Rejuvenated Mackenzie loving rally again
Haydn Mackenzie is relishing being back in an enjoyable environment after a successful move to the Rally Challenge 4WD class of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. Mackenzie entered his Toyota Yaris Proto at last month’s Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel and won...
Palmer the one to beat heading to Rally Waitomo
Quentin Palmer is the one to beat as the 2025 Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS) has its penultimate round at the Newstead Lodge Rally of Waitomo on Sunday. Along with co-driver Michael Goudie (Skoda Fabia Rally2), the pairing are the overall front-runners...
Book to celebrate 50 years of the Otago Rally
A new book covering the first 50 years of the Otago Rally is currently in pre-production, with a release date set for the early part of 2026. The Dunedin-based event has become one of New Zealand’s ‘must-do’ rallies since it was first run in 1976, and...
Bawden wins, Palmer extends lead in North Island Rally Series
Todd Bawden/Katrina Renshaw (Ford Fiesta MkII R5) have won the latest round of the 2025 Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS), beating home Quentin Palmer/Michael Goudie (Skoda Fabia Rally2) with William Menzies/Doug Dolan putting in another solid performance in their much older car (Mitsubishi...
Hunt holds off Stokes for third win
Defending national champion Ben Hunt has claimed his third win of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after winning the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel on Saturday. Hunt (Skoda New Zealand Fabia Rally 2) took the win in the championship’s return to the...
John Kennard leads new MotorSport New Zealand Rally Safety Notes provider
MotorSport New Zealand have agreed to assign the Rally Safety Notes provider contract from Neil Allport Motorsports to Rally Notes New Zealand Limited. Rally Notes New Zealand Limited is a new company led by experienced international co-driver John Kennard, of Blenheim, supported by Ian McKee,...
Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel returns this weekend
It’s been six years since the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship has visited the sea-side town of Whitianga for the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel and a lot has changed within the championship space since that event. More than half of the NZRC...
Gill battling but on track for Coromandel
Historic 2WD championship contender Stephen Gill has been in a race against time just to get to next week’s Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel. The South Island-based Gill blew an engine in his Ford Escort at the Wyndham Rally a couple of weeks ago and has...
Former NZ Champion and Daughter have successful Wyndham Rally
A perusal of the seeding list for the 2025 Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally revealed a very interesting entry at twenty-five, that of Dean Sumner. Sumner was the New Zealand Rally Champion back in 2010, the pinnacle of what was a very successful career that...
Entries for Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel confirmed
A total of 50 entries overall and 21 NZRC competitors will tackle the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel when it returns to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship later this month. After five seasons away, the iconic tight and twisty gravel roads of...