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 Hyundai to run Irish flags in Croatia as Breen tribute All three factory Hyundai i20 N Rally1 cars will run Irish flags during Croatia Rally, as a tribute to Craig Breen a year on from… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay 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 Podcast Meeke and Semenuk on cars, bikes and hair-raising stages Competing in New Zealand is something that’s on every rally driver’s bucket list – certainly that’s the case for five-time world rally winner Kris Meeke… Read more by DirtFish Media April 11, 2024
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 News Katsuta’s strategy to clinch a first WRC win When Takamoto Katsuta crashed out of the Rally Sweden lead battle, he was a broken man. Back in the Umeå service park, there were tears… Read more by Mark Paulson April 11, 2024 3 min
WRC Photos Grönholm’s lesser-known factory chance It is common for top drivers in the World Rally Championship to drive for multiple manufacturers, as the notoriously fickle makes come and go, or… Read more by Mark Paulson April 10, 2024 2 min
Rally Podcast What makes Otago Rally special With Otago Rally taking place in New Zealand this weekend and an important WRC Commission just concluded, there’s lots to digest on this week’s edition… Read more by DirtFish Media April 10, 2024
ERC Features Title defense the goal for Paddon as Hungary hosts bumper ERC opener Hayden Paddon kicks off the defense of his European Rally Championship crown this weekend as more than 50 ERC-registered competitors tackle Rally Hungary. Only five… Read more by Mark Paulson April 10, 2024 3 min
WRC Munster searching for “light at end of the tunnel” A difficult start to his first full season in the World Rally Championship’s top flight has left Grégoire Munster hoping that a return to Croatia… Read more by Mark Paulson April 10, 2024 3 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
