Eddie Maguire has capped off his highly successful 2021 with a brilliant victory in the Shannons Adelaide Rally and a hefty $20,000 bonus as a result.

Behind the wheel of a 2016 Dodge Viper, the Tasmanian entered the competitive component of the event as the clear favourite and he co-driver Zak Brakey certainly delivered as they won more than three-quarters of the stages.

Despite being his first time at the event, Maguire looked extremely comfortable on the roads and managed to win or finish second in all but one of the event’s 32 completed stages.

His biggest challenger out of the 90-plus crews came through Porsche GT2 RS driver Jeff Morton and Daymon Nicoli, who went fastest on eight occasions – two of which were shared with Maguire.

In the crews’ battle for top spot, it was the Dodge Viper of Maguire who got off to the better start and took an early lead, however a five second stage win on SS4 saw Morton take the lead from his rival.


Maguire then won 12 of the next 13 stages to finish the first half of the event with a solid 17-second buffer over Morton, while the next best placed crew of Angus Kennard and Ian Wheeler were a further two and half minutes behind.

Eight out of nine stage wins to the 2021 Targa Tasmania winner on day three saw him extend the gap out to 31 seconds before a mixed final day of results saw him finish the weekend with a 29.9 second victory over Morton, while Kennard secured third a further six minutes behind.

The victory saw Maguire rewarded with a $10,000 prize for winning the event outright and another $10,000 bonus for being the fastest interstate driver.

And although he had a strong weekend, it was far from smooth sailing for the 34-year-old, who had multiple issues throughout the weekend.

”We’re really happy with the win, especially with the car having been dialled in really well. It’s a lot easier to come out of the box fast when you have a really good setup,” Maguire said.


“With that said, it wasn’t all that easy as we had a few big issues along the way.

“The first major problem happened on Saturday when we ran the whole day with the diff held with ratchet straps after they tore off, while our intercom failed on Sunday, which led to a stage where we overshot and lost 10 seconds.

“Our soft tyres also struggled a little bit and turned into marshmallows, but apart from that, we didn’t have any major issues and it was a fantastic event to be a part of.

“The concept of the event is so good and the atmosphere was like nothing we have ever seen before. To finish in the heart of the city and with huge amounts of crowds – it felt like a WRC (World Rally Championship) event.

“All in all, we’re really happy and it’s been an awesome year, especially to have won this event with such a great prize and Targa Tasmania. We're looking forward to next year.”


Experienced RSEA Safety Motorsport Australia Rally Championship (ARC) competitor Jack Monkhouse enjoyed a memorable tarmac rally debut with victory in the Classic Competition.

Driving a 1973 Datsun 180B SSS alongside Chloe Bojko, the duo dominated the competition having led the field at the end of every day and eventually taking out a four-minute win over Andrew Booker and Neil Branum.

It was a far closer battle in the Modern Challenge class with Geoffrey Olholm and Matthew Sanders steering their 2019 Toyota Supra GT to a 14-second win over the Porsche 997.2 GT3 of Ben Auld and Lucy Barker.


In the last competition of the event, William Coulter and Andrew Colliver steered their 1986 Toyota Sprinter AE86 to a five-minute victory in the Classic Challenge.

Click here for full results from the 2021 Shannons Adelaide Rally.