Finke Desert Race

2022 - 6 - 11

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Finke Desert Race bikes and cars take to the track under sweeping ... (ABC News)

Hundreds of competitors will attempt to take on the desert today in what's billed as the most challenging off-road motorsport event in the country.

It's like the world stops for that time." There's so many bikes and so much dust, holes that weren't there when you were pre-running, crowds. When he travelled to the central desert to compete in what he thought would be his third and final Finke race in 2008, Fitzgerald was set up on a blind date. Foot will race to Finke in a Turbo Can-Am alongside her father as his navigator, and then be flown by helicopter back to the start line to run again on a bike, doing the same in reverse on Monday. - Toby Price is back to defend his car title, and King of the Desert David Walsh is back on his bike Alice Springs local and two-time Finke winner David Walsh will enter the bike rice for the 15th time, hoping to hold on to his King of the Desert title.

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Toby Price in car #487 has made the perfect start to the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert Race, the Dakar Motorcycle class winner recorded the fastest time at the ...

Price’s time was 4.2s slower than the time he and navigator Mark Dutton (Triple Eight Race Engineering crew chief) set to claim pole position in 2021. The 2022 King of the Desert for the Car category will be crowned when the field completes its return journey from Finke (Aputula) to Alice Springs on Monday. Beau Robinson and Shane Hutt (#413) will start Race Day 1 from fourth, ahead of 2016 King of the Desert Glenn Owen and his co-driver Jack Owen (#30) in fifth.

Price tops Finke Desert Race prologue (Speedcafe)

Price and navigator Jason Duncan went fastest of all Car competitors on prologue day for the 2022 edition with a 4:42.9s effort around the 8.3km circuit. That ...

Jacob Smith Sets The Pace In Bike Prologue At 2022 Tatts Finke ... (Fullnoise)

Jacob Smith's first King of the Desert title is in sight after setting the fastest time during the Method Wheels Prologue Day at the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert ...

Mildura (VIC) local Brodie Waters (#6) finished in fourth position recording a time of 4 minutes and 52.4 seconds. Jack Simpson (#2) was 3.8 seconds off the pace in second and 0.3 seconds ahead of two-time King of the Desert David Walsh, who finished third with a time of 4 minutes and 48.5 seconds. The Condobolin (NSW) local, who finished seventh in Prologue in 2021, will lead the 487-strong bike field to Finke tomorrow after an impressive assault of the 8.3-kilometre Prologue track, recording a time of 4 minutes and 44.4 seconds.

Price sets record pace in Leg 1 of Finke (Speedcafe)

Toby Price is on-track for back-to-back Tatts Finke Desert Race victories after breaking the record for the outbound leg in the Cars division.

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David Walsh Sets The Pace At 2022 Finke Desert Race On Day One ... (Fullnoise)

Two-time King of the Desert David Walsh (#1) has prevailed on Race Day 1 at the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert Race, reaching the Finke (Aputula) checkpoint ...

Competitors will now camp overnight at the checkpoint before departing Finke (Aputula) for Alice Springs tomorrow morning (Monday, June 13) at 11.45am local time. The 2022 Kings of the Desert for the Bike category will be crowned after competitors complete the return journey to Alice Springs tomorrow. The hometown hero was a mere 0.7 seconds adrift of his Race Day 1 time in 2021, yet gapped the field by 3.06 minutes as he hunts his third consecutive King of the Desert crown in the Bike category.

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Red Bull racer Toby Price (#487) is one step closer to clinching his second King of the Desert crown in the Car category at the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert Race ...

Caption: Toby Price is on the brink of back-to-back King of the Desert titles in the Car category at the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert Race Price and Duncan’s record is 2 minutes and 35 seconds quicker than Price’s fastest time set on Race Day 1 in 2021 while on his way to his first ever Finke win in the Car category. Red Bull racer Toby Price (#487) is one step closer to clinching his second King of the Desert crown in the Car category at the 2022 Tatts Finke Desert Race, reaching the Finke (Aputula) checkpoint with a record-setting time on Race Day 1.

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