After narrowly dodging disaster twice over the three-day
Rally Australia, New Zealand's Hayden Paddon yesterday became
the first southern hemisphere driver to win a world rally
title.
New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon sits in third place in
the production world rally championship (PWRC) field after
the short first stage of the Rally of Argentina.
New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon cruised through the
final stages today to claim victory in the production car
category of Rally Portugal, his first event of the season.
Six-time world champion Sebastien Loeb continued his
spectacular charge up the Rally New Zealand leaderboard
today, all but wiping out the deficit from his crash on the
opening morning.
When Rally New Zealand drivers begin tackling the roads
from Northland to Waikato today, four Kiwis will be measuring
themselves against the finest Production World Rally
Championship (PWRC) operators.
