Rally of the Bay

About the Rally of the Bay

Lazer Rally of the Bay 2026 is a single-day gravel rally held on Saturday 25 July 2026 in and around Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast, run by Sydney's North Shore Sporting Car Club (NSSCC) as it has been for around 30 years. The State Championship Bay Stages event comprises eight special stages (one repeated) on forest gravel roads through the Eurobodalla forests, including the well-known River Road stage. It counts as Round 3 of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship, the East Coast Classic Rally Series (2WD and 4WD) and the NSW Clubman Rally Series, also counting toward the ACT Regional Rally Series, and runs alongside the club-permit Bay Ramble and the Shamrock Haulage RD Cup regularity.

Championship

Round 3 of the Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship (NSWRC), the East Coast Classic Rally Series (ECCRS) 2WD and 4WD, and the NSW Clubman Rally Series; also counts toward the ACT Regional Rally Series, and includes the Shamrock Haulage RD Cup regularity event.

Organiser

North Shore Sporting Car Club (NSSCC)

Base

Batemans Bay, NSW

Surface

Gravel

• Format: Single-day rally. The 2026 Bay Stages (State Championship) event comprises 8 special stages (with 1 stage repeated), run alongside the club-permit Bay Ramble and the RD Cup regularity
• Terrain: Forest stages on gravel roads through the Eurobodalla forests, including the iconic River Road stage
• History: Long-running event; NSSCC describes an approximately 30-year tradition of running the rally in the Eurobodalla Shire forests, making it a fixture of the NSW rally calendar
• Notable: One of the highlights of the NSW rally calendar - fast, technical forest gravel roads set against the Batemans Bay coastal backdrop; open to amateur and semi-professional crews across multiple classes and series, with the well-known…