The 2024 Motorsport Australia Motorkhana Championship enjoyed stellar performances from a diverse array of competitors and cars.

Hosted by the Mini Car Club of WA at CARCO.com.au Raceway in Western Australia, the 51st running of the event featured some of the nation’s most skilled motorkhana drivers, all contesting for the highly desired title.

After a strong weekend of competition across twelve tests, Scott Bennett claimed the Championship trophy once again with an outright total of 273.64, making it his seventh overall win. He also takes the Class F win whilst overcoming some familiar rivals in the process.

“It is usually a very tight competition, and this year was no different,” Bennett said.

“Quite a few of us were trading fastest times all day with five new Australian record times set by four different competitors.”

Close behind Bennett was Aaron Wuillemin, the regular high scorer was on the brink of adding another title to his impressive collection with an outright total of 275.81. Completing the podium in the outright competition was the eldest son of Scott, William Bennett. William won the 2024 Western Australia Motorkhana Championship this year after a consistent year of competing.

The Bennett family was well represented throughout the event, with Scott Bennett’s father Ross Bennett, his sons William and James, with the latter finishing second in Junior Outright and his daughter Amy Bennett who won the Lady Outright competition.

Beyond the Outright title and the Bennett name, there were many more victories to be had across various classes. Class A was won by Simon Ridgewell, while Class B saw dominance from Jurgen Lunsmann taking the win and Patrick and Michael Dufty finishing second and third respectively. In Class C, Peter Marsh claimed victory, while Ian Towart took the win in Class D and Tristan Pierre in Class E.

Meanwhile, Aaron Wuillemin who had missed last year’s event due to competing in Malaysia for the FIA Asia Pacific Motorsport Championship, took the win in Class G.

The day also recognised the women and junior competitors, with drivers awarded for topping the outright and production categories for both groups.

The women’s competition saw Amy Bennett emerging as the Lady Outright victor. In the Lady Production category, Eloise Meehan claimed the top spot whilst also finding herself in second for Junior Production.

Amongst the Junior categories, Hamish East-Wuillemin topped the competition, and Cameron Matthews took the win in Junior Production.