2024 Australian Rally Championship calendar released

By Timothy Neal

Date posted: 30 August 2023

The calendar for the 2024 Australian Rally Championship has been confirmed, with the season opener returning to Canberra.

Motorsport Australia has today confirmed that it will again be a six round calendar for the ARC season, with The National Capital Rally, which this year closes the championship, returning as the opener after Tasmania had the honours in 2023.

With this season being reduced to six rounds from seven to make it more realistic for ARC teams to comfortably get around the country, the same approach will be taken in 2024.

After Canberra kicks things off on April 5-7, teams will then travel across to the west for the WA Forest Rally on May 17-19.

The field then makes a return to Gympie for the Rally Queensland on June 28-30, before making a slightly earlier return to Victoria for the Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally on August 9-11.

The Adelaide Hills Rally has been kept as the penultimate round, with the Rally Launceston in Tasmania being given the switcheroo to host the season closer on November 15-17.

The 2024 ARC season will again feature six rounds of action across the country

Motorsport Australia’s Director of Motorsport & Commercial Operations Michael Smith was pleased to provide the calendar early to allow teams plenty of time to prepare for their 2024 campaigns.

“The ARC has grown substantially in the past two years and we’re thrilled to be able to have the same six events on the 2024 calendar as this year,” Smith said.

“With four rounds complete and two more to come in 2023, the health of the Championship and our individual events is as strong as ever.

“Having the same six events highlights that stability within the championship which also allows spectators plenty of opportunities to return to events they have enjoyed already.”

After Harry Bates and Coral Taylor returned to the winners podium for the second successive rally at Gippsland last weekend, the next outing is the Adelaide Hills Rally on October 13-15.

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