Roger Paterson is back in 2011 to defend his 2010 Australian Classic Tarmac Championship Title, and what better way to start his defence than by competing in his home state in a South Australian born and bred event that he has supported since its inception, the 2011 Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally (AHTR). Roger has competed in the AHTR since its current format originated in 2007 and has always been a formidable opponent to all that have come his way.

The 2011 Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally (AHTR) organising committee is very proud to announce that it will be supporting Variety SA and their unwavering dedication to inspiring hope and enriching the lives of children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs who are under the age of 18.

With the successes that were achieved over the last few years in having a dedicated charity supported by the AHTR, we look forward to working with the various SA Variety Bash teams and aiding them so that they can continue to achieve great things.

The Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally has a new venue for the prologue for this year's event, which will now start from the renowned Collingrove Hillclimb Track. Mallala Motorsport Park, the 2010 prologue venue, was offered an alternate event spanning the 27th - 29th May 2011, necessitating a change of prologue venue for AHTR. Organisers would like to thank the Sporting Car Club of SA for allowing the use of the Collingrove Hillclimb venue. Collingrove is situated south of Angaston on the road from Mt Pleasant approximately 80km North East of Adelaide.

Entries into the 2011 asp Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally have officially opened. Registrations of Interest for the event began two weeks after the hugely successful 2010 event, and to date more than 60 teams have contacted organisers regarding entry to the 2011 rally, to be run on the 27th to the 29th of May.