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COFFS HARBOUR TO HOST MONTH LONG FESTIVAL OF MOTORSPORT 

By Auto Action

Date posted: August 31, 2022

By Timothy Neal

The inaugural Coffs Coast Festival of Motorsport has been announced and is set to run from November 5-27.

The new motorsport and motoring focused program is planned to be an annual event and should deliver a major injection of fanfare for motoring enthusiasts and motorsport fans across the area and regions beyond.

In conjunction with the NSW government and the local council, the Coffs City Rotary Club has seen to the vacancy left by the World Rally Championship (WRC) that was lost to the region in 2019.

The Coffs Coast Festival of Motorsport has been created to be a mammoth month long festival of motorsport to offset some of the social and economic loss that resulted in the WRC program ending.

The Coffs Motorsport festival will run in conjunction with the Coffs Coast Rally, which is the final round of the FIA Asian Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), along with the final of the RESA Safety Motorsport Australia Rally Championship (ARC), and the NSW Rally Championship. All happening over November 25-26, this will cap off an enormous month of racing.

Whilst the APRC and ARC will back-end the festival, November 5 will kick it off with the Massive Motor Show, which will display over 350 vehicles, followed by a burnout competition on November 6.

Auto Action spoke with the event’s co-organiser and Rotary Club member, Bob Carle, who shed some light on how this event has come about.

“Well, it started over a conversation between myself and the chamber president, and we were trying to come up with an idea that we could put on in the lead up to the Asian Pacific Rally,” Carle said.

“What started as an idea for a single weekend just kept growing and attracting interest, and all of a sudden it grew to the extreme where we had every code of motorsport between Kempsey and Grafton wanting to get involved.

“So every weekend in November there will be motorsport across the area, and it’s become a pretty major thing that will now be a standalone annual event.”

For participants and supporters of Hill Climbing, there will be three separate races over three different hills, one in Kempsey (6th), one in Raleigh (9th), and the final round in Grafton on November 13.

For motorbike enthusiasts and riders there will be the standalone Massive Motor Bike Show, in conjunction with the first round of Champions of Dirt on November 12.

The Champions of Dirt will test riders over a flat track and motor-cross circuit, with the victor to be judged over both disciplines, and will have its finale on November 13.

The Sultans of Slide dirt track speedway bikes will compete over the weekend of November 19, with two rounds of racing in Kempsey, concluding November 20.

The Grafton Speedway will host a sterling night of Speedway events on November 26, and there will be two back-to-back days of off-road racing in Kempsey on November 26 and 27, with great viewing for spectators on a short course style track.

The Coffs Kart Racing Club track – one of the best circuits in Australia – will host two days straight of competition from November 19-20, and the NSW Rally-cross Championship will run over two days at the Raleigh Raceway on November 12-13.

“This event will bring a huge influx of people into the Coffs Harbour area which can’t be understated; the Rotary Club has worked hand in hand with the State Government, the community and local councils, who’ve thrown everything behind making this work.

“Throwing in the TV coverage on top of that, it’s just gonna be a big big thing.

“The fact that it covers so many codes of Motorsport makes this event such an attractive proposition for fans and participants, the likes of which this town hasn’t seen.”

Any participants or spectators keen on taking part in the event, can contact the local clubs involved for entry information, or visit the event’s website www.coffscoastmotorsport.com

For more of the latest motorsport news pick up the latest issue of Auto Action. 

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