Tarmac West

About the Tarmac West

Tarmac West (Lance East Exotics Tarmac West) is Western Australia's premier tarmac rally, contested on sealed, closed public roads across Perth, the Perth hills and surrounding shires. Promoted by Tarmac Events WA and sanctioned through the Australian Auto-Sport Alliance (AASA), the four-day event runs Thursday to Sunday over about 250 kilometres of closed roads, with rally HQ at Langley Park in the Perth CBD, stages at locations such as Whiteman Park, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Toodyay and Chittering, and a finishing Perth City Sprint on Riverside Drive. The successor to the long-running Targa West, it returned in 2024 as the flagship event of Tarmac Events WA's own WA tarmac calendar rather than a round of the national Australian Rally Championship.

Championship

Tarmac Events WA WA tarmac calendar (flagship event; not a round of the Australian Rally Championship)

Organiser

Tarmac Events WA Pty Ltd (trading as Tarmac Events WA)

Base

Perth, Western Australia

Surface

Tarmac

• Format: Four-day event, Thursday to Sunday, ending with the Perth City Sprint and a 'Celebration of Motorsport' finale/gala
• Stage highlights: Whiteman Park, Ellenbrook, Parkerville, Kalamunda (Zig Zag), Mundaring, Malaga, Bullsbrook, Toodyay, Chittering, plus a Perth City Sprint on Riverside Drive in the CBD
• Terrain: Mixed: rolling rural hills around Toodyay and Chittering, technical suburban roads (Malaga, Ellenbrook, Kalamunda), and closed city streets in the Perth CBD
• History: Successor to / formerly known as Targa West (the long-running Perth tarmac rally). Tarmac West returned in 2024 (12–15 Sept 2024) after a two-year pause under promoter Tarmac Events WA
• Notable: 2025 winners were Bryce Moore & Adrian Burney (2022 Toyota Supra), ~2m01s ahead of Jurgen & Helen Lunsmann; Supercars star Scott McLaughlin competed and finished third. Billed as the most prestigious tarmac rally in WA, attracting top…