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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

2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint Supercars launched in Auckland

Iconic New Zealand company ITM will continue as naming rights partner of the country’s largest annual motorsport event, the ITM Auckland SuperSprint.

The 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint Supercars, to be held at the spiritual home of motorsport in this country at Pukekohe Park Raceway on 3-5 November, was launched in Auckland today.

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Friday, 11 August, 2017

More racing action for Supercars at Pukekohe in 2017 promises Fabian Coulthard

Supercars stay in Pukekohe for 2017

New Zealand Supercars driver Fabian Coulthard is promising that this year's Pukekohe round will be more exciting than in 2016.

Last year there were two 100km races on the Saturday and Sunday, with no pit stops for fuel or tyres.

It resulted in boring processional racing, with no tactics and little overtaking as the cars usually finished in the same order as they qualified.

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Friday, 11 August, 2017

FOUR PAST WINNERS AMONG CATLINS ENTRIES

Two time winner Andrew Graves of Gore is the top seed for this Saturday’s Catlins Coast Rally which features four former winners – Graves, Deane Buist, Derek Ayson and defending champion, Vaughan Edie.

Graves, winner of the event in 2010 and 2013 in his Mitsubishi EVO 3, was unlucky not to add a third victory last year when as the top seed he encountered the worst of the treacherous conditions in the icy stages. However he charged back into second place, 33.9 seconds behind the winner, Vaughan Edie of Invercargill by the end of the day.

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Friday, 11 August, 2017

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