2025 Gascoyne Dash cut short for best riders and drivers in WA

The best off-road drivers and riders from all parts of WA descended on Carnarvon over the weekend as they competed in the 2025 Gascoyne Dash, in what turned out to be an interrupted event.

There was action on and off the track with day two unfortunately being cancelled due to the local hospital’s capacity.

The organisers of the event decided to go ahead on day two with only cars racing while the motorbike riders were forced to conclude their weekend a day early.

Gascoyne Off Road Racing Club president Ben Broeder said it was a dampener on what had been a great weekend to that point.

“We had to make a decision based on the safety of the athletes racing,” he said.

“Whilst it was a shame to have to cancel the day two bikes, we couldn’t run the risk of a larger problem.

“It was a shame because a lot of the riders ended up travelling back to their homes a day early after travelling up to Carnarvon from all corners of WA.”

Cully’s Motorcycles rider Philip Powderly said he, like many, were disappointed with the outcome but understood the reasons for action.

“Yeah it was annoying, we all would have loved to race day two, that’s what we had trained for and travelled for,” he said.

“We understood the reason that they made the call though.

“It was unfortunate outcome to an otherwise fun weekend of racing.”

Aside from the day two cancellation, the prologue races and day one of racing went ahead for the bike competitors.

Day one of racing involved two laps of the 90km track as the best riders in WA battled it out for a spot on the podium. That would however be the last of the racing days for the bike competitors as the day two conundrum occurred.

The buggy competitors went ahead with a full weekend of racing with an uninterrupted day two.

With the bikes forced to sit out day two, results were drawn from the first day of racing.

Bike competitor Declan Gibbings was named King of the Desert, an award that can be given to bikes or cars.

For Powderly it meant he finished second in his division with an impressive ride on the 180km of dust and dirt.

“I am obviously happy with my results but would have loved to race day two,” he said.

“Hopefully we will be back next year and have another crack at the full weekend.”

Mr Broeder said a full debrief would take place to remedy the day two cancellation as they hoped to bring the event back to the Mid West in 2026.

“We will go back to the drawing board,” he said

“An in-depth debrief will be had to fix the issues we faced this year.”

BIKE RESULTS

Enduro E1: Indy Radcliffe (1st), Darcy O’Maegher (2nd), Charlie Eva (3rd)

Enduro E2: Jackson McGrath (1st), Jackson Versteegen (2nd), Mark Richards (3rd)

Enduro E3: Declan Gibbings (1st), Blair Outram (2nd), Scott Hewitt (3rd)

Vets Class 35+: Jack Campbell (1st), Philip Powderly (2nd), Robert Bell (3rd)

Masters Class 45+: Daniel Woodman (1st), Robert Pollard (2nd), Ben Lally (3rd)

Women’s Class: Kathryn Scoble (1st), Mia Kennedy (2nd), Claire Schmidt (3rd)

CAR RESULTS

Pro Buggy: Adam Trewhella

Prolite: Ryan Print

Extreme 2WD: Bradd Krepp

Performance 2WD: Mathew beck

SXS Pro: Kristen Pinner

SXS Sport: Rob Clarke

Production 4WD: Simon Jones

Extreme 4WD: Max Bradley