There may have been a solar eclipse over New Zealand today, but that didn’t dim the competition in the epay Silver Fern Rally. Clearing skies and drying roads provided ideal conditions as the crews bid the Silver Frond competitors a fond farewell. Heading from Napier to Feilding, via the back roads of Waipukurau and Pongaroa, […]
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Top British rally driver, Mark Fischer, today found himself at the centre of a storm of controversy after confessing that he had absolutely no idea what his long-term co-driver, Gethyn Davis, was talking about during races. It had been assumed that co-drivers were reading ‘pace notes’, a series of instructions describing how to negotiate the […]
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The recent Rally Hokkaido in Japan delivered success and drama for the two New Zealand drivers, experienced Brian Green and teenager Michael Young, who contested the 2012 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) event. Palmerston North’s Brian Green, with his long-time co-driver Fleur Pedersen of Havelock North alongside, came through the challenging two day event […]
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Teenager Michael Young and veteran rally driver Brian Green will be flying the New Zealand flag when the fifth round of the 2012 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) takes place on the island of Hokkaido, Japan next weekend. Young, a 19-year-old from Opotiki contesting his first full season of rallying, will be driving to win […]
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New Zealander Rhys Millen has followed in his father’s footsteps, winning the iconic Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado, and setting a new record in the process. The US-based racer’s stiffest competition, and dad Rod’s Peak nemesis for many years, Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima suffered electric motor failure in his Suzuki EV and was left out […]
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Balclutha driver Dean Bond in his Mitsubishi EVO 6.5 is the top seed for the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday 4 August. Bond, the defending champion and also the winner in 2009, heads an outstanding field featuring a staggering 89 entries. Bonds speed over the final stages at Catlins is legendary and his major rivals are keenly aware that they […]
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Star New Zealand rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard face their stiffest competition yet when they start next week’s Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1 to 4 August, as the leading FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship competitors. The iconic Finnish rally has attracted nine competitors now registered for SWRC points. There are in fact […]
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