Multi-national field for return of Manawatu’s Daybreaker Rally
More than 40 years since the first Daybreaker Rally of club level cars, the 2023 resurrection draws entrants from the Far North to deep south of New Zealand as well as multiple teams from Australia, New Caledonia and the archipelago nation of Vanuatu. Starting from the...
Rally New Zealand Co-Driver Academy returns for 2023
After four years away, Rally of New Zealand is proud to announce the highly successful Rally New Zealand Co-Drivers Academy will return in 2023. The academy, which is aimed at developing Kiwi co-driving talent, will take on six co-drivers and will be held in Auckland on...
Gilmour withdraws from Daybreaker Rally following Extreme E crash
Following a high-speed crash in the NEOM McLaren Extreme E Odyssey in Sardinia during the first free practice session last Friday, Emma Gilmour has regretfully chosen to withdraw from this weekend’s Daybreaker Rally. The Dunedin driver suffered concussion and a cracked rib, which has influenced her...
Route released for 2024 Otago Rally
Eight months ahead of next year’s event, organisers of the 2024 Otago Rally have released the final rally route. Locked in for April 12 and 13 next year, the rally will head south of Dunedin for 275 kilometres of fast gravel road stages – only 12km...
Hayden Paddon top seed entry for Manawatu’s Daybreaker Rally
Recently crowned FIA European Rally Champions Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard will start as first car for the 22-23 September Daybreaker Rally – powered by Brian Green Properties. The pair will lead a field of 100 cars, contesting 150km of the Manawatu and Rangitikei district...
Barry Robinson to be remembered at Wyndham Rally
Lock in Saturday 7 October for a very special Wyndham Rally which will remember iconic rally driver Barry Robinson. Robinson, who passed away in March 2022, was a South Island rally legend who led the 1983 New Zealand Rally Championship into the final round only to...
Paddon and Kennard make history with dramatic FIA European Rally Championship win
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard have again put their names in world motorsport history books, becoming the first non-Europeans and first New Zealanders to win the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) title. The New Zealanders secured the 2023 ERC title at...
Paddon gunning to secure ERC title in Czech Republic
New Zealand’s Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard are 100% focused on securing the 2023 FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) title when the seventh round takes place in the Czech Republic from 19 to 20 August. “The target in Zlin is to wrap up the...
Shane van Gisbergen confirms entry to September’s Daybreaker Rally 2023
Current Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen has entered for the 22-23 September Brian Green Properties Daybreaker Rally – a 150km competition across roads in the Manawatu and Rangitikei districts. The fourth and penultimate round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC),...
Paddon extends lead in European Rally Championship
A close-fought third place in his first attempt at the all-tarmac Rally di Roma Capitale over the weekend has enabled Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon to extend his lead in 2023 FIA European Rally Championship (ERC). Paddon now has a 55 point lead over second-placed...