Sport/Motorsport

Eric Clark of Invercargill arrives at the Catlins Coast Rally this Saturday sitting second in Class E of the MRF Tyres Mainland Rally Series. Clark, a regular in his Subaru Legacy RS with partner Catriona Flynn his co-driver, are the only local team chasing the full Mainland Series which covers the

Saturday’s Catlins Coast Rally has attracted a superb field as more and more competitors make it a bucket list event. The top two drivers from last year’s New Zealand Rally Championship, several past winners of the Catlins event, a strong contingent from the North Island and an Australian crew make

Most fans of rallying have a favourite era where the cars and drivers of that time really caught the imagination. For Tony Gosling of Christchurch, who will compete in the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday 11 August, that time was the early 1990’s when Group A cars such as Subaru Legacy’s and Mazda 32

Nick Cassidy and his co-driver Ryo Hirakawa have leapt into the lead of Japan’s Super GT series after finishing second in the Fuji 500 miles, the longest race of the championship, in their Lexus LC500. “It was a great result after we only qualified seventh,” said the 23-year-old Aucklander and defen

On Sunday 5th August the final meeting  of the Kartsport Southland winter series was held. The next meeting to be held will be on Saturday August 18th – It is  a round of the Mainland Series , racing will commence at 10 am  at the Invercargill Oil Shop Kart Raceway. Admission to spectate is free. Ph

Current New Zealand Rally Champion, Andrew Hawkeswood of Auckland, will line up in this year’s Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday 11 August in what is another coup for the event. Hawkeswood will be at the wheel of the Mazda AP4 that he built and took to the national title last year. That was his first

Kiwis Dave Holder and Jason Farmer secured a ninth place class finish in their first-ever run on the famed high speed special stages of Rally Finland. While the pair had hoped for a stronger Finnish result in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship category they are contesting for the first time thi

Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon and his British co-driver Seb Marshall have secured a well-deserved fourth place at Rally Finland, their best ever result at this iconic World Rally Championship event, which ran 26-29 July. For his ninth run in Finland, Paddon’s pre-event goal was to be in the top fi