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The Adelaide Rally is an annual tarmac rally event held in Adelaide, South Australia. The three-day event features closed-road stages in the Adelaide Hills and surrounding regions, as well as touring categories that allow road-registered vehicles to participate in a non-competitive format.[1]
History
[edit]The Adelaide Rally has its roots in the Classic Adelaide Rally, first held in 1997 as one of the events created by the South Australian state government as a replacement for the Australian Grand Prix that had relocated to Melbourne.[2]
The Classic Adelaide Rally event took place in 1997 and ran until 2009 [3]. The Classic Adelaide Rally was revived in 2015, running alongside the Adelaide Motorsport Festival. [4] It was renamed the Adelaide Rally in 2016 [5], incorporating newer cars alongside the classic cars, and has been run by Massive Events Corporation each year since. [6] This is despite the challenges presented by COVID-19 and the safety review into tarmac rallying. Since 2019 the Adelaide Rally has run separately from the Adelaide Motorsport Festival [7].
In 2025, organisers announced a capacity entry list with 471 entries[8], making the Adelaide Rally the world’s largest tarmac rally at the time.[9]
Format
[edit]The Adelaide Rally runs across three days on closed-road stages in and around Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills. The event is divided into categories designed to cater for both competitive and non-competitive participants [10].
Rally Pro/Competition: The outright competitive classes bring Australian and international rally teams to the Adelaide Rally. Featuring international and Australian rally entrants, including teams from the Australian Rally Championship, Indonesia and New Zealand in FIA Rally 2, FIA Super 2000 and Group AP4 spec vehicles.
TSD: A ‘TSD’ (Time-Speed-Distance) category in which entrants will aim to match a target time set by the clerk of course. Penalties are applied against minimum and maximum speeds, as well as for arriving early or late of the allocated target time.
Spirit Tour: The Spirit Tour is non-competitive and untimed. Vehicles will follow the same course and include the same activities as the main competition. Vehicles are limited to 120km/h whilst on closed road stages.
Main Tour: Run on the same course and including the same activities as the main competition, Main Tour vehicles are limited to 100km/h whilst on all closed road stages. Main Tour entrants can also be in the running for the aforementioned ‘Spirit of the Event’ award.
Branded Tours: Alongside the Main Tour there are tour groups from various cars brands, clubs and dealers. Vehicles are limited to 100km/h whilst on all closed road stages.
Prima Tour: A one-day entry-level event designed to introduce new participants to tarmac rallying. The Prima Tour takes in the first four stages of the rally. Vehicles are limited to 100km/h whilst on all closed road stages.
Spectator Stages and Street Parties
[edit]The Adelaide Rally incorporates several spectator stages in and around Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills.
Spectator Stages and Street Parties include:
Gouger Street Party: Held on the Saturday evening of the event, the full rally field is on display along Gouger Street [11].
Wairoa Special Stage: Running for one kilometre from Aldgate through the esses to Stirling. Cars start from Aldgate near Euston Road and head up under the railway bridge towards the jump at Arkaba Road before they wind their way towards Stirling [12]
Strathalbyn Lunch Stop and Town Stage: The Strathalbyn Lunch Stop and Town Stage debuted in the Shannons Adelaide Rally in 2023 [13]. The stage starts on Catherine Street, turning onto Donald Street and Rankine Street before Sunter Street, crossing the St. Andrews Bridge before the stage finish. There is also a Lunch Stop adjacent to the Soldiers Memorial Garden.
References
[edit]- ^ "Motorsport legends to heat up 2025 Shannons Adelaide Rally across the state this November". 8 September 2025.
- ^ "Classic Adelaide Rally (1997-2009) impresses overseas entrants; overcomes an early tragedy on hills loops".
- ^ "Classic Adelaide Rally (1997-2009) impresses overseas entrants; overcomes an early tragedy on hills loops". Adelaide AZ. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ^ "Fans flock to Adelaide Motorsport Festival". 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Adelaide Rally, world's biggest of its type, returns in 2016 as part of motorsport festival, using city and Hills link". Adelaide AZ. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ^ "Adelaide Rally, world's biggest of its type, returns in 2016 as part of motorsport festival, using city and Hills link".
- ^ Sergey (2019-12-08). "Irelands win Adelaide Rally". Motorsport Australia. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ^ ARE.SA, WE (2025-09-30). "Record number of drivers rally around SA event". WE ARE.SA. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
- ^ "Greg Murphy, Scott Pye enter record 471-car Adelaide Rally". 9 September 2025.
- ^ "CATEGORIES". Adelaide Rally. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
- ^ Zalac, Danika (2025-11-20). "Beloved Gouger Street Party returns, bringing supercars and summer vibes to the city this November". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
- ^ LePoidevin, Tiffany (2025-11-18). "Shannons Adelaide Rally returns for 3 days of supercars, street parties and serious speed". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
- ^ "Shannons Adelaide Rally to return to Strathalbyn". The Southern Argus. 2025-11-12. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
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