Shortened rallysprint honours to Luff

Luff and Stilling drove their Toyota GR Yaris AP4 consistently in the wet conditions and won all three stages of the rally.

Fresh from a fourth-place finish at the last round of the Australian Rally Championship in Queensland, the Yass driver was using the event as vital testing for the upcoming Gippsland Rally in which he’ll compete in the same car.

Second to Luff was the striking Ford Fiesta of Adrian Stratford and Anthony Staltari, with Tasmanians Aidan Peterson and Doug Austin completing the event in third place in their Subaru.

Fourth place was taken by Brad Luff’s Subaru, with yet another Subaru of Rian Calder in fifth.

In a surprise result, former ARC runner David West returned to the stages and took sixth in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III.

Overnight rain made conditions tricky for the 30 crews, and with wet conditions failing to improve, the decision was made by organisers to shorten the event from eight stages to three.

Regardless of the early finish, teams were complimentary of the event format and expressed their interest in returning to the local area for another rally in 2025.

The rally was based at the Moyhu Recreation Reserve with ample support from the Moyhu Lions Club, with the event continuing with a post-event function at the Moyhu Pub.

RESULTS – Xeno CAD Innovations North Eastern Rallysprint

1. Luff/Stilling, Toyota
2. Stratford/Staltari, Ford, +37s
3. Peterson/Austin, Subaru, +42s
4. Luff/Brown, Subaru, +1m32s
5. Calder/Murdoch, Subaru, +1m37s
6. West/West, Mitsubishi, +1m48s
7. Clark/Clark, Subaru, +1m50s
8. Long/Long, Subaru, +2m12s
9. Richards/Garrad, Ford, +2m26s
10. Seabrook/Philpot-Hale, Datsun, +2m26s