Kiwi rally driver Dave Holder and co-driver Jason Farmer have taken their first podium finish in the 2018 FIA Junior World Rally Championship at Rally Portugal, one of the toughest events they’ve tackled to date. To finish Rally Portugal was an achievement in itself – only 46 of the original 85 entrants completed the rally. To finish on the podium …
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Holder and co-driver Jason Farmer, from Mount Manganui and Hamilton respectively, came through Friday’s rock-strewn stages to hold fifth place in the JWRC class by day’s end. Holder and Farmer did one run of the event’s shakedown stage, opting to save their tyres for the rally itself which got underway on Thursday evening (CEST) with a 3.36km super special stage …
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Hayden Paddon and co-driver Seb Marshall are as prepared as they can be to get back into World Rally Championship action with Hyundai Motorsport at this weekend’s Rally de Portugal (17-20 May). Paddon is fresh from two record-setting rally victories in New Zealand and has maintained a strict physical and mental training regime. Marshall has also been keeping himself fit …
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Kiwi rally pairing Dave Holder and Jason Farmer head to the testing gravel stages of Rally de Portugal, starting 17 May, with the odds slightly more in their favour. Holder and Farmer, from Mt Maunganui and Hamilton respectively, have always rallied on the gravel roads of New Zealand. With the first two 2018 FIA Junior World Rally Championship events run …
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Settling into the seat and getting on the throttle was what it was all about at Whangarei. This was the second rally for us in the Subaru R4 and what a fantastic couple of days. We managed a top speed of 196 km/hour so we are making some progress! As Category 1 competitors we were invited to compete in the …
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Christchurch’s Marcus van Klink has taken home another top result at round two of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the ENEOS International Rally of Whangarei, taking victory in the Gull Rally Challenge two-wheel drive class on the opening day before powering to an outright podium in the national rally on day two. A near perfect run …
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