BMW GT racer Tom Blomqvist followed in the footsteps of his World Rally Championship-winning father by contesting his first rally last weekend. Blomqvist, the son of 1984 WRC title winner Stig Blomqvist, took part in the Danau Toba Rally in Indonesia at the wheel of a Citroen C3 R5. The appearance came about as a […]
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A damaged part of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil’s Para state has been confirmed as the second location the Extreme E series will visit during its inaugural season in 2021. The electric off-road SUV racing series was launched earlier this year with a plan to race at locations in the Arctic, and the Himalayas, as […]
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The multi-championship winning rally team, Paddon Rallysport, has revealed they are undertaking a ground-breaking new project – the design, development and construction of the world’s first electric rally car that will be capable of running full length rallies. Headed by New Zealand’s most successful rally driver, Hayden Paddon, the Hyundai Kona EV rally car project […]
Read moreAustralian-based Scotsman Alister McRae won the Ashley Forest Rallysprint, in North Canterbury today, in the 1998 ex-Possum Bourne Vantage Subaru WRC – becoming the first international driver to claim victory in the event’s 35-year history. The elimination-style nature of the rallysprint, which featured a 55% uphill and 45% downhill 1.7km course, saw McRae go first […]
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It’s only 1.7 kilometres of gravel road in a forest near Rangiora in North Canterbury, but the iconic Ashley Forest Rallysprint represents unfinished business for Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon. Fresh from securing a hard-fought third place at Rally Turkey on 16 September, Paddon is homeward bound ready to get behind the wheel of his […]
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Romain Dumas has become the first man ever to beat the 8 minute mark for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. In competition today the twice Le Mans 24 Hours winner and 2016 WEC Champion, already an overall winner of the event three times, took his Norma chassied full EV 2018 Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak up the now fully […]
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Local racer Nick Hall has taken control of the 2018 ORANZ New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship after round two at Puhinui in Manukau on April 21. He won all four heats for the unlimited-class trucks, racing to the win on a track that improved from moly-grease slimy in the morning to dusty in the afternoon. […]
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Volkswagen has revealed its challenger for a record-breaking run up this year’s Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. The all-electric car known as the I.D. R was unveiled in Ales, France, before it then took to the track for its first shakedown run. Volkswagen Motorsport’s target for the June 24 event in Colorado is New Zealander Rhys […]
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