LIA BLOCK to make Australian competition debut in Adelaide

November 2, 2026

• LIA BLOCK will make her Australian competition debut at the ARC Festival in Adelaide, 26-29 Nov, piloting a Skoda Fabia Rally2 in a Race of Champions-style head-to-head format.
• The 20-year-old became the youngest-ever ARA champion at 16 in 2023, winning the Open Two-Wheel-Drive title, and in 2026 became the first woman to win outright at an ARA National Championship round.
• BLOCK spent two seasons in F1 Academy with the Williams Racing Driver Academy before returning to rally, where she has quickly re-established herself at the sharp end of North American competition.
• Running with Maximum Motorsport and Carney 4WD Central, BLOCK joins a field including the Bates brothers and Jackson Long on a purpose-built dirt track at Victoria Park Heritage Grandstand.
• The Adelaide outing echoes her late father Ken Block’s iconic 2013 Clipsal 500 Gymkhana demo, bringing the Block name back to Adelaide as a full competitor for the first time.

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