The 2023 Motorsport Australia Motorkhana Championship has come and gone, and with it a plethora of class wins and brilliant motorsport performances.

Hosted by Hills District Car Club and Thornleigh Car Club, the event saw the nation’s best motorkhana drivers take to Nirimba Education Precinct to fight for the coveted motorkhana title.

While it was a familiar surname on the trophy, this year saw a different member of the Wuillemin clan secure bragging rights, with Daniel Wuillemin winning the outright trophy thanks to a consistent performance throughout.

While Daniel was the deserved winner on the day, he joked that the absence of the 2022 title winner and brother, Aaron Wuillemin – who was competing at the Asia Pacific Motorsport Championships in Malaysia – made the task somewhat easier.

“If you send my two main competitors over to Malaysia to compete, that helps,” Wuillemin joked.

“But Dave Beames and Andrew Collier are always good to compete against.

“My brother, Aaron, also got the car ready for me, so a big thanks to him for leaving me with a winning car to compete in.”

The Victorian’s win put him in front of other motorkhana regulars, such as runner-up David Beames who also delivered a steady performance as winner of the F Class, replicating his runner up finish at last month’s Victorian Motorkhana Championship.

Roger Tite rounded out the outright podium, followed closely by Philip East and Andrew Collier, who finished behind Wuillemin as runner up in Class G.

Outside of the outright battle, the event saw a number of other drivers claim wins of their own, including Kelvin Goldfinch for Class A, Brett Davison for B and Brian Shanahan for C.

Class D was won by Dean Batt, and H by Martin Gallard, while the E Class victory went to Reece McIntosh who narrowly missed out on a top five finish in the outright championship.

The day also recognised motorkhana’s finest female and junior competitors, with drivers awarded for topping the outright and production categories for both groups.

Cobey East-Johnson topped the Ladies Outright division after a stellar performance, matched by Emma Goldfinch who was best in Ladies Production.

And for the Juniors, it was Hamish East-Wuillemin who won the Outright trophy, while James Ware Jnr secured the win for Production.