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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now we know thousands flocked to Central Australia over the
long weekend for the iconic Fink Desert Race, two brothers
taking first and second place on the podium in the
cars category, with young gun Corey Hammond riding into the
history books claiming his first King of the Desert crow.
For the bikes now joining me, crown, i should say,
(00:20):
for the bikes joining me on the line to tell
us a bit more about how the event twinned. It
is the Fink Vice president, Kelsey Bradford. Good morning, Kelsey,
Hey Katie, how are you? You're really good? How did
it all go over the weekend?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It was a really good weekend. We had a really
successful weekend and we crowned two new winners. So we're
pretty stoked about that as well.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Yeah, talk us through the results, he.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
One, yeah, yeah. So in the cars, as you just mentioned,
we had Travis Robinson and Paul Curry long term races
that have been here for many, many years, decades and
to see Trav finally get that top step it's pretty great.
He's come on the podium before but never quite got there.
And to do it the year after his brother Bo
(01:05):
and for Bow, his brother Roy Robinson and his navigator
Shane Hut To be second with him was fantastic. And
then in third place for the cars, we have a
newbie and he's quite young. I understand he's seventeen or
eighteen years old, just started racing and he's come in third.
He's Boston Morgan Horan and his navigator. They've come from
(01:28):
New Zealand, so it's pretty cool to see him do
his first think and finish up there on the podium.
And then obviously in the bikes we had Corey Hammond
who'd been knocking on the podium for a while. He's
come forth a couple of times and to see him
take that win out and followed by Campbell Hall who's
a good friend of him and he's nineteen years old,
so we'll be seeing a lot from him in the future.
(01:49):
And then third place Brodie Waters who miraculously rode in.
He had a big, big, big crash about twenty kilometers out,
came in and had a bruised eye, and later on
we found out in the night he got back on
and continued and come third and he had as I
think he's got fractures in his neck and all sorts
(02:10):
of things. So yeah, it was definitely running on adrenaline,
but it was nothing short of amazing, so incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
And there's a women's category as well, isn't there?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
There is? And Maddie Healy has gone back to back
with that Queen of the Desert. Its unofficial title is
that she's amazing. She's such a strong rider. I think
she finished fifty one overall, and yeah, she's a joy
to watch, a joy to have and it was really
really great to see her do it again.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
How cool. Now I'd seen her interviewed and she was
saying that some of the weather that's been experienced in
Central Australia over recent months or whatever had had caused
the track to be a little bit sort of bumpier
I think than what it's maybe been in preview.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
She is, Yeah, yeah it did. It did help a
little bit with the dust, which is always a trade off,
but yeah, I think it made the sound that little
bit heavier and a little bit more chopped up. But
it seems to go okay. And I neglected to mention
that Hannah Bentley, who was Hayden Bentley, a former winner,
his daughter. I think she's twenty four. She's finished an
(03:13):
eleventh spot and came third in the Extreme two will
drive class, which is the same class as both, so
she both finished first and she finished third, and that
she's now leading the Extreme two will drive class for
the Australian off Road Championship on points so long, it
was a big weekend for the women. It was just
fantastic to see and we can't wait to find out
(03:34):
more around what she does for the rest of the year.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
And I'm loving Look, I'm loving hearing as well about
the family ties. You know, not only with the first
and second with the boys or with the men, but
also there with Hannah.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, exactly and Hayden. We had a bit of a
laugh because Hayden came ninth overall and finished I think
it was second in the trucks of his class, so
he finished behind Travis Robinson in class. And yeah, to
have Hannah two steps behind him and getting a podium
place in her class, it was really really great to see.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
How awesome now Kelsey tell me, like for those out
there listening who've never been to the think, just how
fast do these vehicles get up to?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, well, look you can get the bikes can get
anywhere up to one hundred and eighty one hundred and
ninety kilometers an hour, which seems insane when you think
that's just on two wheels, and then the cars anywhere
from two hundred and twenty to two hundred and forty
kilometers an hour. And I don't know if you've seen,
but it's gone a little bit viral that we had
Mick Maga and his co driver Bernie Web they had
(04:42):
a big, big role eight rolls over and the safety
measures we've put in place, it really shows why everyone
walked away. There was you know, in a cage. It's
a bit easier, but their devices work, their car was strong.
