Hunt victorious in Coromandel to seal title
Ben Hunt claimed his fifth straight rally win and his second Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship by winning Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally of Coromandel on Saturday. The Subaru driver made it five wins from five starts in 2019 with another commanding performance alongside...
Thomson to continue learning curve at Coromandel
Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson heads to the penultimate round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel, ready to continue his learning curve in his first season aboard a four-wheel drive car. After three successful seasons in the front-wheel...
BIG NUMBERS FOR CLUBSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP
The Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport Clubsport Championship got underway at Teretonga Park on Sunday with excellent numbers contesting both the Motorkhana and Autocross events. A record number of forty-six entries tackled the three motorkhana tests in the morning with the youngest competitor 12 year...
Hunt on the cusp at Coromandel
Subaru driver Ben Hunt needs only to finish ninth in this weekend’s Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally of Coromandel to wrap up a second career title. The Auckland-based Hunt holds a 46-point lead over Josh Marston and has two bites at the cherry to claim the 2019...
Campbell returns to happy hunting ground
Tauranga’s Phil Campbell returns to a happy hunting ground for the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel this weekend for the penultimate round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. The Whitianga-based event was the scene of Campbell’s first NZRC round win back in...
Sheehan ready to fight for title at Coromandel
Queenstown’s Mike Sheehan will come out swinging at the penultimate round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel, this weekend. Sheehan made an almost perfect start to the season, opening with a win and a second place....
Paddon Rallysport announces unique YES Power partnership
Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon has confirmed a significant new partnership for Paddon Rallysport with YES Power. A multi-year deal has been signed between Cromwell-based Paddon Rallysport and YES Power, a relative newcomer in the New Zealand retail electricity market. Paddon is delighted to confirm the partnership...
THOMAS PREVAILS AS LEADERS FALL IN CATLINS COAST RALLY
Garet and Gemma Thomas of Darfield won the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday in a dramatic finish. The husband and wife team only took the lead on the final stage in a Subaru WRX Sti. The duo had cause for double celebration as their victory...
MICHELS ENTHUSED AFTER TCR ROUND IN AUSTRALIA
Jordan Michels of Invercargill has returned from his initial outing in the carsales TCR Australia Series at Queensland Raceway full of enthusiasm. Michels had received a last minute opportunity to drive a Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R and impressed despite battling illness part of the...
HUGE FIELD FOR 2019 CATLINS COAST RALLY
A massive entry of eighty-eight cars will start the 2019 Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday. Defending champion and four-time winner Andrew Graves of Gore is once again the top seed in his venerable Mitsubishi EVO 3. Graves’ wins have come in 2010, 2013, 2017 and again...