McLaren Racing today announced Emma Gilmour as the team’s first-ever female driver who will compete for the McLaren Extreme E team in 2022. Emma’s announcement follows a media engagement today during the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. The engagement also marks McLaren Racing’s entry into Extreme E and the …
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The 2021 edition of the popular Rankleburn Rally will take place once again in the Rankleburn Forest in West Otago on Saturday 20 November. The event is organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club with support from MLT / Croydon Lodge and Ernslaw One Limited. The rally is part of the club’s rally championship and will comprise four Special Stages …
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New Zealand rally driver Emma Gilmour with Scottish co-driver Claire Mole alongside, experienced everything the wet Welsh roads had to throw at them to achieve a top 10 result in the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally. The all-female duo, reunited in a rally car after an eight-year hiatus, finished eighth overall in the challenging Wales-based event in a Ford Fiesta R5 …
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I’m saddened to hear of anther event lost due to the current climate. I feel for all those involved who have given 100’s and 100’s of hours of their time planning and organising this event. Here are the comments from Rally Chairman, Dave Loughlin: The MBOP Rally team met last night to discuss the most recent developments in Covid 19 …
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Extreme E team show strong speed in penultimate round of the season but ultimately fail to reach the final following spectacular crash for Sarrazin Veloce Racing’s hopes of a second Extreme E podium were extinguished at the Island X Prix in Sardinia following a dramatic barrel roll in the aptly named ‘Crazy Race,’ at the weekend. The London-based squad arrived in …
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Graham McRae was crowned Club Champion at the Eastern Southland Car Club’s recent annual prizegiving at the Heartland Croydon Hotel in Gore. McRae, who had previously taken the championship in 2014, rated it a “pretty good year.” The Invercargill based driver used two cars, both Toyota Corolla’s, in his championship run. He won several trophies and awards along the way …
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