But yeah, that was a big, big, big one.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
So phenomenal. If you haven't seen it on the socials,
I think you've probably just got to do a Google
search and you'll be able to find it and go
hold pretty crazy it is. And it just goes to
show you, you know, what kind of event this is,
and it is such a it's such a wonderful event.
It's such a spectacle as well, you know for those
(05:20):
camping out along you know, along the place, and it's
such a huge draw card. I mean, as you've just
gone through there as well, people from you know, across
like all over the world.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, well it was quite interesting because we had Toby
Price was racing over in the Baha five hundred, which
is a massive race over in Mexico, but it's very American.
It's a lot of American races there. It's off road
racing and think sometimes gets compared to Baja. They it
was quite interesting to hear that we had one race
of Brad Lovel from the States. He won his class.
(05:55):
He was saying, Toby and all that are over in
their pits in Baja watching the fink live stream of
what's going over here. And then we had people here
watching Toby racing in Baja and their live feet. So
it was quite funny. But yeah, we're known internationally now.
We had a competitor. He's an Englishman from Dubai who's
raced all over the world. He said this is the
(06:16):
best event he's ever been to. He said, the town,
the feel, the whole event, the camping, the desert, just
everything about it is something he's never experienced ever before
and wants to bring a whole bunch of people over.
So if you've never been, you just go once and
you'll be hooked and yeah, you won't think twice.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
How awesome. Now tell me what kind of numbers did
you have in terms of attendance? Do you know?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
We're we're still figuring that one out, but it seemed
to be quite a good race. We still estimate that
we had around twelve to thirteen thousand people down the track,
and then we had probably or over ten thousand people
across the weekend coming over into the start finish line,
so we're still really strong in spectator numbers. In the bikes,
(07:04):
we had seventy more bikes than last year, which is
really really good to see. And then in the cars
we were slightly down, but the cars stay quite consistent
in how many are racing. And we're obviously getting ready
for next year today, so we can only imagine a
full crop of bumper field for next year.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Doesn't stop, doesn't stop.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
It doesn't Oh goodness.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
If we want planning for next year anything different, well.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
That's what we have to start doing. Just we did
just announce so last night to anyone who was interested
in racing, that you can fill out an EOI today
at midday just to gauge how many people really want
to race, so that we can try to make have
as many people as we can racing, but I would
really suggest that if you want to come next year,
(07:55):
you might need to start booking accommodation. Now.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yeah, I reckon it's going to be busy. There is
no doubt about that. So I mean, Kelsey on a hole.
Do you feel as though things went really well over
the course of the weekend. It sounds like they did.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, I do, I really do. It was a year
of first It was a year that we still had,
you know, really good numbers and it was a nice
way that the bikes got to There was a lot
of first timers that got to have a race, and yeah,
it just felt like a really good atmosphere. Everyone was
helping each other out, all that kind of stuff that
(08:30):
usually happens. It's just a really good vibe this year.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
It's great. Good on you guys, A big congratulations and
I think that you know, when it comes to events
in Central Australia, there is nothing like the Fink when
it comes to events right around the world, really, there
is nothing like the Fink. So a big congratulations to
you guys and to all of the winners, and no
doubt next year for the fiftieth. It's going to go off.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
It's going to go off, and I have to say
a huge thank you to everyone from Central Australia, everyone
from Apatula. Like this race belongs to the towns themselves
and everyone that supports it, so we can't say thanks
enough to everyone.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Oh good on you, Kelsey. Lovely to talk to you
this morning. Hope you guys get a day off at
some point to recover.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Yeah, we're literally packing up now, but thank you so much, Katie.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Oh lovely to have you on the show. Thanks Kelsey,
Now we know thousands flocked to Central Australia over the
long weekend for the iconic Fink Desert Race, two brothers
taking first and second place on the podium in the
cars category, with young gun Corey Hammond riding into the
history books claiming his first King of the Desert crow.
