Hayden Paddon has processed the disappointment of crashing out of the previous two rounds of the World Rally Championship and will be taking a back-to-basics approach at this week's Rally Poland.
Although Hayden Paddon stole the show with a record winning margin in the Drivesouth Rally of Otago, Ben Hunt's brand new Subaru WRX STi had a promising debut, finishing second yesterday.
Hayden Paddon's Hyundai Motorsport team has been flat out building the top New Zealand rally driver a new car for this week's FIA World Rally Championship rally on the Italian island of Sardinia.
Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour won her first national rally championship round yesterday, becoming the first woman to win a New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) event.
She has been New Zealand's first lady of rallying for a decade and now Emma Gilmour has achieved a top-tier result.
Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour has been chosen to go cross-country rallying again, this time competing in the 330km Italian Baja from June 24 to 26.
In an "incredibly gracious'' gesture, injured Southland racer Ian (Inky) Tulloch has committed his Camaro GT3 to contesting the North and South Island endurance titles, in the hands of his co-driver, John McIntyre, and a new recruit.
There will be the weight of expectation riding on board with Hayden Paddon and John Kennard as they fire up their Hyundai i20 WRC car in Portugal this week.
Palmerston motocross rider Courtney Duncan's 2016 world championship dreams are in tatters, yet she's already determined to bounce back.
In a devastating setback, Palmerston's Courtney Duncan crashed into a photographer in her first Women's Motocross World Championship (WMWC) race and sustained event-ending injuries on Saturday.
Epitomising the humble New Zealand athlete, Women's Motocross World Championship (WMWC) leader Courtney Duncan is not letting her new-found fame go to her head before the third round this weekend.
The surname Veitch is synonymous with motorcycles in Dunedin, so it is no wonder the youngest male member, Grason (13), is a motocross star in the making.
Last year Hayden Paddon received a huge WRC confidence boost after winning the Otago Rally in a 2WD Escort - so what will winning it by a record-breaking margin in 2016 do for his driving?
Hayden Paddon really outdid himself when he won the two-day Drivesouth Rally of Otago by a whopping 9min 22sec yesterday, in his Hyundai i20.
First world problem - what does the man who has everything buy for an anniversary?In Highlands Motorsport Park owner Tony Quinn's case, he settled on a $4.2million Aston Martin Vulcan to commemorate the three years since the Cromwell race track first opened its gates.
The 2015 national rally champion Ben Hunt has some brand new wheels that he will dial up into competition mode for the first time tomorrow.
They regularly challenge the 4WDs for sheer speed, so this weekend's Otago Rally provides a welcome 2WD battleground for quick Kiwis Derek Ayson and Marcus van Klink.
Otago crowds will get the first glimpse of Hayden Paddon in his new specifically designed rally car.
For many mountain bikers, accessing tracks for training means chucking the bike on a car and travelling to a suitable spot, but Hawea Flat's Paul Wright literally rides off his back doorstep, down a series of steps, through a gate and straight on to the 4.5km track winding its way around his family's hillside property.
Queenstown's Scott Columb started his New Zealand Motocross Championships campaign with a solid fourth place in the opening round at Pleasant Point on Sunday.
