Robbie Stokes and co-driver Dave Neill (Ford Escort MkII) have won the 2023 Lone Star Canterbury Rally in association with Joe’s Garage after drama hit early leader Josh Marston/Andrew Graves (Holden Barina AP4). After leading with relative ease through the first five Special Stages, Marston punctured on SS6 losing time and dropping down to ninth overall, handing the lead to …
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Robbie Stokes/Dave Neill have won the opening round of the 2023 Mainland Rally Championship held on the first of the two-day Otago Rally, on Saturday. The first of six rounds produced a close see-sawing battle at the top between Stokes (Ford Fiesta AP4) and rival Josh Marston/Andrew Graves (Holden Barina AP4). Third home was Marcus van Klink/Toby Marsh (Mazda RX8) …
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The Grey Roots Group have released their annual rankings of New Zealand’s fastest rally drivers, in this their 17 th year since inception. Roots spokesman Kingsley Jones explains, “The lists are again designed to reflect outright speed as opposed to the biggest budget or the newest car. The fact that they’re determined by your peers also makes them particularly cherished …
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Six teams are entered for the winner takes all FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship title, being held at the eastern Australian location of Coffs Harbour 25-27 November 2022. The first time a champion has been crowned since Chinese Taipei driver Lin Dewei and co-driver Le Kepeng won the 2019 Rally of Longyou, it will be an Antipode resident lifting the …
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Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard finished Rally Finland in fourth place in the WRC2 category, but the later disqualification of original winner Teemu Suninen elevated the pair to third place in the official results. Paddon was delighted with his original result, paying credit to the Hyundai New Zealand Rally team who were all with him in Finland …
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Ben Hunt has survived a throttle issue and some treacherous conditions to win the Kennedy Park Resort Rally Hawke’s Bay and boost his chances in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. Hunt struggled earlier in the day to match the pace of Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen but inherited the lead on stage four when the latter …
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