cartel stockists
August 30th, 2010
We know you guys love checking out the latest and greatest from the Cartel Crew. With regular releases happening as we expand the product range there is always something to check out on the website! But theres nothing better than walking into a local store and getting to touch, feel and size the quality range from Offroad Cartel before deciding which best suits your dirt lifestyle! Well now you can! The Cartel Crew have been working with a few selected stockists to bring the latest Cartel Gear to a location near you!
Click on the Stockists page for a location near you! Or if you’ve got a local shop that you reckon should be stocking the Cartel Range – tell them to drop us a line!
The first on board are the TJM North Group – Mackay, Townsville, Cairns, Mt Isa and Darwin! So if you’re local to these shops – head on down – grab a great deal – and walk out a winner!
flight of the bumble bee
August 23rd, 2010
One Rock – One Dune – One Coopers Rally at a time!
The Cartel Crew turned up ready to race again to the final round of the Coopers Rally Series held at LCMP 21/22 August 2010. With some minor tweaks to the suspension of the Bumble Bee, Shawn Swaffield and Adrian Turner had again double nominated in the Deisel Class of the series. Having competed in all 4 rounds it was going down to the wire with Swaffield going into the round with a small points lead over Turner. With a great display of driving prowess and consistancy the boys turned over a number of blistering laps, placing at the pointy end of the field – not just in class, but overall as well!
With crowds cheering as the final lap of the gymkana loop pleased spectators thirst for excitement, the Bee was pushed well beyond the relms of sanity and Shawn Swaffield was crowned the victor in a hotly contested class and 2nd overall! Adrian Turner drove very cleanly and ended up a impressive 2nd in Deisel class in the series – meaning the Bumble Bee had just run and won 1st and 2nd fastest deisel!
Congrats to both Shawn Swaffield and Adrian Turner for there brilliant performances through out the series! Dirtsports Domination from the 4700 Ballers!
the domination continues
August 23rd, 2010
Once again Shawn Swaffield has run a Cartel Masterclass in Domination!
The course date was 21 August 2010 and the location was the Super Rally X track at LCMP. Shawn drove his now infamous “Bumble Bee” to an outstanding 1st in Deisel Class in the Super Rally X series. But just to really dish out the lesson he pushed the Bee well beyond and took OUTRIGHT honours against a truely impressive lineup of twin turbo V8 patrols and turbo six race weapons! After a hard fought year with a tough range of conditions testing all competitors mettle, it is impressive to see the OG Cartel Crew member stand atop the podium at LCMP in his Turbo Deisel GQ Nissan 4.2. A huge thanks must go to the LCMP team that put this great event on and the Sponsors of the event ARB and All Four X Four Parts.
Congrats Shawn on the outstanding victory!
WTC 8 Hour Win
July 31st, 2010
Seonee Park in Rockhampton, Queensland played host to the WTC 8 Hour Enduro on July 31, 2010.
With huge names of the sport like Brian Gregg and Mark Thomas in the ultra competitive lineup, the stage was set for a spectical worthy of Caesars own Colosseum.
As the crisp morning was interupted by the sounds of 6L V8s, Turbo Sixs and some of the quickest deisels every to roam the earth, the spectator mounds were a buzz with talk of team strategy, vehicle setup and who would be crowned victor at the end of this Battle Royal!
Hour after grueling hour these Iron Gladiators battled the course, their competitors and mostly themselves to keep ontop of the now monsterous task that was infront of them.
After 8 grueling hours of race pace teams were both exstatic and exhausted to be seeing the checkered flag. The attrition rate of the race was high but the grin factor for the competitors was higher! With the dirtsport fans truely excited about this new form of driving event.
But at the end of the day there could only be one winner and it was none other than Offroad Cartel’s very own Jason “383″ Larcombe.
Jason set a quick pace straight out of the blockes, prologuing in 1st place and holding that position for the entire event, an amazing result considering the mechanical torture that these vehicles go through.
A big congradulations must go to all the team from DAB Engineering – Jason Larcombe, Dane Barrett, Aaron Benson and Herb for an outstanding and absolutely dominating display of speed and endurance.
But just to stamp the Cartel authority on this event a hotly contested 2nd place was wrapped up by none other than Shane Marsden and Trent Wust. These guys are regulars in the Cartel Crew and figuratively and literally drove the wheels off of their GQ Deisel ute to take 2nd overall!
Congratulations for an outstanding effort!
Hoodies have landed
June 30th, 2010
The team at Cartel HQ have been working overtime to bring you the latest in dirt lifestyle clothing! We pride ourselves on listening to all you motorheads and you’ve been telling us that the weather is prime for the latest release from the Cartel Crew! The Hoodies have arrived!!!
Designed to keep you warm whilst you’re looking cool, this Hoodie will be a must have product when you’re hitting the next offroad event, movie premier or just hitting the tracks with mates! We’ve done some extensive testing including beating them mercilessly at the Finke Dezert Race and they clean up sweet every time!
The biggest problem with these Hoodies is keeping your girlfriend out of it! Cause you know with a smoking hot trophy truck and some styling print these are the hot ticket for winter… male or female!