For the bikes now joining me, crown, i should say,
(00:20):
for the bikes joining me on the line to tell
us a bit more about how the event twinned. It
is the Fink Vice president, Kelsey Bradford. Good morning, Kelsey,
Hey Katie, how are you? You're really good? How did
it all go over the weekend?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It was a really good weekend. We had a really
successful weekend and we crowned two new winners. So we're
pretty stoked about that as well.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Yeah, talk us through the results, he.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
One, yeah, yeah. So in the cars, as you just mentioned,
we had Travis Robinson and Paul Curry long term races
that have been here for many, many years, decades and
to see Trav finally get that top step it's pretty great.
He's come on the podium before but never quite got there.
And to do it the year after his brother Bo
(01:05):
and for Bow, his brother Roy Robinson and his navigator
Shane Hut To be second with him was fantastic. And
then in third place for the cars, we have a
newbie and he's quite young. I understand he's seventeen or
eighteen years old, just started racing and he's come in third.
He's Boston Morgan Horan and his navigator. They've come from
(01:28):
New Zealand, so it's pretty cool to see him do
his first think and finish up there on the podium.
And then obviously in the bikes we had Corey Hammond
who'd been knocking on the podium for a while. He's
come forth a couple of times and to see him
take that win out and followed by Campbell Hall who's
a good friend of him and he's nineteen years old,
so we'll be seeing a lot from him in the future.
(01:49):
And then third place Brodie Waters who miraculously rode in.
He had a big, big, big crash about twenty kilometers out,
came in and had a bruised eye, and later on
we found out in the night he got back on
and continued and come third and he had as I
think he's got fractures in his neck and all sorts
(02:10):
of things. So yeah, it was definitely running on adrenaline,
but it was nothing short of amazing, so incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
And there's a women's category as well, isn't there?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
There is? And Maddie Healy has gone back to back
with that Queen of the Desert. Its unofficial title is
that she's amazing. She's such a strong rider. I think
she finished fifty one overall, and yeah, she's a joy
to watch, a joy to have and it was really
really great to see her do it again.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
How cool. Now I'd seen her interviewed and she was
saying that some of the weather that's been experienced in
Central Australia over recent months or whatever had had caused
the track to be a little bit sort of bumpier
I think than what it's maybe been in preview.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
She is, Yeah, yeah it did. It did help a
little bit with the dust, which is always a trade off,
but yeah, I think it made the sound that little
bit heavier and a little bit more chopped up. But
it seems to go okay. And I neglected to mention
that Hannah Bentley, who was Hayden Bentley, a former winner,
his daughter. I think she's twenty four. She's finished an
(03:13):
eleventh spot and came third in the Extreme two will
drive class, which is the same class as both, so
she both finished first and she finished third, and that
she's now leading the Extreme two will drive class for
the Australian off Road Championship on points so long, it
was a big weekend for the women. It was just
fantastic to see and we can't wait to find out
(03:34):
more around what she does for the rest of the year.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
And I'm loving Look, I'm loving hearing as well about
the family ties. You know, not only with the first
and second with the boys or with the men, but
also there with Hannah.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, exactly and Hayden. We had a bit of a
laugh because Hayden came ninth overall and finished I think
it was second in the trucks of his class, so
he finished behind Travis Robinson in class. And yeah, to
have Hannah two steps behind him and getting a podium
place in her class, it was really really great to see.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
How awesome now Kelsey tell me, like for those out
there listening who've never been to the think, just how
fast do these vehicles get up to?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, well, look you can get the bikes can get
anywhere up to one hundred and eighty one hundred and
ninety kilometers an hour, which seems insane when you think
that's just on two wheels, and then the cars anywhere
from two hundred and twenty to two hundred and forty
kilometers an hour. And I don't know if you've seen,
but it's gone a little bit viral that we had
Mick Maga and his co driver Bernie Web they had
(04:42):
a big, big role eight rolls over and the safety
measures we've put in place, it really shows why everyone
walked away. There was you know, in a cage. It's
a bit easier, but their devices work, their car was strong.
