Shapley was taking a year off from the rally scene to be a Dad as a new arrival of a beautiful baby boy named Matthew , but due to covid 19 it seemed the whole rally scene would grind to halt. When Shapley caught wind of a rally based out of Whakatane (Home town) he knew it was time to …
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Bar’s Bugs, the New Zealand manufacturer best known for the popular Bar’s Bugs windscreen cleaning additive, is getting behind Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon and the exciting variety of motorsport projects being undertaken by Paddon Rallysport. The Cromwell-based rally driver has confirmed a partnership with Bar’s Bugs through to the end of 2021 and will utilise an expanded range of …
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Hi Silver Fern enthusiasts After the recent period of Level 3 COVID-19 travel restrictions in Auckland being downgraded to Level 2 along with the rest of the country, we are still uncertain as to what level COVID-19 restrictions the country will be in by November, so we have made the decision not to proceed with the proposed 2020 URG Silver …
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Hello Silver Fern Rally Enthusiasts With the ongoing active cases of COVID-19 around the world, it has become clear that the NZ Government will not be opening our boarders to international travellers any time soon. With this in mind, we have decided the best course of action is to reduce the 2020 NZ Silver Fern Marathon Rally to a two …
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Matt Summerfield of Christchurch drove superbly to win the twentieth edition of the Catlins Coast Rally in his Mitsubishi Mirage AP4 on Saturday. Summerfield won four of the six Special Stages, taking the lead after the third, and building a gap of 52 seconds before Gore driver Andrew Graves won the final stage, cutting the margin to 38.8 seconds at …
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Spectators at this year’s Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday will get a rare treat as Hayden Paddon makes an appearance at the event at the wheel of his Hyundai i20 AP4. Paddon is the only kiwi driver to ever win a World Rally Championship event having won 2016 Rally Argentina. He was the 2011 Production World Rally Champion and has …
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