Sheehan takes plenty from North Island debut
Queenstown’s Mike Sheehan has taken plenty of lessons away from his first North Island rally, the Hyundai NZ Goldrush Rally Coromandel, which was the fifth round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, held over the weekend. Sheehan headed to the event off...
KIWI F5000 FLYERS MAKE BIG IMPRESSION AT FIRST US MEETING
The Kiwis from the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series who shipped their F5000 cars up to the official US 50th anniversary celebrations of the category at the Laguna Seca circuit in Northern California made a big impression at the Pre-Reunion meeting...
Campbell makes huge steps forward at Coromandel
Tauranga’s Phil Campbell has come away from the Hyundai NZ Goldrush Rally Coromandel, the fifth round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, ecstatic with the sixth-placed result achieved in only his second rally driving The Roofing Store Ford Fiesta AP4+. Campbell debuted...
Cassidy on top in Japan – leads both championships
Nick Cassidy celebrated his 24th birthday on Sunday with the best present possible – taking the lead in Japan’s Super Formula series with a third place at the 52-lap Motegi race. The Aucklander now leads both the country’s major championships after finishing second in the Fuji...
Tough Coromandel Rally for Gilmour
Emma Gilmour ended the Hyundai New Zealand Goldrush Rally of Coromandel still smiling but wondering what could have been, if brake issues had not hampered the performance of her Vantage Windows and Doors Suzuki Swift AP4 yesterday. They began as early as stage one of eight,...
Coromandel win gives Paddon fourth New Zealand title
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon has wrapped up the 2018 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship title by winning the one-day, Hyundai NZ-backed Rally of Coromandel today (18 August). With Malcolm Peden in the co-driver’s seat for the second time this season, Paddon...
Coromandel second for Hunt moves him to runner-up in NZRC
Subaru brand ambassador Ben Hunt has moved up to second in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) after finishing a close runner-up to WRC driver Hayden Paddon today. Auckland-based Hunt and co-driver Tony Rawstorn were ultra-consistent at the Hyundai New Zealand Goldrush...
Paddon secures NZRC title at Coromandel
New Zealand’s WRC star Hayden Paddon won the Hyundai New Zealand Goldrush Rally of Coromandel on Saturday to claim his fourth Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. Paddon and stand-in co-driver Mal Peden had to work hard to overcome a troublesome turbo hose across...
SMITH FINALLY GETS HIS CHANCE TO RACE AT FAMED US TRACK
Good things can take time. Just ask Kiwi motor racing legend Ken Smith. In an unbroken career which now spans 60 years the just-turned-77-year-old is finally getting the chance to compete at the famed Laguna Seca motor racing circuit in the United States. “I’ve actually been there...
Paddon closes in on fourth NZRC title
WRC star Hayden Paddon could secure the 2018 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship at this weekend’s fifth round based out of Whitianga on the Coromandel. Paddon will start Hyundai NZ Goldrush Rally of Coromandel with a 33-point lead in the standings. If he...