With the return of the St George 399 to the AORC next weekend, take a look back at some highlights from years gone by.
Beginning with the 2017 St George 399, spoiler alert, it was won by eventual 2023 AORC Champion Travis Robinson.
In 2018, Toby Whateley emerged as a contender for the championship and made history as he became the first driver to steer a SXS Turbo to an AORC section win.
While he wasn’t able to hold off eventual AORC champions Shannon and Ian Rentsch from ultimately taking out the event, Whateley still led the championship at the end of the round.
Shannon Rentsch went back-to-back to defend his St George 399 crown again in 2019. Rentsch was on his own at the front of the pack, it was always going to be a tall order on the final section and unsurprisingly, the 2018 champions enjoyed a wonderful start to their title defence with an 11 minute victory.
With a COVID interruption in 2020, St George would open the 2021 season with Josh Howells in peak form with his first career AORC round win.
Howells again defended his St George 399 crown, where he remains the reigning victor ahead of the event’s return to the AORC in 2025 – albeit with significant changes to the course.
