2025 Shannons Rally Retro Festival Postponed

Regrettably, the organising team of the 2025 Shannons Rally Retro Festival has made the difficult decision to postpone this year’s event.

This decision was not made lightly. We fully understand that many were eagerly anticipating this exciting annual celebration and will be disappointed by the news.

Unfortunately, several issues, some beyond our control, have led us to this outcome. The organisers believe it is in the best interest of the event and its reputation to postpone rather than risk delivering a compromised experience. Over the years, the Shannons Rally Retro Festival has built a wonderful reputation, and we remain committed to preserving the high standards and spirit of the event.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the car owners, officials, sponsors, and all our supporters who have contributed to making the Festival such a success. Your dedication and enthusiasm mean the world to us.

The Festival will return, and we look forward to bringing you more details about its exciting comeback in 2026. Stay tuned for further updates!

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Sincerely,
The Organising Team
Shannons Rally Retro Festival

NSW invasion at Shannons Rally Retro Festival

Six iconic European rally cars will finally get to RRF – thanks to support from PrixCar Services and TopStart Trailers.

The most significant contingent of iconic European rally cars yet will make its way from NSW for Shannons Rally Retro Festival – including no less than 3 World Rally Lancias, a Renault R5 Turbo. a Fiat 131 Abarth and a Ferarri 308 GTB.

Read more on the Shannons Rally Retro Festival site

Shannons naming rights sponsor of 2024 Rally Retro Festival

Yes, Shannons have decided to share in OUR passion, coming on board to support our event on Saturday February 17 next year.

To be known as the Shannons Rally Retro Festival, the support of Shannons, especially their presence in the motoring media landscape, will take our event and the expected number of enthusiasts who visit, to a whole new level.

Shannons is Australia’s leading insurance provider for motoring enthusiasts and it’s a great vote of confidence stemming from success of the last 4 events and the organization of the HRA generally.

Shannons Business Development Manager Belinda Douglas said: “Shannons have been a long term supporter of Historic Motor Racing since Robert Shannon started what we now know as Shannons Insurance today.

We are proud to be able to continue that legacy and support the growing and exciting sport of Historic Rally in what will be “The Shannons Rally Retro Festival in 2024”.

Our team on the ground will be all fired up to support the competitors and interact with the punters on the day.”

See more at rallyretrofestival.org.au

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Next Rally Retro Festival in 2023

The 2021 Rally Retro Festival in February was a cracker despite Covid restrictions.

The HRA plans to run the next Rally Retro Festival on the last Saturday in February 2023. The year gap is partly because that was always the plan (to run every second year) and partly because organizing for a February 2022 event has been severely restricted throughout this year.

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Video: Galant VR4 at Rally Retro Festival

Rally Retro’s James Nixon gets Australian Rally Champions Ed Ordynski and Ross Dunkerton talking about the ground breaking Mitsubishi Galant VR4.

The car’s owner, motorsport photographer extraordinaire Stuart Bowes introduces the car – the first one built by Ralliart for Rally Australia.

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Rally Retro Festival – February 29 in Bayswater North

RALLY RETRO FESTIVAL

Saturday February 29 2020

No dust! New venue, grass display and a bitumen track

Planning is well underway for our second Rally Retro Day, now called Rally Retro Festival – a gathering of very special rally cars, championship cars and magnificent replicas – to be “On Display and On the track.”  see our 2020 promotional video here

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