Former World Rally Championship star, Markko Martin, has blitzed the field in the 2016 Stadium Cars Otago Classic Rally, taking a two and a half minute victory.
The overalls and gloves worn by Ari Vatanen during the 2011 DriveSouth Rally of Otago will be auctioned after the event finishes in Dunedin on April 10.
Money can’t normally buy this. Bid to win a ride with France’s 1994 World Rally Champion, Didier Auriol, in a full spec BDA Escort RS1800 at the Otago Rally superstage.
The route for the 2012 Rally of Otago promises to be an exciting one, with over 300 kilometres of competitive stages over the three days of competition.To be held from May 25 to 27, the event is round three of the New Zealand Rally Championship, and also includes the popular International Classic Rally of Otago, and the Allcomers event.
After a successful pre-season test of her Subaru Impreza WRX STi, Emma Gilmour is raring to go in the 2011 New Zealand Rally Championship.
This Friday’s first three stages of Rally Otago – run at night – offer an exciting new challenge for many of the 29 competitors registered to contest the opening round of the 2011 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship.
1981 World Rally Champion, Ari Vatanen, took to the forests near Christchurch today to shakedown the Ford Escort RS1800 that he will drive in this weekend's DriveSouth Rally of Otago.
The date for the 2010 Otago Rally has been confirmed as April 10 and 11, with the event moving forward from its traditional May date.Rally New Zealand, the country’s World Rally Championship round, has been scheduled for early May, forcing Otago Rally organisers to move the Dunedin based event forward by five weeks.
This weekend’s opening round of the 2011 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship in Otago features the return of the revered Audi Quattro name to the historic category, one of four classes within the championship structure.
A host of top level Australian rally drivers will head across the Tasman next April to contest the Dunlop International Classic Rally of Otago when Dunedin once again hosts the southern hemisphere’s premier classic rally.Brad Goldsbrough, Jeff David and Ross Dunkerton finished second, third and fourth in the 2009 event, and all are expected to return to try to take home the winner’s prize.