Audi driver Dylan Turner leads the opening Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship event in Otago overnight after a spectacular opening day of action south of Dunedin. The veteran Pukekohe-based driver overcame a turbo hose issue on the second stage of Rally Otago to hold a 11.5 second lead from last season’s championship runner-up Ben Hunt. Turner has …
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A promising start on day one of the Rally of Otago ended in disappointment for Australian pair Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Gelsomino when they were forced to retire whilst leading the New Zealand Rally Championship component of the event. Reeves and Gelsomino, driving the Lock and Load Transport Stokes Motorsport Ford Fiesta AP4, started the day full of confidence and …
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Andy Gillies and co-driver Nathan Pilcher have announced they will undertake a full New Zealand Rally Championship campaign in an iconic rally car not seen on New Zealand stages for almost a decade. The pair – who made just two appearances together in 2018 – have acquired the ex-Chris Paddon Toyota AE85 Levin and with the help of Commercial Hire …
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The opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship will see an international challenge for Christchurch’s Marcus van Klink when he takes on this weekend’s Otago Rally. Returning for a third season in the wildly popular Universal Plumbing triple-rotor Mazda RX-8, van Klink and co-driver Dave Neill face a strong field in the open two-wheel drive …
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Brendan Reeves heads into this weekend’s Otago Rally with one goal in mind – to take maximum points in the opening round of the New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC). The Otago Rally, based out of Dunedin on New Zealand’s south island, is one of the southern hemisphere’s most popular rallies and has attracted an entry list of 132 cars for …
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By Ben Hunt I can’t believe the opening round of the 2019 New Zealand Rally Championship is less than a week away – this Summer / Offseason has gone by so quickly. I was invited again to be a part of the Leadfoot Festival. It’s such an awesome event run over a weekend with timed runs on Saturday and knock …
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