ARB Midland team dominate the WAORC
After a shortened 4 round Western Australian Off Road Racing Championship due to the cancellation of Three Springs, it would be Team Red that would come up trumps at seasons end! Adam Trewhella took another dominant championship win with Koby Grant alongside him, whilst good friend and team mate Mark Cramer piloted his way to 2nd outright with Jay Jankowski calling the shots from the passenger. in 3rd outright and backing up 2nd in 2024 was Matt Dec, the top placed SXS Pro competitor in the outright field. Dec used 2 different navigators this season, which cost Murray Kifer 3rd outright, pipped at the post by Sebastian Pinner who was 3rd outright for the navigators
Looking through the classes, Trewhella backed up his WAORC outright win with the class win ahead of Cramer and Jankowski and newcomers Jordan Bull and Darren Sanders in the #4 Jimco Pro Buggy. Last years outright champion Keith Rance would place 4th with Ken Madeley made it 3 of the Team ARB Midland Buggies in the top 5 in class
Prolite once again belongs to Michael Davis and Matthew Dunstan with their consistency across the season rewarded with the Prolite class win. Ryan Print claimed 2nd in class with newcomer to the class Graeme Bentink locking into 3rd. With several top level machines floating around in WA this class could be one to watch in 2026 for some exciting racing action
Sportslite was a battle of the single seaters with Lee Marsh claiming 1st in class ahead of South Australia’s Luke Erceg and Kalgoorlies Jeremy Lia just ahead of 4th placed man CJ Green. Interestingly, Lia’s SS Racetech prolit was the only 2 seater amongst the field and so his navigator Jamie Tilbrook will take home the state champion navigator trophy for the Sportstlite class
Super 1650 saw just one competitor scoring points with Corne De Wit and father Pieter De Wit claiming maximum points at Perenjori, Bencubbin and Kalgoorlie to lock in for a first Super 1650 title for the young gun
Extreme 2wd would see Paul Boscott just edge Harleigh Uren out for the class win. Boscott’s navigator would take out the class championship for navigators whilst kiwi sensation Boston Morgan-Horan opted to collect points at Kalgoorlie and earnt himself 3rd in the class championship
Performance 2wd was dominated by Steven Scott and Jordan Hobbs taking out the class win ahead of Mathew Beck and Lindon House in 2nd and Daniel Fahey and Sean Beck in 3rd. The big black Hilux proving to be too quick for the WA Off Road Juniory Development Program competitors across the course of a season
SXS Pro was the most hotly contested class all year with a whopping 30 different drivers scoring points through the season. Kristan Pinner and son Sebastian Pinner taking out the class win over Matt Dec and Murray Kifer. 3rd would go to Malcolm Yeardley but with Yeardley using multiple different navigators it would be Bob Smith who navigated for Brad Smith who would claim 3rd in class for navigators
SXS Sport was a shootout between Jason Stone and Rob Clarke for the class title. In the end strong results at Perenjori and Bencubbin gave Jason Stone and Sophie Visser the class win with Rob Clarke and Jase Dolton in 2nd for the naturally aspirated SXS class
Production 4wd was dominated by Simon Jones, with his sons Drew Jones and Brent Jones claiming 1st and 2nd in the navigators points after sharing the seat all year. Jones in the 715 Prado would win the class with Blaze Cowan and Caleb Bradfield taking 2nd and 3rd respectively
In the Extreme 4wd class Max Bradley and Sean Beck claimed another title for the WA Off Road Junior Development Program in the #888 Patrol. They outscored Aaron Cassidy and Adam Lanigan, who narrowly beat out Warren Classen and Luke Dixon to claim 2nd and 3rd respectively. Behind the podium trio lurked the 4wd Trophy Trucks of Travis Robinson, Brett Comiskey & Brent Smoothy with Chris Dawes putting his patrol just behind Comiskey with a good result at Kalgoorlie
The off season is now in full swing with details to be announced soon for the 2026 season including the season launch and awards night. Stay tuned to WAORC.com and our social media for more information through the season
Full Point score can be found here
Photos by Brett Sandells
Trewhella in control heading to final round
The Western Australian Off Road Racing Championship heads to its final round at the Kalgoorlie Desert Race with multiple times former champion Adam Trewhella the champion elect. The cancellation of Three Springs has left only 4 rounds in the championship. With a drop your worst round part of the series part of the pointscore system, a competitors best 3 events will count towards their championship total. Trewhella has secured 3 wins from the 3 races so far this year, meaning he cannot be beaten for the outright title.
