While Hayden Paddon might be the new kid on the World Rally Championship block, the tables have been turned on his rivals for Rally Poland this week.
Have you seen in-car footage of Hayden Paddon driving? As the landscape flashes by outside, inside the rally car his face is a mask of calm and concentration.
Otago riders Scott Columb and Courtney Duncan had stunning returns to form at the annual Michael Godfrey Memorial Motocross near Christchurch at the weekend.
As most people are settling in for an evening in front of the fire, 57 teams will be switching on car headlamps for the Rally of Canterbury's two night stages through forest near Rangiora tonight.
The Rally of Otago is on again, and there will be plenty of action this weekend. Motorsport writer Catherine Pattison tells you what you need to know.
That her debut in the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) was going to be a steep learning curve was a given for Emma Gilmour.
The reality of becoming the first woman to drive in a Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) event was hitting home for Emma Gilmour ahead of this weekend's opening round in Barbados.
Although a puncture near the Rally of Otago's tail end ruined a faultless score card of stage wins for Masterton couple Richard and Sara Mason, it did not prevent them from claiming a dominant victory.
Didier Auriol, the star international driver in the Rally of Otago, has an impressive World Rally Championship record. Catherine Pattison talks to the genial Frenchman about cars, his career and how he rates his chances this weekend.
Although life has become even busier for Hayden Paddon this year, since he signed with Hyundai Motorsport his head is clearer than it has ever been.
Four Otago riders stood on class podiums at the New Zealand junior championships at Ikamatua on the West Coast over the weekend.
Transtasman rivalry reaches fever pitch this weekend when the V8 Supercars make their annual - and only - foray across the ditch, racing at Pukekohe over the next three days. Motoring writer Catherine Pattison asks and answers some questions.
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V8 SuperTourer driver Andrew Waite has a tough job at Highlands Motorsport Park.
He spends his week days doing hot laps around the Cromwell circuit in a Porsche GT3 and Porsche Cayenne.
But in the weekends, he really draws the short straw - he has to take paying customers for spins in Highlands owner Tony Quinn's Lamborghini Superleggera.
In the War of Wings' final 25-lap race, Jason Scott's fiendishly powerful sprint car spun, teetered and nearly tipped before settling back on to four wheels and scorching onwards to a debut series win at the Central Motor Speedway.
A team of four Wanaka athletes has beaten the best in the world to claim the overall prize in the fast-paced, four-day Wenzhou Outdoor Challenge.
Indian Gaurav Gill and Australian-based co-driver Glenn Macneall swept Sunday's six special stages to snatch victory from overnight leader and Czech team-mate Jan Kopecky in the International Rally of Whangarei.
The word ''sponge'' is not something that springs to mind when talking about a machine so light (650kg), yet so powerful (625kW) and incredibly fast (top speed 160kmh), yet that's how Queenstown's Jason Scott describes the huge, aerodynamic, accident-absorber that sits atop his sprint car.
Recently-signed World Rally Championship driver Hayden Paddon will begin his season by competing at the Rally of Otago next month.
Grit and determination were not quite enough to haul Scott Columb up on to the podium at the New Zealand motocross championships.
Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour may well have black and blue forearms, given how often she has pinched herself in the past few weeks.
