After what has been a highly successful year, the Brisbane Sporting Car Club (BSCC) will host its final competitive event this weekend in the picturesque forests of the Benarkin region.
 
Taking place over one jam-packed day of action, the Benarkin Stages will be made up of two legs and will see a strong field of 24 crews complete 70 competitive kilometres over three stages.
 
The first leg will see crews get one run of the two featured stages, with the option for another, where crews’ best times for each stage will count towards their official time before leg two is held in the afternoon.
 
In the second leg, the two stages will be combined to form one longer stage where crews will get two runs on the stage, both of which will be added to their overall time and ultimately determining a winner.

Headlining the entry list are a number of familiar names to the Queensland rallying fraternity, including number one seed Marius Swart, motorsport veteran Tony Quinn and Bosch Motorsport Australia Rally Championship driver Ian Griffin.
 
While this year will be the fourth edition of the popular event, organisers have chosen to make some changes in the hopes of evening out of the field, which includes running all three stages in reverse, and the addition of a new spectator point.
 
Clerk of Course Peter Flynn was pleased the club was able to get one more event completed for what had been a busy year of rallying compared to previous years.
 
“We have finally had a pretty good year of rallying, and to cap it off, I wanted to use some of the good work from earlier in the year to keep the interest going before we adjourn for a well-deserved summer break,”
 
“Running in reverse to the usual direction changes the character of the course completely and puts a new spin on the event – it makes it a whole new challenge; so, for those who think they have done it before, it won’t even be close.  
 
“We also know competitors prefer the longer stages, which is why they are going to shorten the usual time spent running over the first two stages and use those as a warmup for the two planned runs over the long stage for all crews.
 
“With this new approach, we have also taken the opportunity to completely change the spectator experience – Across the whole day, all spectating will be in a large natural amphitheatre area that will give fantastic views over several corners of the stages, which will add to the experience.

“These events have established a good reputation over the last three years for being an enjoyable day out with some great roads and fast competition and this year will be no different. Everything is in place to make another enjoyable, value-for-money day out enjoying some fast-paced rally action.”

The Benarkin Stages take place in the forests of Benarkin on 14 October.