Over 100 entries for 2025 Otago Rally
A bumper entry of over 100 cars will start next month’s Central Machine Hire Otago Rally, the opening round of the New Zealand Rally Championship. To be based in Dunedin from April 4-6, the rally has attracted an impressive 21 international teams from all around the...
Colin Clark returns to the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally
Internationally renowned rally journalist and presenter, Colin Clark, will return as a special guest of the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally in April. Known the world over as ‘The Voice of Rally’, the Scotsman has a large fan base on various forms of social media, and...
Zeal Jones to be final beneficiary of Kiwi Driver Fund
The Kiwi Driver Fund – a pivotal supporter in the career of Formula One driver Liam Lawson and many other rising New Zealand circuit racing stars – is set to end, but has one more driver to support. Rising rally star Zeal Jones will be...
Paddon to take WRC car through Kuri Bush
Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon is excited by a unique opportunity he’ll get to enjoy during the upcoming Otago Rally, running 4 to 6 April. Rally organisers have given Paddon permission to contest the iconic Kuri Bush stage in the Hyundai i20 WRC car in which...
Paddon locked in for Otago Classic Rally
New Zealand’s most successful rally driver, Hayden Paddon, will light up the 2025 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally aboard a special rally car. Ten years on from his record breaking outright win in an Escort BDA, Paddon will again drive the famed model when the rally...
Two winners of 2025 Otago Rally scholarship
An influx of quality applications has seen the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally award scholarships go to two up-and-coming young rally drivers. Choosing a single winner from the 15 applications wasn’t an easy task, and eventually, Cromwell’s Terri Taylor and North Canterbury’s Harri Silcock were chosen...
Two scholarships on offer for 2025 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally
The Otago Rally is again offering two young driver scholarships in 2025, thanks to the support of naming rights sponsor Central Machine Hire. Valued at more than $2,500 each, the scholarships are to encourage young drivers, preferably new to the Otago Rally, who might otherwise struggle...
2025 NZ Rally Championship calendar set
Organisers of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship are proud to announce the 2025 calendar that includes the return of two events to the championship for the first time post-pandemic. The season will, as has become traditional, kick off with the two-day Otago...
Internationals lining up for annual Otago Rally classic
The 2025 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally is already proving popular, with over 65 intentions to enter received so far. There have already been nine received from Australia, and seven from other countries including the UK and Japan. Rally organisers are expecting have a full field of...
Jones all set for greatest challenge
Rising Kiwi rally star Zeal Jones is aiming to showcase his skills in what could be a career- defining few days in harsh winter conditions in Europe. The final shoot-out in the 2024 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program gets underway today in Finland and the...