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Paddon joins GRC Europe grid!

WRC driver and Production World Rally champion Hayden Paddon is the latest addition to the Global Rallycross Europe championship grid

WRC driver and Production World Rally champion Hayden Paddon is the latest addition to the Global Rallycross Europe championship grid Hyundai factory driver Hayden Paddon has made the switch from WRC to GRC for the series’ inaugural 2019 season. The New Zealander will be driving a Pantera RX6 car with a Hyundai i30 body kit. “I have been in Rallying …

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Third for Cox at RX Academy final in Sweden

Third for Cox at RX Academy final in Sweden

New Zealand driver Sloan Cox completed the fifth and final event of his debut international rallycross season with third place in the RX Academy final at the Tierps Arena in Sweden on 7 October. Although it wasn’t quite the way Cox would have liked to step up on the podium – placings from the crash-marred, red-flagged final race were decided …

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Tough rallycross weekend for Cox despite speed

Tough rallycross weekend for Cox despite speed

Kiwi driver Sloan Cox achieved some of the results he hoped for at the most recent round of the RX Academy in Finland but missed his core goal of qualifying for the final. There was no lack of determination from Cox and, in fact, he looked to be on track for a strong performance at the fourth of the five …

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Cox makes gains in rallycross competition

Cox makes gains in rallycross competition

New Zealander Sloan Cox came away from the third round of his RX Academy campaign in Finland having made further performance gains. The rally-turned-rallycross driver from Rotorua took a race win during the qualifying rounds of the 11 August event at the Jalasjärvi national rallycross circuit, his first win in this series. While he didn’t make the top four for …

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Cox prepared for return to European rallycross

Cox prepared for return to European rallycross

New Zealander Sloan Cox has worked hard to be as prepared as he can be for his next two RX Academy rounds in Finland and goes into the events with a clear goal to improve. The Rotorua-based 26-year-old has turned his considerable talents behind the wheel of a rally car to the newer motorsport discipline of rallycross which is hugely …

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Cox takes positives from Finnish RX Academy round

Cox takes positives from Finnish RX Academy round

It wasn’t the weekend that New Zealand’s Sloan Cox was hoping for at his second European rallycross event – the rally-turned-rallycross driver from Rotorua didn’t qualify for the final – but he’s already focused on what he needs to do to improve for the next round in August. Cox is contesting the RX Academy, a five round competition and coaching …

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