Hundreds of competitors will attempt to take on the desert today in what's billed as the most challenging off-road motorsport event in the country.
Hundreds of competitors on dirt bikes and in cars will attempt to take on the challenging Central Australian landscape in the annual Finke Desert Race, widely billed as the toughest off-road motorsport event in the country.
International star of the sport Toby Price has returned to defend his title in a trophy truck, but the seven-time Finke champion has nothing left to prove. At 22 years of age, Danielle Foot already has five Finke races under her belt and was the fastest woman on a bike in the 2021 event.Foot will race to Finke in a Turbo Can-Am alongside her father as his navigator, and then be flown by helicopter back to the start line to run again on a bike, doing the same in reverse on Monday."We hope to win the Class 3 [bikes] again … and the fastest female award, and also just make it back in the Can-Am and create some history," Foot said.
"Once you leave the line on race day one, so much goes on. There's so many bikes and dust, holes that weren't there when you were pre-running, crowds. It's like the world stops for that time."Race organisers pledged this years' event would look quite different with sweeping new safety standards introduced in response to a serious crash last year that left one man dead and two others injured.
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