Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson heads to the second round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the ENEOS International Rally of Whangarei, confident he will continue to move forwards in his transition to a four-wheel drive car. After three successful seasons in his two-wheel drive Ford Fiesta, the opportunity to move into the Specialised Auto Services Subaru Impreza …
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Queenstown’s Mike Sheehan is excited to take on a new challenge when he lines up for the second round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the ENEOS International Rally of Whangarei. After joining the championship in 2018, Sheehan made the generous decision to help Dave Holder’s Junior World Championship campaign by lending him the Truck Moves …
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New Zealand’s Hyundai rally star Hayden Paddon tackles this weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei with a new co-driver calling the pace notes. Paddon will naturally focus on his own performance, aiming to set several new stage records on the fast, cambered roads of the Whangarei rally that he enjoys so much and has won four times previously. He also seeks …
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The latest Targa tarmac rally event – next month’s three-day Targa Hawke’s Bay – is proof that two into one does go. Just ask the CEO and Event Director, Peter Martin, of the Ultimate Rally Group (URG), the company that owns and runs Targa events in this country. “Previously,” said Martin this week,” we’ve had two separate – and very …
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Tauranga’s Phil Campbell has started his Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship campaign with a third placed finish at the Otago Rally held over the weekend. After a troubled build-up to the event, Campbell and co-driver Mal Peden set a consistent pace across the opening day, starting off with a fifth fastest time on the opening stage of …
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On the Monday night before we set off for Otago my hair was standing on end (more than usual) as I watched my Subaru R4 launch itself off the trailer and run backwards down the hill before catching itself in the first fence it came to. Ironically it had just come back from having its decal refreshed. Rally cars have …
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