From today, 70 rally cars race the clock on closed roads in and around Perth for Western Australia's premier tarmac rally, Lance East Exotics Tarmac West from 17 to 20 September.

Under threatening skies, 53 entrants were keen and eager to tackle the Mt Brown Hill climb. The Triumph Sports Owners Association of WA hosted this event again after reinstating the event last year following a very long hiatus.

The Australian Tarmac Rally Championship heads into its crucial third round this weekend, with the Snowy River Sprint set to bring Australia's best tarmac rally competitors, some of the country's most impressive machinery and a championship fight that is rapidly heating up to the roads of East Gippsland.

The eighth annual Don River Dash, organised and run by the Burdekin Offroaders club, has been hailed a great success, with competitors and spectators enjoying another action packed weekend of off road racing in the Don River at Bowen.