Catherine Pattison

Rally sprint bright spot in tough season for Gilmour

Dunedin’s Emma Gilmour on her way to winning the Otago Sports Car Club’s Circle Hill Rallysprint...

Rally sprint bright spot in tough season for Gilmour

Motorsport generally lightens a driver's wallet. However Saturday's Circle Hill Rally-sprint bucked the trend and sent the fastest few away with some dollars in their pockets.

Paddon too good on home patch

Hayden Paddon revelled in rallying on the gravel back roads he grew up on, winning all 12 stages and finishing six minutes, 54.4secs ahead of the second driver in Saturday's South Canterbury Rally.

McLaughlin pops into Highlands for a circuit

Reigning V8 Supercar champion Scott McLaughlin took his first drive around Highlands Motorsport...

McLaughlin pops into Highlands for a circuit

"This is my favourite car. One day I'm going to buy a car like this," reigning V8 Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin enthuses, upon spying the Porsche GT3 RS3 he is about to take his debut drive...

Three Otago drivers have different agendas

Hyundai rally driver Hayden Paddon will compete in Saturday's one-day South Canterbury Rally with...

Three Otago drivers have different agendas

Three Otago drivers entered in Saturday's one-day South Canterbury Rally have different agendas for the 12-stage event.

Lawson leaves field behind at Toyota Racing Series

Jared Lawson and his wife Kristy congratulate their son Liam (16) after he won his second of...

Lawson leaves field behind at Toyota Racing Series

Her wonder-kid son, Liam, might have been making Kiwi motorsport magic on the Highlands Motorsport Park track, yet Kristy Lawson could only allow herself glances at the final Toyota Racing Series ...

Leitch confident given knowledge of car, circuits

Brendon Leitch, of Invercargill, practises for the opening round of the Toyota Racing Series, at...

Leitch confident given knowledge of car, circuits

Invercargill's Brendon Leitch is returning for his sixth tilt at the Toyota Racing Series which will open its five-round season at Highlands Motorsport Park in Otago this weekend.

Wheels big and small for show

The inaugural Wheels at Wanaka is calling for vehicles to register for display at the Easter show next year and the criteria is all-encompassing.

Reid takes endurance title after epic duel with Waite

After snatching the lead in the closing minutes of the New Zealand Endurance Championship, Jonny...

Reid takes endurance title after epic duel with Waite

The talent of two young New Zealand drivers was displayed in all its gutsy glory to nearly the very end of the New Zealand Endurance Championship’s three-hour race at Highlands Motorsport Park on...

Dual class success for Black brothers

Dunedin's Black brothers Stu and Arron drove their two BMW E46s to double class success in the one-hour and three-hour races at the New Zealand Endurance Championship.

Otago pair’s diminutive Volkswagen Golf poses real threat

Barry Moore, of Queenstown, and Dunedin’s Tim Mackersy will be campaigning their pocket rocket...

Otago pair’s diminutive Volkswagen Golf poses real threat

Because it is hosted at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, the New Zealand Endurance Championship is chock-full of the region’s drivers, in both the one-hour and three-hour races on Saturday.

A brush with the beautiful life

Motoring reporter Catherine Pattison takes a ride in a Lamborghini Urus. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

A brush with the beautiful life

‘‘Merry Christmas,’’ motorsport presenter turned Giltrap Group head of communications and public relations Shaun Summerfield says with a grin, as he hands me the keys to a Lamborghini Urus, writes Catherine Pattison.

Supercar roadshow coming South

Former television presenter Shaun Summerfield has bought 10 supercars to Queenstown and Cromwell,...

Supercar roadshow coming South

Former Channel 9 news presenter and more recently former Newshub motorsport reporter Shaun Summerfield may have the best car job in New Zealand.

Otago pair up against international rivals

Otago pair up against international rivals

Dunedin's two national rally championship competitors will have this season’s sole opportunity to trade times with overseas drivers at this weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei.

Flat tyre thwarts Gilmour

The Suzuki Swift AP4 of Emma Gilmour and Antony McLoughlin in action on special stage 9 in Ward...

Flat tyre thwarts Gilmour

Dunedin driver Emma Gilmour experienced the tough hand that rallying can deftly dish out as a final-stage puncture deflated her hopes of a podium finish yesterday.

Confidence and commitment

Confidence and commitment were the key ingredients to WRC driver Hayden Paddon once again blitzing the Otago Rally field by a massive margin.

Paddon charges to Otago Rally win

WRC driver Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard have won the Otago Rally in their Hyundai i20 AP4, finishing almost 8mins 30sec clear of their nearest rivals.

Paddon leads the way in Otago Rally

Hayden Paddon and John Kennard in action on Special Stage 9 in Dunedin. Photo: Gregor Richardson

Paddon leads the way in Otago Rally

New Zealand’s WRC driver Hayden Paddon is dominating the Rally of Otago, winning all eight stages today and leading Auckland’s Subaru WRX STi driver Ben Hunt and Tony Rawstorn by 4mins:44.5secs.

Paddon wise to rivals' capabilities

Hayden Paddon last won the NZRC in 2016. Photo: Getty Images

Paddon wise to rivals' capabilities

The Otago Rally roars out of Dunedin this weekend and with new cars, fresh faces and WRC stars scattered throughout the field, it promises some quality action.

Paddon's Return Huge for Rally Fans

A Shortened 2018 WRC schedule has seen Hayden Paddon seek solace in his home country's ample rally calendar - beginning this weekend with the Dunedin Isuzu Otago NZRC Rally. As far as consolation...

Mads Ostberg

Mads Ostberg didn't reach his level of WRC fame by not taking chances, so why let a little thing like marginal 2WD experience stand in the way of him competing in the Otago Classic Rally?The...

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