2012

The former McLaren on the Lake site will play host to the 2012 event, acting as service park and rally headquarters from Friday 18th May to Sunday 20th May, while the restaurant will hold the post event presentation dinner on the Sunday night.

Since the first Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally in 2007, McLaren Vale has served as the base for the event because of its location central to the competitive stages.

The event supplementary regulations have now been released for the first round of the 2012 South Australian Rally Championship, Rallye Wattle Range

Rallye Wattle Range promises to be a rally with a difference, opening with 3 super special stages around the Millicent showgrounds on Friday night. Saturday will host the majority of stages, kicking off with two passes of the magnificent tarmac test along the Beachport scenic drive.

After the first four stages we were 6th outright and climbing with ever improving times. In stages 3 and 4 we were a couple seconds within the leader, the car felt brilliant following the off-season upgrades. We all worked great as a team as per usual, with Steve Glenney (co-driver/mentor) and I always discussing and trying things within the cabin improving driving styles and times. Needless to say how brilliant and enthusiastic to rest of the Family/team were too.

The inaugural East Coast Bullbars Rally Calder has been run and won, however the Triple Seven Rallysport team's campaign was cut short with the crew of Guy Tyler and Lisa Dunkerton retiring at the end of heat one.

The team's debut of their new RenaultSport Clio didnt go to plan with the car's gearbox casing cracking open as they drove into parc ferme on friday night.