Hayden Paddon, with co-driver John Kennard, has taken an
unexpected but valuable victory in the Super 2000 World Rally
Championship in Portugal overnight.
Top Kiwi rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have
won every stage of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship
category on day three of Rally Portugal to move from fourth
to third in their class.
New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon saw his overnight lead
in his class of the Rally of Portugal quickly evaporate when
his Skoda stopped just 1.5km into the day's first stage
because of an electrical fault.
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, New Zealand's top rally
drivers, have come through the opening four stages of the
Portuguese round of the World Rally Championship leading
their category by nearly 25 seconds.
Kiwi world production car rally champions Hayden Paddon and
John Kennard have finished Rally Sweden - Paddon's first
event on snow - with a solid fourth place in the Super
2000 World Rally Championship field.
Hayden Paddon, the Kiwi world rally champion is excited to be
starting a new chapter in his rallying career as he prepares
to depart for Spain next week.
NZ rally ace Hayden Paddon is paying tribute to the sport's
safety regulations after surviving a 200m plunge down a cliff
in a car at the weekend, escaping with a broken collarbone.
If you regretted not being at Rally Australia in September
when Hayden Paddon made history as the first New Zealander to
win a world rally championship, now is your chance to
celebrate with him.
Hayden Paddon has gained Subaru factory support to drive a
higher specification Subaru STI R4 in the final round of this
year's World Rally Championship, the Rally of
Wales, next month.
