There’s a great field of cars entered for this weekend’s rally – spanning classic sports cars to the latest high tech road warriors. To illustrate the variety, entries include examples of Porsche, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, BMW, Lotus, Birkin, Alfa Romeo and Ford. A full list of entries is available on www.classicrally.com.au

Ross Hamilton will be representing the Fabcar Racing team, in the Fabcar/McDonalds backed Mitsubishi Evo 8 MR. Both car and driver have proven to be very competitive in the past, finish 4th out right in this year’s Targa West, Ross will be one to watch. Steve Jones will miss the opportunity to win 3 back to back Fabcar Classics as he is over east competing in AUZRUN.

Spectator stages. In the morning spectators car visit the Start and first stage being held at the Speed Dome in Midvale. After that cars will travel to other morning locations which are not suitable for spectators and then all the afternoon stages will be held at the Kwinana Motorplex.

Spectators are welcome to attend the Motorplex, but please note that we will not be using the usual Pits area. Parking for spectators will be to the right of the main entrance, in the usual spectator parking area, not in the Pits.

Free entry to all spectator locations. Spectator viewing areas will be restricted at all locations. Please follow instructions of officials.

The event is also unique in the aspect that it is one of the few events which allows driver and co-driver to share the driving duties between each other at their discretion.

The entry fee is just $625 per car (for 2 people) which covers Scrutineering, all competition stages, the Roadbook, lunches, the Awards Presentation Night, trophies, car door number stickers and much more. A $70 fee per-car is applied by AASA, the event regulators and insurers.

More info on the event can be found at www.classicrally.com.au

Stay tuned for an announcement for the FABCAR Racing team for this event.

Steve Jones in his Evolution MR posted a strong finish at the Ktec Prologue event held at Kwinana Motorplex. This tops off a great November for Jones who won the Fabcar 1-day rally outright, and posted second in the Classic Adelaide in his first start. Jones is now set to take on Mt Buller again in the LF Engineered Nissan GT-R in coming fortnight. Visit our blog for latest news on his progress.

Franz Esterbauer finished in 2nd place in a Grey Evo 8 MR purchased a couple of years back from Fabcar. Franz also recently competed in his first Targa West campaign.

The White Evolution 8 MR of Ross Hamilton fired up for the event and he finished 3rd in great style in the 50+ car event. Hamilton has competed in two Targa Wests with this Evo 8 MR  purchased from Fabcar.  After a long break from Motor Racing, Ross has been posting some good results in various Motor Sports events.

Hamilton Evo 8 MR and Jones Evo 9 MR – Congratulations to both the guys for some great driving.

LF Perfomance Products prepared Evo – K Ledger & S Jones.

Keep track of Steve’s progress in the upcoming Classic Adelaide as he competes in the Nissan GT-R in modern competition.

“I just wanted write and tell you I had a blast yesterday, the event was run very well, heaps of stages and driving made it action packed, a friendly atmosphere amongst competitors and officials made it the most enjoyable rally I have run in.” according to one competitor who has participated in most rally style events in WA in an email after the event.

While another emailed “Just wanted to say a big thanks for organizing and running the event. My navvie and myself had an absolute ball!” and another email said: “PLEASE try to do as many of these events every year as possible, 4 including the 2-day Classic Challenge would be great. I will happily pre-register for all of them next year. It’s a really good value day compared with other events…”

From another entrant: “Your events just seem to get better and better. The day had a great atmosphere about it with a lot of people I haven’t seen before coming up and introducing themselves. The officials did a fantastic job and the event ran so smoothly thanks to them.” and “The one day layout is a fantastic way to go. It would be great to see the Classic Challenge kept with a few one day events through the year.”

Plus these remarks: “Thanks for organising the Fabcar event – a really well run day, and a lot of fun.  I reckon that format has a lot going for it, in that you get a lot of track time, some interesting locations, and good circuits.  I especially liked the fact that there were courses to suit all the different types of cars.”

And “my navigator and I really enjoyed the day, and we’ll be signing up for the next, and the next, and what-ever else you can serve up.”

After a successful first year in 2008, entries for the Fabcar 1-Day Challenge have opened for the 2009 event, taking place on the 15th of November using various locations around Perth.

This event was immensely popular last year, with the event selling out in 8 days!

For a wrap up on last years event including pictures and some words from event winner, Fabcar Racing’s own Steve Jones, click here

With 2 drivers contesting in a variety of classes via a series of tests for car and man alike, the event is a great day for competing and spectating.

For more information, and the entry forms to this years event, follow the link here