Behind Trewhella, Mark Cramer, Matt Dec and Kristian Pinner are in a close battle for WA 2 & 3. Behind them a plethora of SXS’s are all tightly matched from Jono Hansen, Chris Howard, Craig Moss and Jared Brindal just ahead of the sportslite of Lee Marsh and the Prolite of Michael Davis
In Pro Buggy, Trewhella again leads Cramer with Ken Madeley in 3rd making it 1-2-3 in points for the 3 car Make Tracks team. Prolite is headed by Michael Davis with Graeme Bentink hot on his heels and Ryan Print in 3rd. Sportslite is the domain of Lee Marsh whilst Super 1650 is likely to head the way of Corne De Wit
In the tin top categories, Paul Boscott is currently leading Extreme 2wd from Harleigh Uren, whilst Mathew Beck and Steven Scott are locked in a titanic battle for the Performance 2wd class honors. SXS Pro class sees Mat Dec leading from Kristian Pinner and Chris Unstead. SXS Sport is lead by Jason Stone, whilst Simon Jones is the top contender in Production 4wd. Extreme 4wd sees a tight competition between Max Bradley, Aaron Cassidy and Warren Classen
Championship Chase heating up after 2 rounds
Heading into a blockbuster Round 3 of the 2025 WAORC, the points from after Bencubbin have now been released. Sitting on top is formed WAORC Champion Adam Trewhella who has 2 wins from 2 events. Right behind him is the equally consistent Kristan Pinner who has 2 second places from 2 events. With both having entered Bencubbin will we see them duke it out for outright supremacy again or are there other players who might be ready to make a championship charge. Our suspicion is the latter
2024 Champion Keith Rance has entered Bencubbin and whilst late to the party, is likely to throw the cat amongst the pigeons with his hard charging style. Mark Cramer fresh off a podium at the Gas Dash and currently sitting 3rd outright on points will also be hoping to ramp things up heading into the second half of the season
Throughout the classes it is still all to play for with Trewhella leading Pro Buggy. Ryan Print and Graeme Bentink are tied on points in Prolite whilst Lee Marsh, Corne De Wit and Paul Boscott all lead their classes respectively. Mathew Beck sits on top of the Performance 2wd class with Pinner leading SXS Pro and Jason Stone holding a slender lead in SXS Sport. Simon Jones and Max Bradley are top of the tree in the Production and Extreme 4wd classes
See full points here
Bencubbin entries now open!
Catch the dust. Feel the Rush! 
Get ready for the 2025 ARB Bencubbin Off Road Race!
Mark your calendars and fuel your excitement — the adrenaline-pumping ARB Bencubbin Off Road Race is back this June long weekend (30th May to 2nd June)
Entries are open and links to the supp regs, live timing and other information is available here
Trewhella triumphs at Round 1
In what can only be described as a domination of the field, Adam Trewhella has capped off an emotional weekend with 1st outright at Round 1 of the 2025 WAORC. 12 months after the tragic passing of Craig Trewhella at the 2024 running of the event, Adam claimed a huge win, taking out the prologue and every section of the race
In what can only be described as stiflingly hot conditions, Trewhella struck the first blow by going quickest in the LA Car Carriers prologue to take out the inaugural Craig Trewhella Prologue Award. Brad Krepp was 2nd fastest whilst the man tipped to be his closest rival, Harleigh Uren was a DNF with a failure in the front end of his One Speed Racing Truck. Young gun Logan Gill continued to show everyone that he is a star of the future with 3rd outright, just ahead of Chris Unstead and Logans father Royce Gill
The Mandurah Jetskis Section 1 on Saturday afternoon would see lots of movers and shakers as 2nd to 5th would be split by just 25 seconds after just under 80kms of racing. In 5th, Jordan Bull was putting on a show in just his second drive of the ex Buddy Crowe Jimco. Ahead of him, Kristan Pinner, Jared Brindal and Chris Unstead were having an epic battle for SXS supremacy. Logan Gill suffered a belt failure which slowed his run, whilst just 50m from the finish line Royce Gill would crash out of what was looking like a very promising run towards the podium
Sunday morning would have the coolest temperatures of the weekend, but on track, the action was still red hot. Adam Trewhella blitzing the timesheets to extend his lead whilst behind him there was carnage. Chris Unstead rolled out of contention in his beatifully presented bumblebee Maverick R whilst Terrence Flynn Dowell put in a flyer to clock a top 5 time. Logan Gill locked into 4th outright with only Pinner, Bull and Trewhella ahead of him. The Off Road Rush WA Section 2 would see several cars failing to finish including the Extreme 2wd’s of Harleigh Uren and Mike Green. The popular Kingswood of the Junior Development program piloted by Lindon House and Matt Beck also another to succumb during the 2 lap section
The final section proudly sponsored by Superior Customs showed that there were a few twists in the tale of the McPhee Freight & Gturbo Perenjori Classic. Jordan Bull suffering a flat tyre and jammed throttle dropping him off a maiden WAORC podium. Mark Cramer continued his charge to get the 932 machine into the top 5 outright, but he couldn’t quite catch Terrence Flynn Dowell who was 4th outright and 3rd in SXS Pro. 3rd outright and 2nd in class was Jarrad Brindal, with the father son duo of Kristan and Sebastian Pinner claiming 2nd outright, 1st in SXS Pro and bragging rights for Polaris in the Polaris vs CanAm rivalry. Out in front, nobody could catch Adam Trewhella, a worthy winner of the event and taking home the Rod Hatter Memorial Trophy.
