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Top Kiwi pairing Richard and Sara Mason during shakedown for Rally Whangarei

Strategy to play part for top-runners in International Rally of Whangarei

Five of the top-runners in this weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei – including Kiwi star Hayden Paddon and current Asia Pacific Rally Championship points-leader Chris Atkinson from Australia – have varying objectives for the two day event.

Australian driver Brendan Reeves is interviewed by APRC.TV [Photo: Alan McDonald]

Billion plus audience for International Rally of Whangarei

China Central Television (CCTV), with an audience of 1.1 billion viewers, is one of the 39 media outlets covering this weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei.

Kerikeri’s Kingsley Thompson in action around the Pohe Island super special stage

International Rally of Whangarei supports local communities

Giving something back to the communities which support this week’s International Rally of Whangarei, where drivers from New Zealand and around the Asia Pacific compete on gravel roads through the Kaipara and Whangarei districts, is an important aspect of the event for organisers.

Richard & Sara Mason head the NZRC points-table going into round 4 in Whangarei

Kiwis in the spotlight at International Rally of Whangarei

This weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei is a two-pronged battle for Kiwi teams as they chase championship points while competing against the largest-ever international field for this event for outright honours.

In Whangarei, fans will see Hayden Paddon’s Subaru STI now sports new livery reflecting his New Zealand World Rally Team colours and new support from Placemakers

Paddon, star Kiwi driver, chases fourth Whangarei Rally victory

New Zealand’s top rally duo, Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, head to this week’s International Rally of Whangarei with one goal – to win the top-class rally for a record fourth time.

Young rally fans get posters and other memorabilia signed by drivers at the International Rally of Whangarei [Photo Alan McDonald]

Spectator attractions key part of International Rally of Whangarei

Rally fans can enjoy multiple spectator vantage points to watch New Zealand’s best rally drivers take on the cream of the Asia Pacific region during the 15 to 17 July running of the International Rally of Whangarei.

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