Legend of The Lakes 2025 Recap
12 November 2025 Bosch Motorsport
Mount Gambier’s picturesque Valley Lake came alive with the sound of engines for the 2025 edition of the Trident Tyre Centre Legend of The Lakes Hillclimb. Every November, 150 drivers take on the challenging 1.3km track that weaves its way up one of the most stunning backdrops in global motorsport, an extinct volcano.
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Often considered Australian motorsport’s best kept secret, this year’s event was a special one, with the South Eastern Automobile Club celebrating the events 20th anniversary.
The SEAC kicked off the celebrations by inducting a select special few officials and competitors to a newly created hall of fame, whilst also putting on an invite only track day for long time competitors on the Thursday before competition.
This year’s Legends was a family affair, with father-son, father-daughter and mother-daughter duos all taking part in competition. It’s also an event for all ages, from the junior class competitors in their teens to 82-year-old Norm Goodall in his Porsche, highlighting the beauty of this event. Legends bridges generational gaps, with passion being the driving force that brings everyone together and keeps them smiling.
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A highlight of the weekend was the Legends debut of Damien Brand’s GC8, a love-letter to the halcyon days of WRC, but packed full of cutting-edge technology. Brand, who was inducted into the hall of fame, has competed in every single Legends and spent ten years putting together a special car for this event, with ‘WRCMAD’ carrying an array of Bosch Motorsport Australia sensors and our BR540 fuel pumps.
Once again, the headline act was Dan Day in SJ1000, who topped the timesheets for the tenth consecutive year, setting a blistering 48.85 second run in the Bosch Motorsport Australia Top 10 Shootout.
Whilst mother nature didn’t allow for Day’s own record, a 48.05 set last year, to be broken, SJ1000 flexed its immense Bosch Motorsport ABS aided braking capabilities all weekend, with Day consistently setting sub 50 second runs in greasy conditions.
Bosch Motorsport Australia is proud to support this event and offers its congratulations to all competitors and officials for making the 20th anniversary such a special weekend. Here’s to 20 more!