Throughout the rest of the classes, Graeme Bentink took the Prolite class win on his debut drive in a buggy. Lee Marsh brought his single seat Prolite home first in class and 13th outright. Just behind in 14th outright was Corne De Wit and Pieter De Wit, with Corne winning the Super 1650 class on his driving debut. Warren Classen was another first time class winner in Extreme 4wd, whilst the Jones Bros racing entry of Simon Jones won Production 4wd. Late electrical dramas couldn’t dampen Steven Scotts weekend, another first time class winner in his Performance 2wd Hilux. Paul Boscott won the Extreme 2wd class in his bug, whilst Jason Stone proved strongest in SXS Sport in his Yamaha YXZ
Full Results can be found here
The WAORC now turns north to the Gascoyne Dash. Stay tuned for regulations to be released and entries opened soon
Fiesta Canvas backs the 2025 WAORC
It gives the WAORC great pleasure to announce that Fiesta Canvas and Motor Trimming will be sponsoring the 2025 Western Australian Off Road Racing Championship. Specifically, the live timing which is available at each and every event.
Based in Kalgoorlie, Fiesta Canvas & Motor Trimming have all your canvas and PVC products covered. From custom PVC covers to tool bags, truck seat refurbishment, shade sails, outdoor blinds, motor trimming and much more. They are also backing the 679 CanAm X3 of Terrence Flynn-Dowell and Brandon Terry as they look to make their mark on the highly competitive SXS Pro class
So thanks for the Fiesta Canvas team for jumping on board and helping out every event with the Fiesta Canvas & Motor Trimming Live Timing
2024 Awards Night Announced
2024 WA Off Road Racing Championship Awards Night
Join us on Saturday February 1st 2025 for a night of celebration and recognition at the 2024 WA Off Road Racing Championship Awards Night, hosted by the WA Off-Road Advisory Panel. We’ll be honoring the top performers of the season at King Road Brewery (The Hayshed).
Get ready for an evening filled with excitement, good company, and of course, some well-deserved awards. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to cheer on your favorite racers and enjoy a great time with fellow off-road racing enthusiasts. Tickets and event information is available here and they must be purchased before the night
Please note that food service will start at 5.30pm, and there will be a cash bar.
