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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
APRC Updates
Paddon heads to WRC Japan
Hayden Paddon is currently third in the Production World Rally Championship and with a good result in Japan has every chance of winning the title. more...
Rifat takes maximum APRC points
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2010 Rally Caledonia - Full Report
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