiden national victory.

Trevor Chandler #37, Brenton Gallasch #60 and Tumby Bay’s Benjamin McNamara #69, currently fourth outright in the ARB Australian Championship, headline the remaining Ultimate Class entries.

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Joining Matthew Burrows #123 in the biggest Class 1 line up of the season is current championship leader David Loughnan #104, and 2025 ARB Australian runner up Simon Tucker #2, with all three capable of deep runs at the Pines.

Hillston’s Jay Mitchell #121, Jason Gibbins #131, Matthew Curtis #136, and Hamish Lochert #170 add further depth to the class, while local hopes Kurt Stephan #133 and Jakob Douglass #141 will look to turn their home-track knowledge into an advantage.

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Brett Comiskey #434 and Leigh Ryan #481 will lock horns for the Class 4 title at Millicent, with defending ARB Australian Class 4 champion Peter Sibson #401, Damien Nicol #430, Trent Gravestock #452, Roland Polchow #468, and Territorians Brett Taylor #431 and Mark Booth #435 all ready to join the battle.

GRC Motorsport’s Lachlan Campbell #3 will spearhead the Class 6 brigade at the Pines in his Can-Am Maverick R, with championship rival Jamie Harrison #639, Darren Frankling #678, and Tim Wilkinson #621 among those expected to challenge.

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Queenslanders Daniel Avenell #652 and Ross Newman #681 add to the Class 6 field alongside Tom Stephens #606, Paul Renouf #620, and Michael Leske #6119.

Class 10 will be one to watch at the Pines, with Bodie Tickner #1093, Sean Ratcliffe #1007 and Brendan Hill #1004 carrying the top three championship positions heading into the final-round showdown.

Thomas Forssman #1005, Jason Keane #1013, Darren Wright #1059, and Drew McLauchlan #1011 round out the Class 10 field, with each crew eyeing a strong finish at the Pines.

David Richardson #310 is the only Class 3 competitor entered at Millicent, while Sandy Bowman #819, Michael Hackney #888 and Paul Beames #808 will battle it out for the Class 8 silverware.

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The season finale fires into life at 10am Saturday at Teagle’s Quarry, Millicent, with the 6km Hards Transport Services Prologue setting the starting order before four wheel-to-wheel short-course laps from midday.

Sunday’s main event heads into the Tantanoola Forest, where the field will tackle six long-course laps from a reverse-grid start, covering 360kms in the fight for Pines Enduro honours.

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The 2026 Teagle Excavations ARB Pines Enduro 400 is made possible through the continued support of championship partners ARB 4X4 Accessories, Mickey Thompson Tyres, Raceline Wheels Australia, and AORRA, alongside major event sponsors Teagle Excavations, ARB 4X4 Accessories and Hards Transport Services.

The club also acknowledges elite sponsor Screenshot Big Screens, Platinum sponsors Bendigo Bank Mt Gambier and District, Forestry SA, OneFortyOne Plantations, and the Wattle Range Council for providing the roads to race on, along with the many other sponsors whose support makes the event possible.

The 2026 Teagle Excavations ARB Pines Enduro runs from the 25th-27th of September in Millicent, South Australia. 

By TC Media

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