The latest instalment of A Little Bit Sideways Magazine – Issue #6 is out now. Subscribers have started to receive their copies already. See photos from Rounds One and Two of the NZRC. Hear what Australian Rally Champion, Nathan Quinn, thought of our roads and the rally scene here in NZ. Keep up to date with the Northern Rally Sprint …
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This weekend the third round of the MRF Tyres Mainland Rally Series is being run by the Autosport Car Club and being held in the popular Ashley Forest, with 8 daylight stages and 2 night stages it promises to be a challenge for the competitors, the weather always plays a big part of this rally and looking at the weather …
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Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson heads to the third round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Lone Star rally Canterbury, looking to record a finish for the first time on what will be his third attempt at the rally. Having grown up in Waiuku, the 2018 event represents the first time that the Christchurch-based event will be …
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A return to forestry roads for the Lone Star Rally of Canterbury on Sunday, will be welcomed by Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour. They were the scene of her historic first national rally championship win by a female driver two years ago and she finds the often tight and twisty stages to be a great leveler for the front-runners. This third …
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Rally-turned-rallycross driver Sloan Cox, from Rotorua, scored a pleasing third place in his first event in the rapidly growing Australian rallycross series over the weekend, gaining valuable experience to take into his next RX Academy round in Finland next month. The 26-year-old is the only New Zealander competing in the Scandinavian RX Academy, a five-event and coaching programme designed to …
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Queenstown driver Mike Sheehan will step up at round three of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Lone Star Rally Canterbury, as he moves out of the Gull Rally Challenge and into the NZRC Two-wheel drive class. In his rookie season, Sheehan has decided to join the NZRC two-wheel drive class as he looks to progress …
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