Otago Daily Times

Racing greats could once again be flocking to test their mettle at the Coronet Peak Hillclimb, which was revived by the Queenstown Car Club earlier this month.

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Timaru race-goers witnessed a horrific half-hour yesterday after a multi-car crash at the Levels circuit left Osca series driver Matt Cronin trapped in his burning car.

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World championship commitments will not prevent New Zealand's top rally ace, Hayden Paddon, from contesting next month's Drivesouth Rally of Otago.

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Finnish driving great Ari Vatanen, renowned as one of the fastest and most spectacular competitors in the history of world championship rallying, is a confirmed starter for the Drivesouth Rally of Otago.

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With a busy festive season of speedway action behind us, attention in the lower South Island now turns to car racing on tarmac and the fast-looming prospect of extreme Nitro Circus action at Carisbrook.

Canterbury Ford Escort drivers Jeff Judd and Deane Buist emerged victorious at the end of the gruelling Silver Fern marathon rally on Saturday, with Judd winning the historic challenge division and Buist taking the challenge rally title for more heavily modified machines.

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Jeff Judd had grabbed a handy lead over Shane Murland in the historic section and Brad Goldsbrough was back in front of the challenge section when the Silver Fern Marathon rally reached the leg five halt in Invercargill last night.

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The Silver Fern Rally's infamous Black Forest stage justified its reputation as one of the most daunting challenges in New Zealand rallying yesterday, with leading Otago driver Andrew Hawkeswood one of many competitors to strike trouble over its ruts, rocks, twists and turns.

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Dunedin's motorsport fraternity can now count a newly-crowned international rally champion among its ranks with the recent return of Glenn Macneall to the city.