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Alister McRae is seen in action in the Proton Satria Neo S2000 car in Japan earlier this year.  Credit Brian Young, APRC TV

McRae keen to tackle International Rally of Whangarei

One of the world’s best-known rally drivers, Alister McRae, is looking forward getting started in the International Rally of Whangarei on 2 July.

The driver autograph signing session is always popular. (Australian driver Brendan Reeves is seen in the Pirelli cap and Whangarei driver Ben Jagger in the blue-sleeved overalls.)  Credit macspeedfoto

Community fun all part of International Rally of Whangarei

The rally action on roads around the Whangarei and Kaipara regions is the main focus of this year’s International Rally of Whangarei, running from 2 to 4 July, but an international event of this nature offers the region’s communities numerous opportunities for fun and involvement.

The rally’s colouring competition for school-age children remains a hugely popular activity with three age-group winners enjoying a ride to school in a rally car.

Willard Martin, chairman of the International Rally of Whangarei organising committee, says hundreds of children enter the competition, which sees the three winners able to choose two friends to join them for a ride to school in a convoy of rally cars on the morning of Friday 2 July.

This year’s top seed Katsu Taguchi in the MRF Tyres Mitsubishi in action at last year’s Pohe Island super special stage which attracted hundreds of spectators.  Credit macspeedfoto.

Plentiful opportunities for spectators at International Rally of Whangarei

This year’s International Rally of Whangarei again offers multiple opportunities for spectators to see the best rally drivers in the Asia Pacific and New Zealand as they contest the international event running over the weekend of 2 to 4 July.

NorthTec students with Brenda Lupton

NorthTec student volunteers come forward to help with the International Rally of Whangarei in 2010

Enthusiastic NorthTec student volunteers gathered recently for a briefing session about next month’s International Rally of Whangarei. The prestigious international rally runs from 2 to 4 July with volunteers playing an important role in the event's success.

Katsuhiko Taguchi, from Japan, in action on the roads of Hokkaido Island during APRC Rally Hokkaido. Taguchi is the number one seed for the International Rally of Whangarei and the current Asia Pacific Rally Championship series leader. Credit Brian Young,

Taguchi top seed for July’s International Rally of Whangarei

Entries for this year’s International Rally of Whangarei have closed with 67 drivers contesting the event which counts as a round of three major rally series: the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), the Vantage Aluminium New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) and the Stilo Top Half Rally Series.

Dean Sumner in action.  Credit Macspeed Photography

International Rally of Whangarei features four Kiwi APRC wildcard drivers

Four top Kiwi drivers have been selected as the wildcard entrants for the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) field during July’s International Rally of Whangarei.

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