The organisers of the Mainland Rally Series are pleased to announce a new naming rights sponsor for the remaining rounds in 2020. Now known as the MA Media Ltd Mainland Rally Series. MA Media Ltd has been involved in rallying since the company’s founding in 2018. Originating as the videographer for WRC star Hayden Paddon, the business still holds a …
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Carl Rabbidge of Timaru has done it all in New Zealand motorsport. Racing, rallying, officiating – you name it. His first rally was the 1970 Silver Fern Rally and now in 2020 he will celebrate fifty years of rallying as the Catlins Coast Rally celebrates its own twenty-year milestone on Saturday 8 August. Rabbidge can’t recall the exact date of …
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New Zealand Rally Champion, Ben Hunt of Auckland, will take to the roads of the Catlins when the twentieth anniversary Catlins Coast Rally takes place on Saturday 8 August. This is the second time Hunt has come to Catlins as the reigning New Zealand Champion. After he won his first national title in 2015, he competed at Catlins the following …
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The iconic annual Ashley Forest Rallysprint is adapting for its 2020 event, with the event altering businesses opportunity to sponsor the event. Following the COVID-19 period, sponsorship and commercial involvement has come to a halt due to the economic effects of the pandemic. So for this year, the event is offering an equal partnership for all sponsors. Having run for …
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Hello Silver Fern Rally Enthusiasts We are now in mid-winter here in NZ and full steam ahead as we turn our attention towards NZ Silver Fern in November 2020. We are pleased to confirm our intention to run the event in the format as plotted, a seven day marathon gravel rally starting in Rotorua with Documentation on Saturday 21st. In …
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Facing continual border uncertainty at being able to run an international event for 2020, organisers Rally New Zealand have opted to cancel this year’s International Rally of Whangarei. Originally scheduled to run 8 – 10 May as a combined FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) and Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) event, it was postponed just …
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