Many of us have recently seen a video from an Irish rally crew about their experiences using Rallysafe. I found it interesting that they are so keen on the concept and are pushing its use in Irish rallying. In Australia we almost take Rallysafe for granted - it has become an essential part of our … Continue reading Rallysafe, an essential tool
Road Closures Around East Gippsland The Great Alpine Road is currently closed just North of Bruthen so if you intend to come to the Alpine Rally via that route you will need to re-think. Keep an eye on road closures with the Vicroads website. The Sunday night celebration dinner is definitely going ahead but we … Continue reading General Updates and Useful Info for Today Wednesday 27/11
After many calls and emails between Alpine Rally organisers, DELWP officers, the CFA and members of the local Bruthen community, it has been decided to cancel all rally activities on Sunday December 1st. This was to be the day where the majority of stages were in the forest around Bruthen and the rally was based … Continue reading Alpine Rally of East Gippsland is Set to Go
The bushfire threat in East Gippsland has increased substantially in the past 24 hours but the Alpine Rally of East Gippsland will go ahead as planned. View of the Bruthen fire. Photo from ABC Gippsland. We have been working very closely with DELWP Forest Fire Management staff today to monitor the threat and ensure that … Continue reading Latest Update on the Bushfire Situation and the Alpine Rally 25 November
A number of people have contacted us to let us know that there are a number of bushfires in the area of the Alpine Rally of East Gippsland. We have been working very closely with DELWP Forest Fire staff over the last week to monitor the threat and ensure that we can run our event … Continue reading Update on Bushfire threat to the Alpine Rally of East Gippsland
In the interests of transparency and having a clear consistent approach to cars that are rejoining the event after losing time due to difficulties we are outlining our Rejoining Policy here. Cars rejoining during the same day will slot in as close to their original start position as possible for that day. If they are … Continue reading Competitor Update – Rejoining Policy
A couple of eagle eyed co-drivers have raised 2 questions about inconsistencies in information between the Guide to Competitors and the Further Regulations. Well done to those people for fully reading their documents and picking this up. Pg 4 - Furthers - 10. Late Time Limits Division 1 - 30min - late time versus........ Pg … Continue reading Competitor Update Nov. 19
Things are getting very hectic now at Alpine Rally HQ and we have picked up a few things that competitors need to know about to help with your planning. 1. Time Control Procedures: A few competitors have rightly pointed out an inconsistency between instructions for booking into a control at the end of a transport/start … Continue reading Competitor Update Nov. 18
State of Origin Cup The Alpine Rally of East Gippsland State of Origin Trophy sponsored by Peter Leight from Leights Tyre and Auto will be up for grabs again in 2019. It was won by NSW in 2017 so the Victorians are determined to win it back this year but there will also be strong … Continue reading State of Origin Trophy Up For Grabs
There has been some interesting social media comments since we posted that we'll be using Virtual Chicanes in the 2019 Alpine. Chicanes are often used on Special Stages overseas on very fast stretches of road. Overseas though, then tend to be *real* chicanes, made out of massive hay bales or tractor tyres. Real chicanes work, … Continue reading Virtual chicanes – safe and easy
