Jack Stokes claims maiden NZRC win
Jack Stokes secured a maiden win in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after finishing on top spot of the podium at the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally. Stokes produced a masterclass performance on Sunday to dominate the second day after a ding-dong...
Allcomers victory and third overall for Gilmour at home rally
Spraying champagne on the Otago Rally podium today, Emma Gilmour was ecstatic to celebrate claiming the Allcomers victory and third overall in her home event. She and Australian co-driver Ben Searcy fought long and hard in the Citroën C3 Rally2 against the Brian Green Property Group...
Thomson the dark horse in 2026 championship
Dylan Thomson might well be the dark horse for not only this weekend’s season-opening Central Machine Hire Otago Rally but also the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship as a whole. The perennial 2WD champion has secured the car that won the last two...
Stokes’ Skoda ready for Otago Rally
Top seed Robbie Stokes and his team have won a race against time and will take their place at the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship this week. Stokes heavily crashed his Stokes Motorsport Skoda Fabia Rally 2 car at...
Stokes in race against time to be ready for Otago
Robbie Stokes and his Stokes Motorsport team are racing the clock to have their Skoda Fabia Rally 2 car ready for next weekend’s opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after a significant crash on the weekend. Stokes damaged the car...
Thomson debuts new Skoda and wins Westland Rally
Debuting the ex-Ben Hunt NZ Championship winning Skoda Fabia Rally 2 for their first outing has proved a success with Dylan Thomson and co-driver Richard Fairhall winning the Westland Rally on Saturday. The pairing finished the opening round of the Mainland Rally Championship (MRC)...
Strong entry for opening 2026 Mainland Rally Series round in Westland
The 2026 Mainland Rally Series gets underway this weekend with the Westland Rally attracting a strong 34-car field. An early season favourite, the Westland Rally will again present drivers with some fast and flowing gravel stages mixed with some challenging tight and twisting public...
Hawkeswood dominates and wins Possum Bourne Memorial Rally
Jack Hawkeswood and Jason Farmer (Toyota GR Yaris AP4) have won the Vantage Windows & Doors Possum Bourne Memorial Rally finishing less than a minute ahead of Quentin Palmer and Noel Moloney (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) with Andrew Hawkeswood and Jeff Cress (Mazda 2 AP4)...
Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series underway with Possum Bourne Memorial Rally
Coming off the back of a successful 2025 season, the six round 2026 Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS) gets underway next weekend (21 March 2026) with the Vantage Windows & Doors Possum Bourne Memorial Rally. The opening round has attracted a quality field...
Classic Rally Championship added to 2026 New Zealand Rally Championship
MotorSport New Zealand has introduced a Classic Rally Championship for the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, establishing a dedicated national platform for classic rally cars to compete. The new championship, will also be known as ‘Category 6’, has been developed to...
