Motorkhanas are a low-cost form of motorsport, unique to Australia and New Zealand but similar to the autotests held in the UK and Ireland. They involve manoeuvring a car through tight tests as quickly as possible - one car at a time - on either dirt or bitumen surfaces. This usually requires sliding and spinning the car accurately while maintaining speed through the test course. A little reversing is often included.

Most competitors use normal road cars like Elliott Barnfather's Ford Laser (upper right). Some use specially built vehicles like David Beames' Mini Cooper S powered Delta S (upper left).

This site includes an Australian Motorkhana Calendar of championship and multi-club motorkhanas and some items of historical interest to motorkhana competitors including lists of State Motorkhana Champions, a History of the Australian Championship and profiles of some motorkhana specials.

The NSW Motorkhana Website has a calendar and results for NSW Motorkhanas and Khanacross. The SA Motorkhana Website has photos, video, calendar and results for SA Motorkhanas.

If you would like to compete in motorkhanas in WA, you can receive an email newsletter, Motorkhana News, with event info, supp regs, results and pointscores by contacting Dave Elliott at [email protected]

If you would like to compete in motorkhanas in Victoria, join the Victorian Motorkhana Group and also receive a monthly email newsletter, Victorian Motorkhana News, with event info, supp regs, photos, results and pointscores by contacting Bill McCarthy at [email protected]

For more about motorkhanas, visit Motorkhana World and its Photos