2025 Tatts Finke Desert race draws hundreds to prologue ahead of main race
An iconic Red Centre race is ‘vibing’, as punters come from far and wide to catch the action on day one. Did we snap you? See the gallery.
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Finke is “vibing”, according to one attendee, as race fever grips the Red Centre capital.
Hundreds of punters have descended on the Finke start line in Alice Springs on Saturday to catch all the action in the prologue.
Punters had come from both the east and the west coast to catch the action, with plenty of Alice Springs locals also turning out.
Kiwi expat Sich Inc said Finke was “vibing” and it was a good event for the town to bring everyone together.
Mr Inc was joined by Kemp Silver, who’d been living in Alice for the last 13 years but said it was his first time coming to the race.
“I’ve always been too busy,” he said with a laugh.
Others were out showing support for mates who were having a crack in this year’s Finke, such as Kodi Horan, who said her aunty was racing on a motorbike this year.
Coming all the way from the WA wheatbelt town of Merredin to support Dennis Duncan and Gary Povah was Brad, Xavier, and Kobi Sayers.
The trio said it was the pair’s first crack at the race in a car, and were confident they’d “crack the top twenty”.
Meanwhile, Alice Springs locals Anita Suich and Abby Cochrane had also come down.
Ms Suich said it was her daughters first time in the race, while Ms Cochrane said her mum came every year and was “addicted to motorsport” – a point Ms Suich laughingly agreed to.
Punters had come from all over Australia to catch the all the action, with Andrew Gallagher and Steven Porch coming to Alice from Gippsland via the Oodnadatta track.
Wayne Looney, from Ballarat, said it was his first time coming to Finke, and had a simple mantra for the weekend: “I’m just gonna have fun and few beers,” he said with a big grin.
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