BIG PLANS FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY TARGA EVENT & YEAR
It’s been a big year for New Zealand marathon motorsport event organiser the Ultimate Rally Group (URG). But you won’t find company CEO and Targa/Silver Fern Rally Event Director Peter Martin taking a break any time soon. Martin has just announced the dates and basic details...
EMPHATIC SILVER FERN RALLY WIN COMPLETES ‘UNFINISHED BUSINESS’ FOR ROBINSON AND COLLIS
Winning this year’s NZ Silver Fern Rally – and doing so in such emphatic style – was like completing unfinished business for top British Historic rally driver Matthew Robinson and co-driver Sam Collis. The pair crossed the official finish line of the eight-day 3,571km marathon from...
TYSOE HANGS ON TO FINAL PODIUM SPOT ON THE WAY TO ROTORUA FINISH LINE
A late event charge on Thursday saw UK historic marathon rally specialist Roger Tysoe and co-driver Paul Morris wrest the final podium spot in this year’s NZ Silver Fern Rally off Kiwi pair Brent Rawstron and Ian McKee on. But any hope Tysoe had of further...
CHILMAN WINS THE DAY BUT CAN’T WREST RALLY LEAD OFF ROBINSON
A hard-charging Roger Chilman and co-driver Max Freeman (Ford Escort Mk 2) dominated the sixth day of 2018 NZ Silver Fern Rally action in the northern Wairarapa and southern Hawke’s Bay today. Yet, after topping the time sheets in five of the six stages, the pair...
SILVER FERN RALLY’S SHORTEST DAY PACKS HEAVY PUNCH
Day five of this year’s NZ Silver Fern Rally might have been the shortest in terms of special stages – three – and stage kilometres – just 84 – but it packed a serous punch. For a start, overnight leader Roger Chilman and co-driver Max Freeman...
CHILMAN KEEPS HIS COOL TO TAKE SILVER FERN RALLY LEAD
Roger Chilman and co-driver Max Freeman (Ford Escort RS1800) from Great Britain are the new leaders of this year’s NZ Silver Fern Rally after another drama-filled day in the central North Island today. Day 1 pace-setters Meirion Evans and co-driver Lestyn Williams from Wales started out...
BATTERED AND BRUISED BUT EVANS’ ESCORT IS BACK LEADING SILVER FERN RALLY
Battered and bruised it might be but the hard-driven Ford Escort RS1800 of Welshman Meirion Evans and co-driver Lestyn Williams is back on top of the leader board on this year’s NZ Silver Fern Rally after another long day in the central North Island today. Defending...
ROBINSON AND COLLIS RETAIN SILVER FERN RALLY LEAD ON MARATHON SECOND DAY
Matthew Robinson and co-driver Sam Collis (Ford Escort Mk 2) have retained their early 2018 NZ Silver Fern Rally lead on the second day of competition in the King Country and north-east Taranaki today. The British pair again won the majority of stages (4 of the...
ROBINSON & COLLIS HEAD SILVER FERN RALLY LEADERBOARD AFTER EVENTFUL FIRST DAY
British pair Matthew Robinson and Sam Collis (Ford Escort Mk 2) have taken an early lead in this year’s NZ Silver Fern Rally after an eventful – and for Robinson very tiring – first day in the Waikato today. “I’ve never been through stages so twisty...
IT’S NZ SILVER FERN RALLY TIME AGAIN!
It’s NZ Silver Fern Rally time again with a field of some of the world’s best classic gravel marathon specialists now here and counting down the hours until the Saturday (Nov 24) start in Hamilton. Since 2006 the week-long, historic-focused, revival event has been held every...