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The 2012 DriveSouth Rally of Otago starts in Dunedin tonight with three special stages to the south and west of the city. Competitor will face 57 kilometres of stages on the first night.

The weather is currently overcast, but fine, with little likelihood of rain. Rain on Thursday night should have settled the dust, and competitors are eager to get the event underway.

Follow the 2012 DriveSouth Rally of Otago as it happens with our results service.

Dunedin’s Emma Gilmour plans to stamp her authority on this year’s Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, powered by Brother, when the championship’s third round, Drivesouth Rally Otago, takes place in her home town this weekend.
 
But Gilmour will be facing significant challenges to her title bid from current championship leader Coromandel’s Alex Kelsey, defending champion Masterton’s Richard Mason and former champion Timaru’s Chris West as the 25 to 27 May event takes place on gravel roads around Dunedin city.
 

Bid for a ride at the Otago Rally tarmac Super stage with British Rally Champion, Gwyndaf Evans, in a legendary Ford Escort BDA.  This will be at high speed, four laps of a city block, 2.15km distance, in front of a big crowd.
 

Emma Gilmour Otago RallyThe 2010 Otago Rally has had a route plotted that will provide a fantastic challenge for all competitors, and will draw together all the factors that have made rallying in New Zealand world class.  

The 2010 Otago Rally will include a number of changes, including brand new stages, when the event kicks off in central Dunedin on Friday, April 9.


Otago Rally crashesWe've added more in-car videos from the 2010 Otago Rally, including some fantastic driving and some big crashes.

Watch them now!

Andrew HawkeswoodThis morning's shakedown for the 2008 Rally of Otago saw a number of drivers testing their cars ahead of this weekend's event.
Richard Mason2007 Rally of Otago winners, Richard and Sara Mason, will start as odds-on favourites to win this year’s event, to be run in and around Dunedin on May 10 and 11.
It's less than a week until the Dunlop International Otago Classic Rally fires into action in Dunedin, and South Island speedster, Deane Buist, will be out to take back-to-back victories in the two-day event.

But who will be Buist's biggest threat for victory, and will a chance of car dampen the champion's chances?

We look at some of the drivers to watch.
Michele MoutonThe world’s best known, and most successful, female rally driver, Michèle Mouton, will be the drawcard entry in the 2008 Dunlop Classic Rally of Otago, driving a Ford Escort RS1800 for the Rossendale Rally Team.

For five years now, the Rossendale Team have been working in a very successful partnership with the event organisers to bring high profile European drivers to what is now regarded as the Southern Hemisphere's premier classic rallying events.

Long-term sponsor, Dunlop, have re-affirmed their commitment to the Otago Classic Rally for 2008.

Major sponsor of the Otago Classic Rally since 2002, Dunlop’s support of the most popular classic rally in the southern hemisphere has enabled investment in the growth of the event. This investment has seen many star drivers from Europe competing, and has helped increase television coverage, both nationally and internationally.


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