Tough start for Gilmour in NZRC opener at Otago
With any car rebuild there will be teething problems and Emma Gilmour experienced her fair share of them at her home event, the Drivesouth Rally of Otago at the weekend. Issues both days of the 15-stage Dunedin-based event in her fully-refurbished Vantage Windows and Doors Suzuki Swift...
Hendl-Cox seals NZ Formula First Championship
After a season of close, exciting and dynamic racing, Whakatane’s Reece Hendl-Cox, 19, has won the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. The final round of the season took place at the weekend at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo. It was another weekend of...
Favourites set record pace to win 2019 Otago Rally
Hyundai New Zealand star, Hayden Paddon, has completed a dominant weekend at the Otago Rally, winning all but one stage to take victory by over nine minutes. Not registered for the New Zealand Rally Championship, Paddon returned to New Zealand this weekend with the goal of...
Hunt storms home to win in Otago
Ben Hunt bettered Dylan Turner across Sunday’s seven stages to claim victory in the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship in Otago. Subaru driver Hunt demolished Turner’s 11.5 second overnight lead on the opening stage of Sunday morning and never...
Turner takes Saturday honours at Rally Otago
Audi driver Dylan Turner leads the opening Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship event in Otago overnight after a spectacular opening day of action south of Dunedin. The veteran Pukekohe-based driver overcame a turbo hose issue on the second stage of Rally Otago to...
Drivesouth Rally of Otago marks tenth season of Hunt and Rawstorn rallying together
Ben Hunt and co-driver Tony Rawstorn will enter their tenth season of rallying together when they fire up Hunt’s Subaru WRX STI on the start line of the Drivesouth Rally of Otago on Saturday. Nine years ago, the two friends paired up for the first time,...
Hugely competitive 2019 NZRC season opens at Otago
The most open and competitive Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship in recent history begins on the super-fast roads in Otago this weekend with any one of about 10 drivers staking a claim to become national champion this season. Subaru driver Ben Hunt finished...
GILLIES AND PILCHER CONFIRM FULL NZRC CAMPAIGN
Andy Gillies and co-driver Nathan Pilcher have announced they will undertake a full New Zealand Rally Championship campaign in an iconic rally car not seen on New Zealand stages for almost a decade. The pair - who made just two appearances together in 2018 - have...
Gilmour to debut rebuilt Suzuki at the Rally of Otago
Next weekend Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour will start the 2019 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) at the Drivesouth Rally of Otago with a fully-refurbished Vantage Windows and Doors Suzuki Swift AP4. With Suzuki New Zealand’s support, the six-season old rally car...
BARKER RETURNS TO CHASE A NEW TITLE
Hamilton’s Stephen Barker is set to return to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after a lengthy spell from the scene. Barker’s successful season in 2010 piloting the Rally New Zealand Rising Stars Ford Fiesta, lead him to New Zealand 2wd Championship and...