Robinson Reigns at ARB Rainbow

Robinson Reigns at ARB Rainbow

Western Australian Beau Robinson and navigator Shane Hutt #1113 launched their 2024 season in style on the weekend, claiming a maiden ARB Australian Off Road Racing Championship round victory at the STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480.

Starting from second on Sunday, Robinson took control of proceedings early on lap one in his 7litre Mason Trophy Truck after the withdrawal of Danny Brown #42 due to mechanical dramas. Despite mid race challenges from both eventual podium sitters, Robinson was never headed, holding on to record a powerful Rainbow triumph.

2023 ARB Goondiwindi 500 champions Clayton Chapman and Adam McGuire #15 continued on their dream run, the smiling Queenslanders launched their Toyota powered Aussie built Razorback to second outright and Ultimate Class glory; just 49 seconds adrift of Robinson.

Offroad road legend Andy Brown and navigator Danny Hardman #1142 who made a pass on Robinson during Sundays second lap steered their new AWD Class 11 Alumi Craft to third outright, making it consecutive STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480 podiums.

Multiple time Australian champion Mark Burrows and son Tom #21 recorded their best finish to date in the teams new Aussie build Monkfab machine crossing in fourth, ahead of Jimco chargers Dale Martin and Adrian Rowe #5 who finished a further four minutes adrift to round out the Ultimate podium.

South Australian’s Simon and Kyle Tucker #110 held on for the Class 1 silverware albeit engine dramas on Sunday, outlasting Matthew Burrows and Jay Mitchell #3 in sixth and seventh outright respectively. Craig and Megan Barnett #68 continued on their impressive ARB championship streak with an eighth place finish, with Class 10 victors Dean Mcginley and Dean DeMarco #1087, and Class 6 champions Jackson Evans and Samuel Raper #635 who roared to life in their new Polaris Pro R rounding out the STEEL-IT ARB Big Desert 480 top ten.

Peter Sibson and Jason Munro #412 kickstarted their 2024 ARB campaign with the Class 4 spoils, overcoming fellow Victorians Darren and Bailey Mott #435, plus John Smith and Grant Manion #445 in second and third.

Brendan Forssman and Leigh Whitehand #202 drove consistently all weekend to claim Class 2 honours, whilst Darren and Amelia van der Woude #554, Heath and Michelle Weedon #701, Ross Newman and Chris Leonard #6681 reigned in their respective classes.

In other class results, Darren Frankling and Rob Hackney #1110 launched their Class 11 title defence with a third, likewise David Loughnan and Jake Stevenson #104 in their Class 1 Erceg Engineering Honey Badger. Justin Rider and Steven Teese #627 survived a close encounter with young gun Lachlan Campbell and father Greg #607 for second in Class 6, whilst Sam Bentley and Eli Moss #1018 locked down second in Class 10 over Steven and Ella Graham #1065.

After watching a number of notables fall away on Saturday including two time defending ARB champion Brent Martin #1, Aaron James #93, Jake Williams #1137, Glenn Collis #147 and Hannah Bentley #418,

Sunday was no exception, with Danny Brown #42, Stuart Chapman #17, Steven Graham #1065, Robert Plant #128, Trevor Chandler #1121, Simon Gubbins #1054, Brett Plant #929, Heath Weedon #701, James Tyrell #1036, and Jourdain Patterson #44 all bowing out.

The 2024 ARB Australian Off Road Championship will now turn its attention to the ARB The Gap 440 at Hillston; held over the 5th-7th of July.

By TC Media
Photography by Show ‘n’ Go Photography & Ratchet Off Road Racing Photography 

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        Rd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4
        PositionCarDriverBonusBig DesertThe GapGundyPinesTotal Points
        11113Beau Robinson2075705367285
        2110Simon Tucker2063646265274
        33Matthew Burrows2062655757261
        4635Jackson Evans2059555963256
        568Craig Barnett2061604362246
        615Clayton Chapman207075755245
        7607Lachlan Campbell2054575558244
        85Dale Martin20647070224
        9633Matthew Hummer2044544956223
        1080Chris Land2047514748213
        11202Brendan Forssman2046484249205
        121065Steven Graham2030632864205
        131110Darren Frankling20515253176
        14445John Smith204553550173
        15627Justin Rider20565827161
        16760Darren Gill20464152159
        1721Mark Burrows2065675157
        171142/1145Andrew Brown2067560152
        191018Sam Bentley20576155148
        20412Peter Sibson205859137
        21701Heath Weedon20550554134
        222/117David Middlemiss205361134
        23435Darren Mott2048565129
        24554Darran van der Wodue204251113
        2442/4Danny Brown205575105
        266681Ross Newman20533537100
        261087Dean Meginley20605590
        28104David Loughnan20555585
        29439Jamie Knight206383
        29138Anthony Fehlhaber206080
        29816Christian Trusz205878
        321015Darren Orr2052577
        3357Aaron Haby205575
        3411Kevin Marsden205272
        35119Jason Richards67572
        361024Michael Phillips205171
        371161Chris Western205070
        3732/1032Michael Marson56469
        39422Steven von Pein2043568
        391144James Sant62567
        4099Drew Callander6565
        41798Norman (Hank) Parker204565
        41401Jamie Knight6363
        4323Craig Krog6161
        44626Vaughan Hogan204161
        451118Hayden Bentley5959
        46604Jeff McNiven5656
        4693Aaron James2053055
        4644Jourdain Patterson2052954
        46170Alex Mendham5454
        50611Brendan Hill49554
        51684Matt Lavis49554
        52481Mark Robertson5050
        53657Chris Thomas4848
        53676Mal Lynch4747
        5522Mark Amos4646
        551136Joe Bulmer202646
        57609Jeremy Horne4545
        58878Luke Peterson202545
        58696Brice Derrick4444
        6017/1014Stuart Chapman20555540
        611013Jason Keane2055535
        611/916Brent Martin2055535
        61405Paul Grant3434
        61147Glenn Collis205530
        61468Roland Polchow205530
        61637Eden Evans205530
        611004Brendan Hill205530
        611012Russel Hartnett205530
        611121/1181Trevor Chandler205530
        701092/23Dale Standen205530
        265/180Adrian Coatsworth205530
        418/1118Hannah Bentley205530
        41Kye Floyd20525
        124Brett Baker20525
        128Rob Plant20525
        279Andrew Forssman20525
        570Andrew Cameron20525
        665Aaron Nicoll20525
        801Owen Ward20525
        862Steven Ash20525
        929Brett Plant20525
        1026Brayden Mifsud20525
        1036James Tyrrell20525
        1043Karl Power20525
        1071Thomas Forssman20525
        1074David Adams20525
        1137Jake Williams20525
        220Anthony Lia2020
        448Dave Muir2020
        474Jason Forssman2020
        554A van der Woude2020
        812Graeme Hicks2020
        819John Alfred2020
        834Brett Comiskey2020
        905Michael Fittler2020
        1057Rod Visser2020
        1121Toby Whateley2020
        1127Robert Moore2020
        882Guy Shoemark5510
        1020James Whalan5510
        1140Jan Kraaij5510