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...
Father & Son Rally Challenge champs back for Wyndham
The winners of the inaugural Barry Robinson Memorial Rally in 2023, father and son combination Andrew and Hayden Graves of Gore, return this year as top seeds in the rally scheduled for Saturday 2 August. They also arrive at the event as the current New...
A Rally in a cardboard box
As the Eastern Southland Car Club prepare for the Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally on Saturday 2 August it will mark 50 years of rallying for the club and for just over half of that storied history Craig Jessop has been working behind the scenes...
Ayson back with new car for Wyndham Rally
Gore rally driver Derek Ayson contested the last two Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally’s in a Ford Fiesta Proto owned by good mate David Kirk while his latest rally car, an Opel Manta, was being built. This year he will get to drive the Opel...
Who are the NZRC’s fastest track competitors?
Not surprisingly championship rivals Ben Hunt and Robbie Stokes are the kings of tarmac tracks so far in the 2025 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship but the chasing pack makes for interesting reading. Some names you might not expect to be as high...
50 Years of Rally memories
When the Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally takes place on Saturday 2 August it will not only celebrate the legacy of Robinson, an iconic rally driver from the area, but it will also mark 50 years of rallying for the Eastern Southland Car Club who...
Palmer cleans up the Taranaki Tarmac Rally; increases lead in NI Rally Series
Quentin Palmer (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) continued to stamp his mark on the 2025 Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS) after winning every stage of the SBT Group Taranaki Tarmac one-day rally held on Saturday and taking overall victory. Second NIRS competitor home was...
Taranaki Tarmac Rally to be hotly contested by NI Rally Series competitors
The SBT Group Taranaki Tarmac one-day rally takes place this Saturday 12 July 2025 with the rivalry amongst the 2025 Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS) competitors expected to step up a notch. The question to be answered after nine Special Stages is ‘Will...
Club milestone at Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally
The Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally returns to the roads of the area on Saturday 2 August. The rally, which remembers the feats of the Mokereta farmer who was a very successful rally driver including finishing runner-up in the 1983 New Zealand Rally Championship, was instigated...