From the moment he fronted for his first rally Robert showed he would be a force to be reckoned with. Driving a Datsun 1600 in his first season he gained a third outright in only his fourth event and went on to win the Grade Four championship in 1983.

He won his first state championship event, the Safari Rally in June 1986 and followed it up with victory in the very next round, the “Experts” Cup.

In 1987 Herridge acquired a more competitive Subaru RX Turbo and developed this car to go on and win the Western Australian Rally Championship in 1988 and 1990 and was runner-up three times in 1986, 87 and 89.

Rob then went on to win the 1991 Australian Rally Championship as a privateer.

In 1992 Rob was invited to drive for Team Subaru in the Group N version of the two-car team. Against the likes of Group A drivers Possum Bourne (his Subaru team-mate) and Neal Bates, he won the outright championship for a second year in a row.

Rob remained with Team Subaru during 1993, and finished with two thirds and a fourth before withdrawing as a result of the death of team mate Roger Freeth at Rally Australia.

After having a few years off to allow his son to climb the rally ladder, Rob returned to the State Championship and proved he had lost none of his speed by winning the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Championships and has now won more state titles than any other driver.

For the last couple of seasons Rob has scaled down his competition program to selected state and tarmac rallies (including Targa Tasmania in ‘09). He is still however very much involved with the day to day running of the company, including the fabrication of many of the specialist Rally parts used by Maximum Motorsport