This unique Australian Event will not be an “Endurance Rally”, it will instead be a National Hub Rally over sealed roads with starting points in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Canberra. Over six days, each route would cover some 2,500-3,000km touring SE Australia, conducting closed “Special Tests” on-route. The Special Tests would not be outright speed events, and only used to split “dead heats” in the daily navigation/timed rally route.

The various routes will all combine to finish In Canberra. There will then be a “rest day”, before the final day “Centenary Concours” & Centenary Dinner/Trophy presentation. The Pre-War M.G. Register of Australia are hosting their Bi-annual gathering of Pre-War Models in Canberra in October of 2023 – the hub rally will finish the day before the first day of the Pre-War Rally. This will allow the participation of some of the Pre-War Owners in the Hub Rally as organising crews on-route to Canberra and give the “post-war” M.G. Owners an interesting “after rally” event to witness/attend in the MG Centenary Year.

The event will be limited to 251 cars – 50 from each starting point (with one VIP entry to make the 251). This will keep numbers to a manageable level on each route and the accommodation in regional/rural towns achievable. There will also be limits on model numbers (no more than 10 of any particular model from each starting point). This is so we do not have 250 MGB’s and nothing else. The aim is to encourage the participation of a wide range of M.G. Models, from Pre-War, through T-Types, MGA’s and MGB’s through to the last of the British built MG’s in 2005.

The routes from each starting point are yet to be finalised, but the aim is to use sealed “back roads” rather than the major highways. Out aim is to make your journey enjoyable and interesting, while experiencing a little of the sport of rallying in your MG.

The event will not be cheap to run – 5 rally management crews of 6 people for each route as the major overhead (fuel/food), so entry fees will be high, however it is a Centenary Event that is a one off & not be repeated for another 100 years.

The aim is to make the event affordable and good value for the average MG owner to participate.

No special rally equipment will be required, however an accurate and working odometer will be essential to follow the prescribed route at the nominated timetable. Satellite Navigation and phone navigations apps will be permitted. Each participating crew will need to download a dedicated “RallySafe” app on a mobile phone, which will track all participants as a safety measure. It will also ensure there is compliance with the posted speed limit by all competitors. The cost of this app will be included in the entry fee. Entrants will need to have a suitable mobile device/phone for this app (specifications to come).

Questions along the rally route will relate to “Regulated Road Signage”, so you will not be looking for obscure answers up trees or in paddocks – all signs you should be reading anyway!