Podium spot within Gilmour’s grasp at Raglan
A third place on the season’s podium is within Emma Gilmour’s sights at this Saturday’s final round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship - the Hyundai NZ Raglan Rally of the Coast. She and co-driver Anthony McLoughlin will be doing their best...
Close-fought seventh for Paddon and Marshall in Wales
Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon and his British co-driver Seb Marshall finished Wales Rally GB, the 11th round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship, with a consistent and close-fought seventh place. After three days and 317.74 kilometres of rallying through northern and mid-Wales, just...
Torque issue results in an early exit for Dayle ITM Mike Racing at Ruapuna
The Dayle ITM Mike Racing team’s three-hour race at Mike Pero Motorsport Park was unfortunately all over before it really got going yesterday, at the second round of the Carter’s Tyres South Island Endurance Series. After less than 10 laps on the Ruapuna circuit, near Christchurch, team...
Tony Quinn backs Waikato motorsport prospect
Hampton Downs and Highlands owner Tony Quinn is looking forward to following the career of Connor Davison who’s been handpicked as the first driver to benefit from a new motorsport foundation. The 13-year-old from Cambridge makes his debut in the Toyota 86 Series in November...
KIWI DRIFT COUPLE HAVE BIG PLANS FOR ‘HONEYMOON YEAR’
Newly married Kiwi drift couple Drew and Jodie Donovan have big plans for their ‘honeymoon year’. Major upgrades to their matching Cryptopia-sponsored Toyota Supras are underway now – and the pair are hard at work on an ambitious schedule which will see them compete here over...
Dayle ITM Mike Racing has reset for the South Island Endurance Series’ round two
After the high of a third place, followed by the low of a disqualification for external help on the Teretonga Park track a fortnight ago, the Dayle ITM Mike Racing team are determined to focus on the positive heading into this Saturday’s second round of...
Campbell runner up at Far North Rally
Tauranga’s Phil Campbell has continued his impressive run in his new car with a close fought second place at the Far North Rally over the weekend. After an encouraging sixth place at the recent Rally Coromandel, Campbell and the team entered the Paihia-based event to continue...
Cox’s Ashley Forest record still stands despite issues
It wasn’t exactly the weekend Rotorua’s Sloan Cox hoped for at the Ashley Forest Rallysprint, having been unable to progress past the top 32 competitors, but his record of 54.96 seconds on the 1.7km course couldn’t be beaten by the new winner Alistair McRae. The 22-23...
McRae becomes first international driver to win Ashley Forest Rallysprint
Australian-based Scotsman Alister McRae won the Ashley Forest Rallysprint, in North Canterbury today, in the 1998 ex-Possum Bourne Vantage Subaru WRC - becoming the first international driver to claim victory in the event’s 35-year history. The elimination-style nature of the rallysprint, which featured a 55% uphill...
No luck for Paddon at Ashley Forest
This weekend Kiwi WRC star Hayden Paddon tackled the iconic Ashley Forest Rallysprint in his revamped Hyundai i20 AP4+ rally car for the second time. The car, dubbed Barry 2.0, was in +++ mode according to Paddon with a new 2.1-litre engine, improved aero package...