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...
Macdonald wins Wyndham Rally and takes lead in Mainland Rally Championship
Winning the fourth and penultimate round of the 2025 Mainland Rally Championship has propelled Caleb Macdonald into the overall lead and three-points clear of Robbie Stokes. Macdonald and Australian co-driver Larisa Biggar (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6) won four of the six Special Stages of...
Quality field for Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally
In 2023 the Eastern Southland Car Club resurrected the Wyndham Rally, an event they had previously organised from 1977 to 1998. In doing so the club paid tribute to South Island rally legend Barry Robinson who passed away in March 2022. Robinson was a popular...
First rally winner owes much to Eastern Southland Car Club
The 2025 Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally on Saturday 2 August marks 50 years of rallying for the Eastern Southland Car Club. Their first rally was the 1975 Gore Rally, the first Special Stage rally ever held south of Christchurch. The winner of that event...