Arguably the strongest ever field for a non-international New Zealand rally will contest the Stadium Finance Rally South Canterbury on Saturday.

Serving as a round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship for just the third time and first since 1984, Rally South Canterbury promises to be one of the most eagerly contested events in recent times.

WRC star Hayden Paddon headlines the 96-strong field as he showcases his talents on the roads he grew up on, learning his trade as a youngster.

Joining Paddon in the category one battle are ...    more...

Christchurch’s Marcus van Klink is excited to take on a new challenge when the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship’s fourth round heads for new ground with the Stadium Finance South Canterbury Rally.

The event is one of the most keenly anticipated in the season and van Klink can’t wait to unleash the powerful Buteline Mazda RX-8 triple rotor on the fast and flowing public roads that make up the event.

The start to the season has been a strong one for van Klink and co-driver Dave ...    more...

Queenstown’s Mike Sheehan is gutted to be missing the fourth round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Stadium Finance South Canterbury Rally, with a last-minute engine problem forcing him out of the event.

Sheehan was looking forward to the Timaru based event, which returns to the NZRC after almost 35 years, but a developing issue has left the whole Sheehans Motorsport crew frustrated to be spectating rather than participating.

Along with new co-driver Glenn Goldring, the pair will still contest the pre-event reconnaissance to build pace notes for future ...    more...

Rallying for more than a decade means Emma Gilmour has driven on many of New Zealand’s gravel roads, but this Saturday’s Stadium Finance 2018 Rally South Canterbury offers some fresh stages for the Dunedin driver.

This fourth round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) covers nearly 200 competitive kilometres and the 11-stages – with no repeats – use roads to the north-west and south-west of Timaru.

South Canterbury has been an NZRC round only twice before, back in the early 1980s, long before Emma’s rally days ...    more...

Dave Holder is taking his FIA Junior World Rally Championship preparation to the fast gravel roads of South Canterbury this weekend.

Thanks to the long-time supporters Stadium Finance and Stadium Cars, Holder and co-driver Jason Farmer, of Mt Maunganui and Hamilton respectively, will pilot a left-hand-drive, front-wheel-drive Ford Fiesta in the 23 June Rally of South Canterbury.

The Timaru-based event is the fourth round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, but the domestic competition isn’t on Holder’s radar – in fact, he’s not even entered in ...    more...

Penny Homes Holden Rally Team drivers Josh Marston and Greg Murphy compete in the South Canterbury Rally for the very first time this coming Saturday.

The one-day rally, running 23 June on closed gravel roads around Timaru, have not been part of the New Zealand Rally Championship for over 30 years. Neither Marston or Murphy, from Christchurch and Havelock North respectively, have ever contested the rally as a club event.

“Everyone is raving about the stages and the fast flowing nature,” says Murphy. “I have been told some of the stages at Otago resemble ...    more...