Driven 4×4 competition 2015

4WD competitions are not very common in Western Australia just yet, and to have one within a couple of hours of Perth that spectators were invited to attend is fantastic. This weekend just gone was the first Driven to Drive 4×4 Competition (with hopefully plenty more to come).

We only made it down for the afternoon and evening events on Saturday, and had a great time watching the various 4WD’s tackle different challenges.

SWB GQ Patrol at Driven 4x4 — A short wheel base GQ Patrol driving one of the tighter tracks

Lots of tight tracks — Up and over some big logs

Jimny 4WD offroad — The small Suzuki’s were made for some of these tracks!

Sierra on a tight track — A sweet Sierra

How fast can you change a tyre — Tyre change speed test

Driven 4x4 Competition — Plenty of people helping to run the event

Driven 4x4 Competition bowl — The main bowl, which we missed the action in!

Badly stuck on a tyre — Stuck on a huge tyre

Night event — Getting ready for the evening event in the Speedway

For the first event, things were done pretty well. The spectators area allowed for a number of different places to watch from, and given most of it was in dense bush it was well done.

I was a bit disappointed to see the lack of advertising and information passed around on the event, its a fantastic event that is well worth the trip down. Overall though, a great event, and no doubt next year will be even better!