Top Kiwi rally pairing Hayden Paddon and John Kennard made it two wins from two starts in their Hyundai i20 AP4 rally car at the International Rally of Whangarei which took place 14 and 15 May as the second round of the 2022 New Zealand Rally Championship. Paddon and his Cromwell-based Hyundai New Zealand Rally team delivered a near-perfect performance, …
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After an International Rally of Whangarei that didn’t go as planned this weekend, Emma Gilmour turns her focus to her McLaren Extreme E duties and heads overseas tomorrow. She will attend a McLaren partner event in the United States before continuing onwards to the United Kingdom to test the global motorsport giant’s electric SUV. The revised Extreme E calendar means …
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23-year-old rally driver Ari Pettigrew has made a great start to his first overall championship in the Brian Green Properties NZ Rally Championship. For the first time Ari is using a modern AP4 turbo 4WD car for the season and he also has the services of 2016 NZ Champion navigator Jason Farmer in the car with him. Ari quickly showed …
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There’s no slowing down for Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon as he and co-driver John Kennard line up as the top seeds at the second round of the New Zealand Rally Championship next weekend at the International Rally of Whangarei which takes place 13 to 15 May. Running under the Hyundai New Zealand Rally banner this season, Paddon aims to …
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A jubilant Steve Cox and his co-driver Laurie Brenssell, raced home to victory at the Otago Rally, winning the Classic 4WD Rally at the weekend, hopefully setting up a dream week for Cox who flies to Sydney early this week to take part in the Bathurst 6-hour endurance race next Sunday. In the Classic 4WD Rally, a faultless drive from …
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Chris Alexander’s Mitsiota Round 1 Report Cat3 NZRC This years Rally Otago started off with a few challenges for us. Our service crew got COVID so recruited a new team from Dunedin, (thanks to Cullam and Louie), followed by the FIA scrutineers finding the car’s WOF to have expired by one day. We must thank to Steven for sorting that out …
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A little bit sideways Rallying in New Zealand, where we like to get A Little Bit Sideways! Up to date Rally News from teams around the country together with event reports.
