AMH Automotive Group Rally of the Bay takes place on August 12

Leading South Coast based company AMH Automotive Group has signed on as the naming rights sponsor of the legendary Rally of the Bay in a long-term agreement that will see it backing the rally until 2020.

The event will be known as the AMH Automotive Group Rally of the Bay for another four years giving the event a certain and prosperous future building on almost four decades of heritage.

This year’s AMH Automotive Group Rally of the Bay will be staged on Saturday, August 12, in the forests and shire roads west of Batemans Bay and will be round three of the 2017 Gary’s Motorsport Tyres NSW Rally Championship.

The Batemans Bay rally can trace its origins back more than 40 years and was voted the best round of the 2015 NSW Rally Championship. There are 30 cars already registered but that number is expected to grow.

Locals can check out all the cars at the service park at Corrigans Beach Reserve and the rally headquarters for the first time will be just across the road at Corrigans Cove Beach Resort. Cars will be waved off at a ceremonial start on Orient Street on Saturday at 9am and the designated spectator spots are at Ross Ridge and River Road. 

North Shore Sporting Car Club president Brett Middleton said the club welcomed the partnership with the AMH Auto Group and looked forward to a long and fruitful relationship.

“AMH Auto Group is making a substantial and long term financial commitment to the event and along with the support we receive from the people of Batemans Bay and the business community as well as the Eurobodalla Shire Council we can now guarantee the AMH Auto Group Rally of the Bay will be based there for many years to come,” Mr Middleton said. 

AMH Automotive Group dealer principal, Jade Cowan said the company was proud to make the commitment because it was an iconic event and was a popular annual festival of motor sport.