The BFGoodrich Motorsport Australia Offroad Championship (AORC) resumes this weekend with the annual Loveday 400 event in South Australia.

Unofficially marking the halfway point in the five-stop 2025 AORC title chase, the Loveday 400 event will host more than 60 competitors across trophy trucks, buggy and SXS divisions from 25-27 July – and there are no shortage of championship storylines to follow.

Leading the outright driver standings following a breakthrough victory at the 2025 Tatts Finke Desert Race, West Australian driver Travis Robinson holds a commanding 370-point championship lead over his brother, Beau Robinson, who sits second outright.

Jared Percival and Dale Martin represent the buggy contingent of the championship strongly, sitting third and fourth outright respectively, while Kiwi sensation Boston Morgan-Horan continues to keep the entire field on its toes in fifth outright.

Meanwhile, a separate championship hunt is simmering away in the competitive side-by-side field, with Greg Campbell’s consistent results in Pooncarie and Finke handing him a handy advantage over Glen Ackroyd, Keith McReynolds and Lachlan Bailey in the category standings.

Awaiting competitors in Loveday is a tight and technical circa 40km circuit, keenly described as a “driver’s circuit”, with an emphasis on corner speed and car placement. Because of the circuit’s shorter length – which naturally necessitates more completed laps – car management and setup will also be critical across the three-day event.

South Australian driver Lachlan Bailey hails about 90 minutes down the road from Loveday and arrives with two consecutive fifth-outright finishes at the event, believes the weekend is heating up as anyone’s race.

“It’s a shorter track, so you’re doing lots of laps of the place every time you race,” he said.

“I try to make up time when the track is smooth and then preserve the car in the later stages of the race, because it does get very rough in parts.

“The SXS machines do well there, but when it gets rough the trucks and buggies are generally faster. If we can keep the car together, we should be up the pointy end for sure.”

Check out the Loveday 400 Supplementary Regulations (including event schedule).

The Loveday 400 event marks round three of the 2025 AORC, and will be followed by the St George 399 in August and finally the Kalgoorlie Desert Race in October, where a points-and-a-half scoring system will invite competitors with one last dip at the championship hunt.

The Loveday 400 kicks off with all-important Prologue on Friday, which will determine the starting order for Saturday morning’s Section One (two 40km laps). Section Two will commence Saturday afternoon, following by Sections Three and Four on Sunday.

You can stay up to date with all the latest news from the Loveday 400 on the Motorsport Australia website, and Motorsport Australia social channels and YouTube channel.