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Finland’s Lappi fastest at International Rally of Whangarei shakedown

Rain and slippery conditions during today’s shakedown session for the weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei didn’t slow Finland’s Esapekka Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm, the pair set fastest time in their MRF Tyres Skoda Fabia S2000.

The chance for teams contesting this weekend’s two-day event over roads in the Whangarei and Kaipara districts to check their car’s setup was held over the 1.25km super special stage at Whangarei’s William Fraser Memorial Park on Pohe Island.

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Friday, 17 May, 2013

BNT MASON MOTORSPORT EXPECTING TOP RESULT AT INTERNATIONAL RALLY OF WHANGAREI


Four times New Zealand Rally Champions Richard and Sara Mason are fiercely determined to achieve a top result at this weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei - May 17 – 19 – and finally fill a niggling space in their trophy cabinet back home in Masterton.

Throughout their highly successful time in the New Zealand Rally Championship [NZRC] Richard has amassed a record-equalling 22 round wins – Wairarapa 7 times, Hawkes Bay 5, Otago 4, Nelson 2, Rotorua 2 and Rally New Zealand 2 – but a win at Whangarei has so far proved elusive.

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Thursday, 16 May, 2013

International rally scouts around for volunteers

This weekend’s 18-19 May International Rally of Whangarei in association with the Brian Green Property Group requires a large group of volunteers to keep the event running as the competitors tackle 16 special stages from Whangarei in the north to Marohemo in the south.

Two groups recruited to contribute include the Kamo Scout group and Royal Oak Scout group. Their roles include assisting with the ceremonial start and finish activities, car washing and overnight parking security for an event that is beamed to a television audience of 431 million households worldwide.

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Thursday, 16 May, 2013

Cox returns to championship at Whangarei

Rotorua’s Sloan Cox returns to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship this weekend at the second round, Rally Whangarei, keen to record a top result.

Changes to the regulations for 2013 have allowed plenty of modifications to the Taslo Engineering Mitsubishi Evo 10. Following the team's first event of the season at Rally Maramarua, the Cox Motorsport team have made further modifications.

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Wednesday, 15 May, 2013

SWIFT MAXI READY FOR SERIOUS COMPETITION

Emma Gilmour is looking forward to giving her radical Suzuki Swift Maxi a full competition debut at this weekend’s Rally of Whangarei.

The turbo-charged four-wheel-drive Swift completed just a handful of special stages at last month’s Otago Rally, running a modest pace as one of the course-opening zero cars rather than as an official rally entry. Further tests since that event – the most recent completed on Saturday – have the new machine ready to take to the stages as a fully-fledged entry for the Whangarei event.

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Wednesday, 15 May, 2013

HOLDER Makes International Debut

After a ‘solid’ performance by David Holder in the Stella Pumps & Stadium Finance Fiesta in the opening round of the Brian Green Properties Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC), it is clear that the battle of the Fiesta’s is set to heat up at the coming weekends International Rally of Whangarei.

Rally Whangarei, part of the NZRC, also doubles as the opening round of the Asia Pacific Championship (APRC). This weekend will provide an opportunity to see where the New Zealand competitors sit in the international rally scene.

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Wednesday, 15 May, 2013

Cunningham heads home for Whangarei rally

For Clint Cunningham, it will be a case of living the dream when round two of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship gets underway at Rally Whangarei this weekend.

A former resident of Paparoa, the small country town which the gravel stages of the event are based around, Cunningham grew up watching the World Rally Championships finest drivers on the roads around his home.

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Wednesday, 15 May, 2013

Campbell looks to extend lead at Whangarei

Phil Campbell will be looking to extend his lead in the FIA two-wheel drive class of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship when the second round of the series, Rally Whangarei, gets underway this weekend.

After an intense battle with the similar R2-spec Ford Fiesta of Josh Marston at the opening round in Otago, Campbell and co-driver Venita Fabbro took top points in what was a perfect start to the season.

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Wednesday, 15 May, 2013

Paddon aiming for winning pace at Rally Whangarei

Hayden Paddon is gunning for a rally-winning performance at this weekend’s FIA International Rally of Whangarei, having made further pace-improving developments to the Stadium Cars Evo9 rally car.

Paddon and co-driver John Kennard, from Geraldine and Blenheim respectively, head to Whangarei leading the driver and co-driver championship points-tables following their comfortable win at the opening New Zealand Rally Championship event in Otago in April.

Running 17 to 19 May, the Whangarei event is round two of the New Zealand Rally Championship.

Published Date: 

Tuesday, 14 May, 2013

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