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Rally Whangarei 2011

Day Two, Sunday 17 July

Total commitment by Australia's Chris Atkinson allowed him to maintain his leading advantage to the finish of the rally. Defending rally winner Hayden Paddon tried hard to overtake Chris Atkinson for the rally win. Top-three for the 2011 International Rally of Whangarei: L to R Hayden Paddon/John Kennard, Stephane Prevot/Chris Atkinson, Richard Mason/Sara Mason.

Day One, Saturday 16 July

Chris Atkinson finished Day One in the lead by 6.2s Hayden Paddon led early on Saturday but a big moment damaged his Subaru's front suspension Whangarei local Ben Jagger finished Saturday 13th overall Richard Mason came through Day One well-placed in fourth overall, second NZRC competitor Alister McRae finished Day One second APRC competitor behind Proton team-mate Chris Atkinson Kiwi Emma Gilmour started Day One strongly, running in third, finishing the day in fifth In the service park, the SouEast Motor Kumho Team's setup Nelson's Ben Hunt leads NZRC Group N 2WD standings Malayasian driver Karamjit Singh drives for the Proton Cusco Rally Team Former Rally Whangarei winner Chris West finished Day One sixth overall MRF Team driver Gaurav Gill ran a handy seventh overall most of Day One Hayden Paddon jumps the famous Hella Bridge

Pre-event activities, Friday 15 July

Whangarei driver Ben Jagger joins the lunchtime rally parade through central Whangarei Defending NZRC champion Dean Sumner leads a group during the parade through downtown Whangarei Nelson's Ben Hunt in the rally parade in downtown Whangarei International and Kiwi drivers also compete on the water in a The Kiwi Drivers Gaurav, Chris, Katsu, Hayden and Richard at the pre-event press conference Alister McRae during Friday's shakedown run Rigat Sungkar from Pertamina Cusco Racing during Friday's shakedown run Chinese driver Hao Yuan from SouEast Motor Kumho Team during shakedown Matt Summerfield signs autographs for Whangarei rally fans Downtown Whangarei was busy with the autograph signing session, here's Rifat Sungkar and Scott Beckwith Historic class competitor Ron Davey signs autographs Tauranga's Phil Campbell navigates the pre-start park Over the start ramp: long-time rally competitor and NZRC co-sponsor Brian Green New Caledonia's Jean-Louis Layraud crosses the ramp Dunedin's Emma Gilmour with co-driver Ben Atkinson stop for a chat on the ramp Rotorua's Sloan Cox and co-driving sister Tarryn on the start ramp with host Brian Kelly Hayden Paddon and John Kennard head off the start ramp

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