But yeah, that was a big, big, big one.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
So phenomenal. If you haven't seen it on the socials,
I think you've probably just got to do a Google
search and you'll be able to find it and go
hold pretty crazy it is. And it just goes to
show you, you know, what kind of event this is,
and it is such a it's such a wonderful event.
It's such a spectacle as well, you know for those
(05:20):
camping out along you know, along the place, and it's
such a huge draw card. I mean, as you've just
gone through there as well, people from you know, across
like all over the world.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, well it was quite interesting because we had Toby
Price was racing over in the Baha five hundred, which
is a massive race over in Mexico, but it's very American.
It's a lot of American races there. It's off road
racing and think sometimes gets compared to Baja. They it
was quite interesting to hear that we had one race
of Brad Lovel from the States. He won his class.
(05:55):
He was saying, Toby and all that are over in
their pits in Baja watching the fink live stream of
what's going over here. And then we had people here
watching Toby racing in Baja and their live feet. So
it was quite funny. But yeah, we're known internationally now.
We had a competitor. He's an Englishman from Dubai who's
raced all over the world. He said this is the
(06:16):
best event he's ever been to. He said, the town,
the feel, the whole event, the camping, the desert, just
everything about it is something he's never experienced ever before
and wants to bring a whole bunch of people over.
So if you've never been, you just go once and
you'll be hooked and yeah, you won't think twice.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
How awesome. Now tell me what kind of numbers did
you have in terms of attendance? Do you know?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
We're we're still figuring that one out, but it seemed
to be quite a good race. We still estimate that
we had around twelve to thirteen thousand people down the track,
and then we had probably or over ten thousand people
across the weekend coming over into the start finish line,
so we're still really strong in spectator numbers. In the bikes,
(07:04):
we had seventy more bikes than last year, which is
really really good to see. And then in the cars
we were slightly down, but the cars stay quite consistent
in how many are racing. And we're obviously getting ready
for next year today, so we can only imagine a
full crop of bumper field for next year.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Doesn't stop, doesn't stop.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
It doesn't Oh goodness.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
If we want planning for next year anything different, well.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
That's what we have to start doing. Just we did
just announce so last night to anyone who was interested
in racing, that you can fill out an EOI today
at midday just to gauge how many people really want
to race, so that we can try to make have
as many people as we can racing, but I would
really suggest that if you want to come next year,
(07:55):
you might need to start booking accommodation. Now.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yeah, I reckon it's going to be busy. There is
no doubt about that. So I mean, Kelsey on a hole.
Do you feel as though things went really well over
the course of the weekend. It sounds like they did.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, I do, I really do. It was a year
of first It was a year that we still had,
you know, really good numbers and it was a nice
way that the bikes got to There was a lot
of first timers that got to have a race, and yeah,
it just felt like a really good atmosphere. Everyone was
helping each other out, all that kind of stuff that
(08:30):
usually happens. It's just a really good vibe this year.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
It's great. Good on you guys, A big congratulations and
I think that you know, when it comes to events
in Central Australia, there is nothing like the Fink when
it comes to events right around the world, really, there
is nothing like the Fink. So a big congratulations to
you guys and to all of the winners, and no
doubt next year for the fiftieth. It's going to go off.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
It's going to go off, and I have to say
a huge thank you to everyone from Central Australia, everyone
from Apatula. Like this race belongs to the towns themselves
and everyone that supports it, so we can't say thanks
enough to everyone.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Oh good on you, Kelsey. Lovely to talk to you
this morning. Hope you guys get a day off at
some point to recover.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Yeah, we're literally packing up now, but thank you so much, Katie.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Oh lovely to have you on the show. Thanks Kelsey,
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