Changes made to Otago Classic Rally regs
Changes have been made to the Otago Classic Rally regulations that will take effect for the 2024 rally, from April 13-14 next year. Although relatively minor, the changes have been made to tidy up some inconsistencies in the previous regulations, as well as allowing some minor...
Fecury heading back to NZ for second Castrol Toyota FR Oceania campaign
Rising Brazilian star Lucas Fecury has been confirmed as the first driver for the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Fecury competed in the 2023 New Zealand-based championship, learning the circuits and the FT-60 car with Kiwi Motorsport but will move to another of...
Invitation to Tender – Rally Notes Provider
MotorSport New Zealand has opened the tender process for the appointment of a Rally Notes Provider for MotorSport New Zealand-permitted Rally events from 2024-2028. The tender process will see submissions from interested parties detailing the creation, production and delivery of Rally Notes. The successful party will...
Hayden Paddon holds of SVG to win Rally Bay of Plenty; claims seventh title
Hayden Paddon has won Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty to secure an unprecedented seventh national title in the process, edging Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen by 29.6 seconds. Paddon was battling Raana Horan for the Brian Green Property Group 2023 championship, but an early Horan...
Paddon wraps up seventh NZ Rally Championship
New Zealand rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have won the one-day Rally Bay of Plenty to win the 2023 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. This is Paddon’s seventh NZRC title – a new New Zealand record – and Kennard’s sixth...
Andrew Graves grabs another southern rally win at Wyndham
Andrew Graves of Gore added another rally victory to his impressive record when he won the MLT Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally on Saturday. Graves, with son Hayden alongside in their Mitsubishi EVO 3 won four of the five Special Stages to win by 43.5...
Paterson’s Memories of a Good Friend
Many of the drivers competing in this weekend’s MLT Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally on Saturday 7 October were either inspired by or admired the man that the rally honours – the late Barry Robinson. One who knew him really well is Wade Paterson who...
Muckle Comes South to Honour the Man
When entries opened for the MLT Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally due to be held in the Southland town of Wyndham on Saturday 7 October, the first entry was that of Ashburton driver, Wayne Muckle. The rally resurrects the Wyndham Rallies that were held in...
Memorial to Robinson inspires Keast comeback
Invercargill rally driver John Keast last competed in a rally in 2014 and did his last motorsport event at the Ben Nevis Hillclimb in 2020 but he will cross the startline at Wyndham on Saturday 7 October when the Wyndham Rally is resurrected with the...
Robinson encounter leads Kirk to motorsport
David Kirk of Gore has been around motorsport for many years, but he credits Mokoreta farmer, the late Barry Robinson, after whom the MLT Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally on Saturday 7 October is named as having been a catalyst for his involvement in the...