Category Archives: Rallying

It’s been a while….

Apologies for the delay since the last post, but at least there is now plenty of exciting news to report on.
 
Last weekend was Rally Australia and was an interesting battle on so many different levels.
 
As well as being round 10 of the World Rally Championship, in which Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen were locked [...]

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Rally Wairarapa update

Hi All,
Well day one of Rally Wairarapa has been and gone with Hayden Paddon taking a fairly dominant victory despite a puncture that reduced his winning margin to 15 seconds over local driver Richard Mason with Emma Gilmour rounding out the top three.
In finishing fourth, Geof Argyle did enough to not only win the Open class [...]

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Rally Wairarapa

Hi all, sorry it has been a while since my last post.
Next weekend is the Rally Wairarapa and it is shaping up to be the most interesting round of the national championship to date.
Last year it was the opening rally of both the New Zealand Rally Championship and the season. Based in Masterton, it is [...]

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Targa Rotorua

Hi All,
Back from Rotorua now, it was a good weekend but my role was changed to placing the arrows out at least an hour before any stages started so unusually for me I don’t have much info to share!
What I can tell you is that the new Nissan R35 GTR has taken it’s first victory on [...]

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Whangarei/Targa Rotorua

Hi All,
Whangarei was a fantastic event, the Kiwi’s proved that they are a force to be reckoned with. Hayden Paddon showed the way home with a convincing victory despite being first car on the road. Having said that, Richard Mason was even further in front until his turbo expired four stages from home.
Cody Crocker took [...]

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Welcome/Rally Whangarei

Hi All,
My name is Blair Bartels and welcome to my blog. Basically I will be going to as many motorsport events as possible and keeping you up to  date with as much of the news/gossip as i can get my hands on. Also you can post comments or ask questions within the comments section which [...]

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