HAVE A GO MOTORSPORT FOR LADIES & YOUTH
The ideal opportunity for ladies and youngsters to give motorsport a go has arrived. The Eastern Southland Car Club is holding a Ladies and Under 18 Have A Go Fun Day Grass Autocross event this Saturday 23 February at Rakahouka near Invercargill. Entry is free thanks...
Canterbury hosts NZ Hillclimb Championship final
Two Christchurch-based car clubs are jointly hosting the final round of the 2018-19 MotorSport NZ Hillclimb Championship over the weekend of 9-10 February. Ratec Motorsport Inc hosts the first day of competition on the Saturday with a tarmac road hillclimb at Little River, Banks Peninsula. The...
GRAVES GRABS ANOTHER
Gore driver Andrew Graves, in his Mitsubishi EVO 3, continued his phenomenal run of success when he won the 2018 Rankleburn Rally in West Otago on Saturday. Graves completed the event, which he also won in 2012 and 2014, with a 28 second margin over...
SUPERB FIELD FOR RANKLEBURN RALLY
A superb field has entered the Rankleburn Rally in West Otago this Saturday. The event, organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club, is part of the club’s rally championship and will take place from 10.30am on Saturday 6 October. Support will once again come from MLT...
DEFEAT MEANS DISHES DUTY
A small wager between an Invercargill couple contesting their first Clubsport event at Teretonga Park last Sunday means Matt McQuoid will be doing the dishes for a week! McQuoid and partner, Melissa Wilson, are both car enthusiasts but they had never contemplated competing in a motorsport...
KIWI DRIFT COUPLE HAVE BIG PLANS FOR ‘HONEYMOON YEAR’
Newly married Kiwi drift couple Drew and Jodie Donovan have big plans for their ‘honeymoon year’. Major upgrades to their matching Cryptopia-sponsored Toyota Supras are underway now – and the pair are hard at work on an ambitious schedule which will see them compete here over...
TOP DRIVER FOR RANKLEBURN RALLY
One of New Zealand’s top rally aces, Josh Marston of Christchurch, has entered the Eastern Southland Car Club’s Rankleburn Rally in West Otago on Saturday 6 October. Marston, currently third in the NZ Rally Championship driver standings with one round remaining, will bring his Holden Barina...
McRae becomes first international driver to win Ashley Forest Rallysprint
Australian-based Scotsman Alister McRae won the Ashley Forest Rallysprint, in North Canterbury today, in the 1998 ex-Possum Bourne Vantage Subaru WRC - becoming the first international driver to claim victory in the event’s 35-year history. The elimination-style nature of the rallysprint, which featured a 55% uphill...
Ashley Forest Rallysprint live for first time in over 30 years
The iconic Ashley Forest Rallysprint will be streamed live this weekend for the first time in more than 30 years. While it won't be a big television production of previous live telecasts, a mulit-camera live-stream feed will be available during the two days of competition and...
Club car proves its worth
The opening round of the Southland Sports Car Club’s annual ClubSport Championship at Teretonga Park recently proved the worth of the club’s new club car. The championship and the Toyota Levin club car are both supported by Evolution Motorsport and the club is making the car...