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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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