Big entry list for 2024 Great Tarmac Rally
With the entry list for the upcoming Great Tarmac Rally (GTR24) on September 7-8 closing today, over 70 cars have already registered for the spectacular Victorian event run by the AASA backed Australian Tarmac Rally (ATR) group.
Whilst tarmac rallying has been in a state of limbo with the cancellation of Targa Tasmania and Targa events over the past few years, the ATR has done a fantastic job in keeping the pulse going for tarmac rallying in Australia, with the upcoming GTR24 event in Maryville to highlight just that!
74 vehicles have been registered prior to today’s entry window closing, with those machines spread across categories such as: Modern 2WD, Modern Super Rally, Modern AWD, Early Modern AWD, Early Modern 2WD, Classic Super Rally, Classic, Rally Challenge, Rally Sport, and Tour.
Matt Close & Cameron Reeves took out the 2023 edition with five stage wins in their Audi TT RS. Image: Angryman Photography
Click here for the prospective entry list (as listed before the closing date)
The GTR is one of Australia’s most scenic Tarmac events, starting out of the beautiful Vic area of Marysville, northeast of Melbourne.
This year will see 260 competitive kilometres, travelling out of Marysville on the Saturday, through Camberville and Cumberland Junction, and through the Reefton Spur with its magnificent and towering mountain ash and huge tree ferns in an alpine setting featuring a 95% cornering ratio across 37km.
Sunday sees a return of the popular Buxton and Taggerty route which encompassed the challenging Eildon-Jamieson Road, with 110 new competitive kilometres and six stages.
With only 98km of the event being under touring conditions, it means that 72% of the GTR24 will be competitive running.
The classic classes in the ATR fields are always an aesthetic favourite, such as this iconic 1979 Holden Group C Commodore. Image: Angryman Photography
GTR24 STAGES FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Saturday 7th September
SHAKEDOWN – LakeMountainT-JunctiontoCumberlandJunction -6.52km
Stage 2 – Cumberland Junction to Reefton – 19.44km
Stage 3 – Reefton to Cumberland Junction – 18.46km
Stage 4 – Cumberland Junction to Lake Mountain T-Junction – 7.29km LunchatMarysville FootballOval
Stage 5 – Lake Mountain T-Junction to Reefton – 27.42km
Stage 6-ReeftontoLakeMountainT-Junction -27.17km
Stage 7 – Lake Mountain T-Junction to Reefton – 27.42km
Stage 8 – Reefton to Lake Mountain T-Junction – 27.17km
Sunday 8th September
Stage 9 – Eildon to 15 Mile Track – 17.64km
Stage10 -TorbrekStationtoBigRiver-5.61km
Stage 11 – Big River to Torbrek Station – 7.36km
Stage 12 – 15 Mile Track to Mallet Track – 17.68km Morning Tea & Service at Riverside Drive, Eildon
Stage13 – MalletTracktoBigRiver -27.47km
Stage 14 – Big River to Mallet Track – 27.37km
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