Hayden Paddon Triumphs at Southern Lights Rally
Cromwell’s Hayden Paddon and co-driver Jared Hudson delivered a masterful performance to clinch victory at the Transport World Southern Lights Rally on Saturday, 22 June. This marked the triumphant return of championship-level rallying to the Southland region. Paddon dominated the 65-car field, winning all ten special...
Gilmour secures solid fifth place at Southern Lights
A solid drive at the Southern Lights Rally has seen Dunedin's Emma Gilmour finish fifth after the two-day Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship’s (NZRC) third round. Her recently recruited Australian co-driver Ben Searcy was given a Southern Lights baptism of fire as the...
Molly Taylor ready for Southern Lights Rally start
Australia’s Molly Taylor is set to fulfil her bucket list wish of contesting an event in New Zealand as she prepares to start the Transport World Southern Lights Rally on Friday evening, 21 June. The Extreme E Champion (2021) and 2016 Australian Rally Champion will compete...
Big names set for Southern Lights Rally
A full 20 years since the roads of Southland, New Zealand, hosted top-tier competition, this weekend’s 21-22 June Transport World Southern Lights Rally will be headed by defending European Rally Champion and seven-time New Zealand Rally Champion Hayden Paddon. Leading the first of 65 cars...
Australian co-driver for Gilmour at Southern Lights Rally
Emma Gilmour is fired up about driving in the resurrected Southern Lights Rally and will have a new but familiar co-driver on-board to tackle the gravel rally stages in Southland on 21-22 June. The Dunedin driver has reenlisted the services of Australian navigator Ben Searcy to...
Molly Taylor to contest Southern Lights Rally on 21 June
Australia’s gravel racing star Molly Taylor will make her New Zealand debut in the Transport World Southern Lights Rally later this month. The rally kicks off on Friday night, 21 June 2024, from Invercargill and covers 157km of special stages through the nation’s Southland region. Taylor, the...
Tall wins Canterbury Rally, Stokes holds Mainland Rally lead
Mike Tall and co-driver Matt Richards have stayed out of trouble and ahead of the competition to win the third round of the Mainland Rally Championship on Sunday, 2 June 2024. Run in fast and dry conditions, the Lone Star Canterbury Rally proved to...
Stokes set on extending lead in Mainland Rally Series in Canterbury this weekend
Robbie Stokes is looking to repeat his 2023 Canterbury Rally victory this Sunday, as well as extending his lead in the 2024 Mainland rally series. The 2024 Canterbury Rally is the third round of the season and so far, it has been all about...
Invercargill’s Transport World to Launch the Southern Lights Rally
On Friday 21 June, the central Invercargill location of Transport World will host and launch New Zealand’s top rally drivers into the night for the start of the world’s southernmost rally championship event. The journey, covering 157km of Southland’s finest gravel roads, begins with a...
Allport Motorsports appointed as official MotorSport New Zealand rally safety notes provider
MotorSport New Zealand has appointed Allport Motorsports as its official provider for rally safety notes. Allport Motorsports, led by multiple New Zealand Rally Champion Neil Allport, and MotorSport New Zealand have formalised a four-year agreement that will see safety notes developed for not just New Zealand...