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Judd takes maximum points at Catlins

Christchurch driver Jeff Judd along with co-driver Grant Marra have led home the field in the lastest round of the Stadium Finance Mainland Rally Series, the Catlins Coast Rally, held over the weekend. Judd’s result sees him as the fifth different winner in the five rounds to date.

Judd set the pace on stage one, but had to fight off a hard charging Michael Tall/Matt Richards in stage two. Tall would then hold on to a solid second place, with Deane Buist/Karl Celeste producing another outstanding display to come home third in their two-wheel drive Ford Escort.

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Thursday, 17 August, 2017

Toyota Racing New Zealand at full speed in 2018 championship preparation

Australian Sarah Brown, a veteran of almost a decade in key management roles with the V8 Supercars organisation in Australia is joining the Castrol Toyota Racing Series as one of two category managers.
 
Her appointment comes as championship preparations hit top speed, marking the 150-day milestone on the countdown to TRS 2018. She will take up her position on 11 September and will operate from the new Toyota Racing New Zealand headquarters and build facility at the north Waikato Hampton Downs circuit.
 

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Thursday, 17 August, 2017

Continuing to build tarmac experience Paddon’s aim in Germany

Star Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon has continued to work on his tarmac rally driving skills in 2017 and heads to this week’s Rallye Deutschland seeking to be competitive and collect points for his team, Hyundai Motorsport.

In recent months, Paddon and co-driver Seb Marshall have contested two tarmac non-World Rally Championship rallies in the Hyundai New Generation i20 R5 as part of building their experience on the surface with which Paddon is least familiar.

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Tuesday, 15 August, 2017

Retro livery for van Gisbergen at Sandown

The Red Bull Holden Racing Team has today revealed a retro-inspired livery that will adorn Supercars Champions, Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen’s Commodores at next month’s Sandown 500.

In celebrating the history of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship at its second annual retro round, Whincup and Van Gisbergen’s factory racing Commodores will pay tribute to the original Holden Dealer Team.

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Monday, 14 August, 2017

GRAVES WINS THIRD CATLINS COAST RALLY

Top seed Andrew Graves of Gore along with co-driver Jared Leebody won his third Catlins Coast Rally with a commanding drive in his Mitsubishi EVO 3 on Saturday.

Graves forged into the lead from the start, opening a good margin over second seed Jeff Judd of Christchurch in a Subaru Impreza WRX. He continued to build the lead winning five Special Stages before Judd took the sixth and final stage.

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Monday, 14 August, 2017

Young back to tackle Malaysia

Impressive Kiwi youngster Mike Young will be back behind the wheel of a rally car for the first time in nearly nine months as he prepares for the International Rally of Johor in Malaysia this weekend.

Young has confirmed a drive at two rounds of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship with Japanese team Cusco and will line-up in Malaysia and Rally Hokkaido in Japan next month.

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Friday, 11 August, 2017

Stanaway to debut in Super2 Series at Sydney Motorsport Park

Prodrive Racing (Australia) has announced that Kiwi Richie Stanaway will make his Supercars debut later this month when he will compete in the Dunlop Super2 Series at the Sydney Motorsport Park.

Previously Stanaway has been a co-driver in the Supercars enduro series and will this season partner with Cameron Waters in the endurance races at Sandown, Bathurst and the Gold Coast. His solo debut in the Super2 series will be in one of the team’s Ford Supercars.

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Friday, 11 August, 2017

Michels makes most of Australian opportunity

Jordan Michels of Invercargill has made the most of his opportunity in a test drive of a Mygale Formula Ford race car in Australia.

Michels received the chance to test at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria recently after winning Class 1 of the 2016/2017 South Island F1600 Championship thanks to an arrangement between the South Island Formula Ford Association and Mygale Cars in Australia.

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Friday, 11 August, 2017

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