Rally News Otago shines, but Hawkeswood stars on day one down under Surrounded by stars at this week’s Otago Rally, it was Kiwi Jack Hawkeswood who shone the brightest at the end of the opening day’s action… Read more by David Evans April 13, 2024 5 min
Rally News Paddon’s absence opens door for Otago’s local hero Emma Gilmour knows this could be the moment. For two decades she’s chased a home win in Dunedin and with Hayden Paddon competing on another… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2024 2 min
ARA Features The woman who keeps ARA’s show on the road You know Brandon Semenuk won last month’s 100 Acre Wood Rally. You know Micah Nickelson’s Golf was unbeaten in Open Two-Wheel Drive on the same… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2024 2 min
WRC News Sainz’s recipe for making the WRC great again Between dominating Dakar and watching his son winning Formula 1 races with Ferrari, Carlos Sainz doesn’t have as much time to follow the World Rally… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2024 2 min
Rally News Why Otago Rally is worth watching It’s sometimes easy to overlook the backbone of the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally when you’re staring at Kris Meeke in that Escort. Or Brandon Semenuk in… Read more by David Evans April 11, 2024 2 min
ARA Features Stolen Fiesta back up to speed on American stages Roberto Yglesias answered the telephone. It was the police. The news was good: they’d found his stolen rally car. The Costa Rican’s challenge for ARA… Read more by David Evans April 11, 2024 2 min
WRC FIA reports progress from key WRC meetings Stakeholders in the World Rally Championship have reported progress following WRC Commission meetings in Switzerland. Anybody expecting a ‘Geneva Treaty’ moment for the WRC were… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 3 min
ARA News Why Semenuk’s looking forward to his vacation Brandon Semenuk blows his cheeks. He’s the guy who will happily ride a bike off a cliff, but Sunday’s Otago Rally finale might have him… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Sainz: Canarias is a worthy WRC replacement for Catalunya Three years earlier he was still in the Seat Panda 45. And that jaw-dropping World Rally Championship debut was still a couple of years away…. Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 2 min
WRC News What’s at stake on this WRC Tuesday? So, no pressure then. It’s just the World Rally Championship’s immediate future on the line. Fortunately, Pernilla’s driving the meeting. It’s Tuesday. It’s Geneva. It’s… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 3 min
Rally News Meeke’s 21-year wait to compete in New Zealand For Kris Meeke, the waiting is almost over. It’s been 21 years. But now he’s there. Almost. At the time of writing, he’s probably somewhere… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Can a Safari stage really be too rough? There was utter indignation displayed by multiple World Rally Championship drivers as they drew up to the stop line of Safari Rally Kenya’s Malewa stage…. Read more by David Evans April 8, 2024 3 min
ERC News ERC awaiting Lancia rally return with open arms European Rally Championship manager Iain Campbell has confirmed a warm welcome awaits in the series, should Lancia greenlight a Ypsilon Rally2 in the future. Let’s… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC teams unify in call to retain Rally1 regulations Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford have collectively written to the FIA requesting current Rally1 regulations remain in place until the end of the 2026 World… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Sainz getting closer to Ford W2RC deal Carlos Sainz has told DirtFish he’s closing on an agreement with Ford to join the Blue Oval’s Dakar program later this season. The Spaniard, who… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hankook set to test asphalt Rally1 rubber Hankook will real-time test its asphalt-specification tires in Croatia for the first time this week. The Seoul-based firm ran its i*pike snow tire during the… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
Rally Features Lancia’s rally return has an asterisk but the hype is real Calma, calma. Leave the Martini stripes and black Wayfarers where they are. For now. I know it’s difficult. We’ve all waited so long for white… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2024 3 min
Rally News Lancia confirms it is working on a return to rallying It’s the news our world has wanted to report for more than 30 years. And now Lancia has confirmed to DirtFish that it is actively… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2024 2 min
