Australia’s full of sunshine, wide open spaces, and – if you believe Facebook – plenty of spiders. Something else it has is fantastic off-road racing like the Tasmanian Sand Enduro.

At the Peron Dunes on Tasmania’s east coast, drivers compete in five heats of roughly sixty miles each over two days. While the event is in its 46^th year, the race continues to draw top talent from around the country. Laying claim to being the longest continuous running off road race in Australia, local organizing group TORCC has conducted the event in November every year since 1973.

Like most events here in the States, the Tasmanian Sand Enduro has a host of different classes, ranging from Pro Buggy to Side-by-Side. Many of the buggies are custom built and while there are some class restrictions, the field is pretty wide open in terms of what is allowed under the hood. Some rigs are powered by high-revving sportsbike mills while others are stuffed with turbocharged V6 engines hauled out of a Holden.

This year, the mother-daughter team of Sharon Sulzberger and Kateland Marshall took to the sand in their buggy, a pair of racers who have been around off-road events their entire lives. This is their first event.

Speaking to Australian news outlet ABC, Marshall was excited to get going. “Once you get in there the adrenaline gets in and you just go for it, and it was nice to spend time with mum,” she told reporters at ABC.

Sand dunes mean plenty of jumps, ones which experienced racer Scott Rockliff explained can make for hairy landings, especially if the driver flings the rig sideways off the jump. Today’s mix of modern gearboxes, gonzo levels of wheel travel, and a ton of horsepower mean drivers can power out of situations they once could not overcome, but it also means they’re likely to be much farther into the weeds if they do get stuck.

Like Daytona in the early days, repetitive laps around a sand course make for a tough track towards the end of the event. With the sand constantly being churned by huge knobby tires, it is arguable to say that no two laps of the track are the same. The ocean plays a factor as well, with rogue waves capable of ensnaring machines that are driven too close to the water’s edge.

The 2018 event was won by Rockliff, making this his ninth victory. Check out some action from past years in the YouTube video below.