FOUR-DAY’S FOUR-YEAR CURSE

While Australasian Dirt Bike sails towards its 50th year, the country’s most prestigious off-road race, the Australian Four-Day Enduro, has struggled to get passed 40. Starting even before the 40th anniversary event was staged in Cessnock in 2018, there have been a series of disasters that would have founder John Hall turning in his grave but, with luck, he’ll stop spinning when the action gets underway for the 41st A4DE in Erica, Vic, in May.

In the 1970s, Australian riders were scraping funds together for a private entry in the ISDT (International Six-Days Trial, as it was then known) only to discover it was