This year’s Catlins Coast Rally which takes place on Saturday 8 August will see one of the best fields in the history of the event as many of New Zealand’s top drivers line up for the 20thAnniversary of the rally. One such driver is Matt Summerfield of Christchurch who will drive his Mitsubishi Mirage AP4 in the event. Summerfield has …
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The cancellation of the New Zealand Rally Championship for 2020 due to Covid-19 looks to have had an upside for the 20th Catlins Coast Rally this Saturday (8 August). Josh Marston, a leading competitor at National level with finishes of third and second in the 2018 and 2019 New Zealand Rally Championship respectively, will bring his MRF Tyres/Rubber Developments Ltd …
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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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