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Rally Whangarei 2010

Day Two, Sunday 4 July

Hayden Paddon & John Kennard dominated the rally to win overall and score max. APRC and NZRC points APRC podium (L-R): Smyth/Reeves; Paddon/Kennard; McRae/Hayes Overall podium (L-R): Gilmour/Atkinson; Paddon/Kennard; Reeves/Smyth Second overall: Emma Gilmour and Ben Atkinson Third overall: Brendon Reeves & Rhianon Smyth Fourth overall & second APRC: Alister McRae & Bill Hayes APRC competitors Rifat Sungkar & Scott Beckwith Whangarei locals Ben Jagger & Ben Hawkins Chris West & Chris Cobham helf fifth overall until the very last stage, when they suffered two punctures! Patrick Malley & Malcolm Read came home sixth overall Gaurav Gill & Glenn MacNeall suffered gearbox issues, managing to get to the finish and claim some APRC points Richard & Sara Mason didn't have their best run in Whangarei, but did manage to finish seventh

Day One, Saturday 3 July

Chris Atkinson Katsu Taguchi Hayden Paddon Emma Gilmour Alister McRae Brendan Reeves Patrick Malley Gaurav Gill Rifat Sungkar Glen Inkster Sara and Richard Mason Stephen Barker and Patrick Malley VIP Guests VIP Guests

Pre-event activities: Friday 2 July

Geof Argyle gives a colouring competition winner a ride to school Kingsley Thompson gives a colouring competition winner a ride to school in the special rally convoy Glenn Inkster participates in the school rally convoy Phil Campbell gets into the school rally convoy action Rally NZ Rising Star Stephen Barker joins the school rally convoy Glenn Smith joins the school rally convoy action Ben Jagger takes a colouring competition winner to school in his Subaru rally car Ben Jagger signs posters at Maunu Primary School Sloan Cox joins the rally convoy, signing autographs at Maunu Primary School Also at Maunu Primary School signing posters is Palmerston North's Geof Argyle Phil Campbell signs the school bag of a young rally fan at Maunu Primary School Maunu Primary School children line up to talk to Whangarei's Ben Jegger Rally colouring competition winners and their friends celebrate with free rally passes Chris Atkinson in action at shakedown Emma Gilmour in action at shakedown Brendon Reeves in action at shakedown Rifat Sungkar in action at shakedown Rally chairman Willard Martin welcomes media and competitors at the pre-event press conference APRC drivers sharing a joke during the pre-event press conference Friday's start ceremonial includes a Maori challenge No. 1 seed Katsu Taguchi accepts the challenge Colouring competition winner Catherine Skinner flags away the first car at the official start Chris Atkinson crosses the start ramp in the #2 Proton Katsu Taguchi crosses the ramp to officially start the 2010 International Rally of Whangarei

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