Vale Les Siviour

YOU could put Les Siviour behind the wheel of any motorised vehicle and he made a good fist of controlling it. Put him behind the wheel of a Nissan Patrol – either SWB or LWB – and he was outstanding, especially going fast, really fast.

Les was so good he dominated the Australian Off Road Championship in a modified Nissan Patrol for 14 consecutive years between 1983 and 1998 and 17 championships in total.

He came to the gruelling sport by accident in 1982 when, as a spectator, he undertook an exhibition lap of the rally racing stages – in his wife’s standard GQ Patrol.

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