The managing committee for the AMH Rally of the Bay has delayed the event again until November amidst the state's ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
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A spokesperson from the committee said the team "considered a range of options" before deciding to "consult competitors and partners with the view to running the event on November 13".
Event manager, Nigel Bland, said there were many factors to consider in making any decision, and the North Shore Sporting Car Club (NSSCC) had a responsibility to both Batemans Bay and all the rally teams to run the event this year.
"We have major partners on the South Coast who supported our event this year, plus some have also been involved with the rally for many years," he said.
"We need to do the right thing by these partners and also consider what our competitors want from us.
"We know our partners want us to proceed, we know the community of Batemans Bay want us to run the rally, so now we need to understand what the majority of the competitors want.
"We know the date we are proposing will be unpopular with some as the end of the year will have a lot of events close together, but unfortunately we have been put in this position by circumstances beyond our control."
NSSCC president Brett Middleton said November 13 was the only date available on the busy end-of-year schedule, and most of the competitors would want the rally to go ahead.
"It's been a difficult time for all motorsport events," he said.
"We've already asked some of our teams what they want to do, and the vast majority have agreed we should run the event.
"We've still got 76 entries confirmed, and we plan to contact each team and give them the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed date."