Rance claims first WAORC
The 2024 WAORC has been run and won, with the final round at Kalgoorlie proving to be decisive in crowning this years winner. Keith Rance entered the event sitting 11th outright on points, despite a DNF in the AORC component of the event, locked in a solid 7th outright. This would land him enough points to vault to the top of the leaderboard. Having started his campaign off with a DNF at Bencubbin, Rance roared back into contention with 5th outright at Three Springs before sealing the deal at Kalgoorlie. Navigator Luke Candy, also claiming enough points to take out his first outright WAORC title. Having led the points heading into Kalgoorlie, Matt Dec would not be able to muster a points paying position, leaving him 2 points shy of the hard charging Rance. This result still a spectacular one for Dec who started his season in a CanAm Maverick X3, before upgrading to a Maverick R mid season. In 3rd place would be Troy Schoen after 2 storming drives at both Three Springs and Kalgoorlie. Early issues at both events left him working his way back through the field. 2nd Outright in the navigators would go to Troy’s navigator Deb Schoen. 3rd outright in the navigators was Jayden Ainsworth, 2 fantastic results alongside his driver Chris Unstead
Pro Buggy was also the domain of Keith Rance and Luke Candy, the Pro Buggy duo running out victors in class. Schoen and Cooper were ineligible due to not starting in 3 events but both put up strong results through the season
Prolite belonged to Michael Davis and Mathew Duncan. The White #104 Zarco buggy showing strong reliability and consistent speed netting them the Prolite class championship
CJ Green topped off a memorable season with the Sportslite class championship. Whilst Lee Marsh pushed him all the way, it was green who would come up trumps, a tenacious effort at Kalgoorlie which included a rollover saw the #1042 take out the class
In Super 1650 Josh Chapman and Jonty Cavazzi claimed a first class championship in their rookie season. With De Wit and Pacey not entering enough events to be eligible, it was the first time competitors who claimed the class championship at their first attempt
Beau Robinson and Shane Hutt would run out class winners after a storming drive at Kalgoorlie. Whilst they didn’t compete in enough WAORC events to be crowned champions, their 2024 season was remarkable with many notable wins and a strong AORC campaign
Performance 2wd again did not have any competitors start enough events to be crowned champions, but it was deadlocked for the class winners. Blake Pugh and Mathew Beck each locked on 630 points and unable to be split forcing a tie. Navigator Lindon House competed in different vehicles throughout the year, which enable him to break the deadlock amongst the navigators to be the class winner
Andrew Bell who etched his name into the history books with an outright win at Three Springs took out the hotly contested SXS Pro class. Bell’s results proved that the Maverick X3 in the right hands is still a match for the newly released Maverick R. A navigator swap for Kalgoorlie however would swing the SXS Pro navigator championship in Brett Funnemans favor. Funneman enjoyed an up and down season alongside Dave Bush, but claimed enough points to take out the navigators championship
Production 4wd was another class where no competitor started 3 events and therefore the class winner would be crowned to the highest points scorer. Glen Taylor and Trinity Stacey in their flying purple GU Patrol taking out the class win
Aaron Cassidy and Adam Lanigan waged war with the WA Junior Development Program all season and ended up taking out the Extreme 4wd WAORC Championship. This hotly contested class went down to the wire, with the results in the final section at Kalgoorlie ultimately deciding the championship
Peer Horn and Samuel Horn were the Extreme 4wd Buggy class winners with highest points in their bright orange machine
SXS Sport would see Rob Clarke and Paul Tavani crowned class champions. Whilst Jason Stone and Sophie Visser would outscore them, they were ineligible due to not starting 3 events in the season
The WA Off Road Championship is aware of the complications caused by the regulations in 2024 which stipulated a competitor had to start 3 events in order to be eligible to win a championship. In good news for 2025, this regulation will be relaxed ensuring that the competitor who claims the most points over the course of the season regardless of how many races they compete in will be the Class or Outright Champion. The regulations providing for a competitors worst round to be dropped would also be retained
The final points score can be found here
In more exciting news, the WAORC will host its own stand alone awards night to celebrate our 2024 Outright Champions, Class Champions and Class Winners. This will be held on February 1st and more information and details will be made available soon
Dec leads the charge
Heading into the final round of the WAORC at Kalgoorlie, the season is absolutely wide open! A mammoth 25 competitors are still in mathematical contention for the outright championship. Mat Dec freshly armed with his new Maverick R placed 4th outright at Three Springs and holds a 6 point lead over Prolite pilot Michael Davis with a duo of CanAm X3’s in Royce Gill and Andrew Bell tied for 3rd just 1 point further back.
The class battles are just as enthralling with close battles amongst all of the classes. Current class leaders are Brad Cooper (Pro Buggy), Michael Davis (Prolite), CJ Green (Sportslite), Pieter De Wit (Super 1650), Karl Richardson (Extreme 2wd), Blake Pugh (Performance 2wd), Dave Bush (SXS Pro), Glen Taylor (Production 4wd), Aaron Cassidy (Extreme 4wd), Peer Horn (Extreme 4wd Buggy) & Jason Stone (SXS Sport)
For the full championship points, click here
Photos of the class and outright leaders thanks to Brett Sandells Photography
Panel Member Nominations Open
Nominations to be on the Motorsport Australia Western Australia State Panel for Off Road are now open. To nominate, download the application form here and send it in prior to the cutoff deadline. Nominations are for a position for 3 years and close at 2:00pm on November 1st 2024 AWST
The role of the panel is to work for the Western Australian off road community to look after the sport and make decisions for the benefit of the sport. The panel should provide feedback and comments amongst other things to Motorsport Australia and AORCOM.
