Southland rally returns for 2024
Emerging from the dark after a break of 20 years the Rally of Southland returns as the Southern Lights Rally – the world’s southernmost championship event, being held 21-22 June 2024. Using 150km of competitive road section in the Southland region it revives what used...
NZ Rally Championship calendar set for 2024
The Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship has confirmed a six-round 2024 calendar that will see the first half of the season take place in the South Island and second half in the North. Championship organisers have also confirmed the addition of the Southern...
Kris Meeke confirmed for 2024 Otago Rally
Irish rally star Kris Meeke has been announced as the star driver for the classic field on next year’s Central Machine Hire Otago Rally to be held from April 12-14. Loved by fans the world over for his spectacular, flat-out driving style, 44-year-old Meeke is a...
Expression Of Interest open for Rally of Dargaville Tunatahi 2024
Organisers are very happy to announce that Expressions of Interest for the Ventia Rally Of Dargaville Tunatahi are now open! Event Details: 120KM of Special Stages 8 Stages (4 Stages Repeated) Previous WRC Stages Optional Safety Notes 80km Blind Clubman's Rally 9am to 4:30pm Event Central Service Park Dargaville CBD North Islands Only...
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...