Visit this thread for updated progress of the Outback Challenge.

There are a few entrants from the UK this year. Unfortunately the vehicles only arrived Friday, but they got through customs by the afternoon and headed for Broken Hill (about 15-16 hour drive).

Is it me or dose it not work.

nope indeed... maybe this one will: http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic123927-0-asc-150.php

The event finished yesterday, after a week of tough competition.

The only competitors from the UK to finish were Dave and Pam White in a Land Rover - 963 points placed them 25th. AFAIK they didn't have any major damage to prevent them completing a stage or taking a 100 point penalty for outside assistance.

Neil Redpath and Ellis Fleming in an Ibex retired with a seized engine - 797 points placed them 30th.

Gary Smith and John Riley in a Range Rover retired after blowing 3 diffs - 451 points placed them 39th.

It was a hard event and due to the pace, many of the favourite teams failed to finish (mechanical failure or accident damage).

Gone are the days when rangies dominated - they are not fast enough or strong enough. The best placed were 13th (1378 points) and 21st (1081 points).

The winning Nissan Patrol finished with 2079 points.

Below are some pics of the winning Nissan, Neil's Ibex and (I'm guessing) Dave's Land Rover, from the 1st day.

I can confirm that is Dave and Pam's Land Rover.

Some more pics here

Edit: Jim, note broken twin motor winch in one of those pics

And some more pics

Best add, it only happened after a very heavy roll............... and at speed!!! that's one hell of a repair bill

From the slide show link, looks like the winch was damaged by ...............rolling the truck !!! (pictures show it being turned back onto its wheels !)

from what i can see in the photo its the bottom housing thats snapped so shows the strength of jims top housing

Just got back from Australia and from wathcinh this fine event.......

I can confirm that big Al did break one of my winches...........

By rolling on to it at 120kph Thankfully he was fine.

I will do a full write up soon, but in the mean time i'll just say this...

Man, those cars are fast

Jim

They are very good pics and looking forward to the vid...

Oh i see Jim don't come and vist , i had the beers cold in the fridge and the steak ready for the BBQ

We had those as well at Jim's.................... plus we changed the sheet's each night... did'nt we pete

And so does everyone else out there

Where abouts are you?

Brisbane
Not too far from Broken Hill