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Who were some of the unsung performers at Rally Hawke’s Bay? We ask the NZRC team to name their shining stars from the fourth round of the Brian Green Property

Jack Hawkeswood has slashed Jack Stokes’ lead in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship to a solitary point after winning a dramatic Rally Hawke’s Bay on Saturday.

Young guns Jack Stokes and Jack Hawkeswood will square off in unfamiliar territory at round four of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship in Hawke’s Bay this

Three rounds down, three to go, and now the fast South Island stuff is done, it’s on to the technical roads of the North Island. By winning his second round

Ben Harding will finally get to compete in his home rally in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship this weekend. The Hawke’s Bay local missed the championship’s

Jackson Clendon will make a long-awaited return to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship at Rally Hawke’s Bay this weekend. Clendon shot to prominence as one of

The 2027 calendar for the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship has been confirmed with a similar look to this year. The same six events have been locked

Will Menzies will join the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship at Hawke’s Bay and will unleash his GR Yaris Rally Cup Car in the process. Menzies is

Who were some of the unsung performers at the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland? We ask the NZRC team to name their shining stars from the third round of the

Jack Stokes has won the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland to extend his lead in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship to seven points at the midway

The fierce battle in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship resumes this weekend when the nation’s leading drivers tackle the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland. Based out

Two rounds down and the gap at the top is just two points, already with 17 points back to third. A win and a second each mean the two Jacks

Ari Pettigrew has quickly become the talk of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship this season with his blistering speed in the Porsche 911 but the phenomenon

As the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship heads to round three in Southland this week, a pair of local stars have lifted the lid on why the

MRF Tyres is pleased to confirm the expansion of its agreement with the New Zealand Rally Championship, which will see the Indian tyre manufacturer not only continue as the control

Four-time Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally champion Ben Hunt will compete at the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland this month in a GR Yaris Cup car. Hunt, the

Two of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship’s brightest stars could easily have gone down a different sporting route. As Southland products Caleb Macdonald and Kevin Laird

Former national historic champion John Silcock cut a proud figure at last month’s Lone Star Rally Canterbury with both sons Harri and Josh standing out in their respective classes. Silcock,

Derek Ayson experienced the highs and lows of rallying in an eventful Lone Star Rally Canterbury last week and has been left wondering what might have been. Ayson was on

Who were some of the unsung performers at the Lone Star Rally Canterbury? We ask the NZRC team to name their shining stars from the second round of the Brian

Jack Hawkeswood has stormed home to win Lone Star Rally Canterbury by just .2 of a second from Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship points leader Jack Stokes

Jack Hawkeswood will attempt to slay the two-headed monster that is the Stokes brothers at this weekend’s second round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. The

As speculated in my last post, the competition at Otago was intense and incredibly close as the three NZRC front runners fought for every second – and split second for

Rally Challenge 2WD defending champion Ian Warren makes a welcome return to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship this week. Warren will drive a Suzuki Swift Cup

A total of 29 entries have been received for the second round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship in Canterbury at the end of the month.

A little change means the Lonestar/Joes Garage Rally Canterbury will look a lot different when the second round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship takes place

Lonestar Rally Canterbury will feature some fan zones that will take spectating to all new levels of enjoyment in what will be a popular move by organisers. Local media and

Ari Pettigrew has top shelf ability behind the wheel of a rally car – we knew that from his early years in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally

Championship contender Jack Hawkeswood has come up with a radical plan to shake-up the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship – a joker round. Always one to have

Championship protagonists Jack Stokes, Jack Hawkeswood and Robbie Stokes go head-to-head in an entertaining first in this week’s BB and Budgie’s Thursday Night Recce. The title contending trio join Blair

Quentin Palmer sits third in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and could well be a dark horse this season but that will depend on sponsorship. Palmer

Who were some of the unsung performers at the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally? We ask the NZRC team to name their shining stars from the first round of the

Jack Stokes secured a maiden win in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after finishing on top spot of the podium at the Central Machine Hire Otago

Jack Stokes leads the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally by a little under two minutes after a challenging opening day of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship.

With Hayden Paddon, so deservedly, back in the WRC and Ben Hunt stepping away from the NZRC after more than a decade at the sharp end of the championship, 2026

Dylan Thomson might well be the dark horse for not only this weekend’s season-opening Central Machine Hire Otago Rally but also the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship

Top seed Robbie Stokes and his team have won a race against time and will take their place at the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand

Ex-Rally Challenge champion Grant Blackberry is going to throw open an already competitive class of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship this season. The Hawke’s Bay local

Robbie Stokes and his Stokes Motorsport team are racing the clock to have their Skoda Fabia Rally 2 car ready for next weekend’s opening round of the Brian Green Property

Today our sport has lost a founding father, a competitor and an icon of our sport. Put simply, rallying both in New Zealand and across the world would not be

Open 2WD champion Dave Strong is welcoming some more competition in the class in the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and has upped his game accordingly.

Jack Hawkeswood has his eyes firmly on the big prize as the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship is set to get underway in a couple of weeks.

Jack Stokes heads into the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship with a new car and a new focus. He turned heads at Otago last year, leading

The Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship will feature a new class in 2026 with the Classics Championship confirmed by MotorSport New Zealand. Based on the Otago Rally