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Tatts Finke Desert Race 2026 will be the 50th anniversary event, taking place from June 5th to June 8th, 2026.

02/04/2026

Finke Vibes 2026🔥🎥

31/03/2026

Can't wait for these crowds to be back again for an exciting anniversary year 🎉

30/03/2026

50th anniversary Tatts Finke Desert Race will take place from June 5–8, 2026.

20/03/2026

Next up on our featured people that keep the dust flying and the wheels turning at the Tatts Finke Desert Race is Glen Auricht
Q: How many years have you been involved?
A: Over 35 years, firstly as a bike competitor 1990 to 2002, then as a volunteer preparing the 223km long track every year, and serving as committee member.
Q: What keeps you coming back?
A: Finke is an amazing event with awesome people, and I feel very proud to be involved.
Q: If the committee were a buggy pit crew, what’s your unofficial role?
A: I think I am one of the wheels, that allows the event to be run each year, by building and sign marking the track with my team to make it raceable, and working at Finke checkpoint.
Q: If the Tatts Finke Desert Race had a theme song, what’s playing?
A: “You’re Simply the Best”
Q: Best moment you’ve had at the event or one you still laugh about?
A: 2001 Finke Desert Race, the Finke in flood, and riding back to Alice Finish line and finishing, after 100mm rain fell over night at Finke – absolute mud bath for 200km. We all wore plastic garbage bags to block wind chill while riding soaking wet.
Q: Coffee, energy drink, or pure adrenaline?
A: All three for sure, plus a beer after.
Q: Bike or Buggy?
A: Definitely love the bikes, the riders are heroes, the buggies also awesome and impressive horsepower and speed.
Q: Favourite participant over the years?
A: Wow that’s hard with so many great riders, but I would have to say my son Caleb, a great top level competitor, who has raced 16 Finkes, and also has built engines and suspension and track training for so many other riders.
Q: Biggest challenge most people never see?
A: Months of work developing the race track each year, so that its challenging, raceable and safe for the ever increasing competitor numbers, and ever increasing race machine horse power and speed.
Q: What’s the one thing that must go right for the weekend to feel like a success?
A: A hard question because there are a hundred things that have to happen simultaneously by so many people doing their job, so I would say “Great Team Work” is the one thing that must go right.
Q: When it’s all over, what’s your first thought, what do you look forward to?
A: Late afternoon, at Finke checkpoint I love it when I see the last competitor, pit crew and spectator disappear over the horizon, and I think “wow we did it!”, the brain begins to clear, and happy tiredness sets in for the pack down and long, rough drive back to Alice up the track.

09/03/2026

Travis Robinson, Beau Robinson, Mark Burrows, Boston Morgan-Horan, Shannon Rentsch, Brad Gallard and many more key car competitors are locked in for 2026 🔒
It's going to be one of the best there and back adventures we've ever seen!
Get your tickets now: bit.ly/FinkeTickets2026

27/02/2026

LESS THAN 100 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE 2026 TATTS FINKE DESERT RACE 🤪

23/02/2026

Alex Kelly completed two "firsts" at the 2025 Tatts Finke Desert Race, going there and back for the first time, while also being the first to ride an AJP SPR510 at Finke 👏
Alex owns Skinny's Garage in South East Queensland, while also playing a role in the suspension development with Edge Competition for AJP Motos Australia. So basically, he knows his stuff!
In 2026, Alex will be the AJP MOTOS Australia team mechanic, supporting other competitors representing AJP Motos Australia

21/02/2026

Who won the 2017 Tatts Finke Desert Race in the bikes?
A. Todd Smith
B. David Walsh
C. Daymon Stokie
D. Toby Price
Leave your answers 👇

17/02/2026

2026 Tatts Finke Desert Race, taking place from June 5–8 over the King’s Birthday weekend, marks its 50th anniversary as Australia’s premier off-road event. It will be the biggest in history, featuring an increased capacity of 750 bikes and 200 cars.
Join👉 facebook.com/share/1DD5XxZ4rQ/

08/02/2026

Looking back at 2016 👀Ready for 2026🖥️👇

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