Rally News Paddon to race Meeke in Mk2 Escorts The last time the battle lines were drawn between Hayden Paddon and Kris Meeke, they crashed. That was Rally Portugal 2018, where both men took… Read more by Luke Barry February 26, 2025 3 min
Rally Features Did Semenuk’s Otago outing help his Olympus preparation? In the end, the vacation wasn’t so much of a vacation. Brandon Semenuk is a man of detail. Detailed details. And driving a rally car… Read more by David Evans April 19, 2024 3 min
Rally Photos The best images from a stunning Otago Rally Before we get fully immersed in Olympus and Croatia, we wanted to share one final look back on a stunning weekend at the Otago Rally…. Read more by DirtFish Media April 18, 2024 2 min
WRC Podcast Can Neuville maintain championship momentum on Croatia Rally? Thierry Neuville heads to this week’s Croatia Rally with a six-point lead in the World Rally Championship standings. He’s been at the top of the… Read more by DirtFish Media April 17, 2024
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
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
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
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
Rally News Meeke to enter next year’s Otago Rally Kris Meeke will make his competitive debut in New Zealand when he starts next year’s Otago Classic Rally, driving the Rossendale Ford Escort RS1800. The… Read more by David Evans December 7, 2023 2 min
Rally News What next for Rossendale Escort? Otago’s apparent production line delivering rallying royalty to the Dunedin roads is showing no sign of stopping with World Rally Champions Petter Solberg, Marcus Grönholm… Read more by David Evans April 30, 2023 3 min
Rally Video Join DirtFish in our new Behind the Scenes series Want to come behind the scenes? Want to delve a little deeper into the World Rally Championship? Always looking at ways to evolve our coverage… Read more by DirtFish Media April 11, 2023 10 min +
ERC Features Paddon’s task of flying across the world and back again Kiwis are renowned as great adventurers. Sir Edmund Hillary, anybody? Sir Peter Blake? And what about Hayden Paddon? I know, he’s not a natural fit… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2023 2 min
Rally Features Why don’t all countries adopt just Rally2 rules? Last week’s Otago Rally asked and answered plenty of questions. Hayden Paddon’s decision to drive a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 as opposed to the AP4… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos New Zealand stages better than Finland! Is Hirvonen right? Mikko Hirvonen put a cat among the pigeons last weekend on the Otago Rally. Fresh from completing the gorgeous Kuri Bush test, Hirvonen immediately advised… Read more by Rob Hansford April 5, 2023 2 min
Rally Podcast Seeing rallying from a different perspective You join David Evans and Colin Clark in Brighton. No – not the seaside city in the UK, the seaside town in New Zealand! Why?… Read more by DirtFish Media April 4, 2023 10 min +
Rally Features The rally that should be on all drivers’ bucket lists Mikko Hirvonen was shaking his head. He stopped. He stared straight ahead just long enough to think he might be able to take in what… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2023 5 min
Rally News Paddon wins Otago Rally for a 10th time It’s done. The perfect 10 from the perfect weekend. Hayden Paddon and John Kennard dominated the Otago Rally, winning the Dunedin event for the 10th… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2023 2 min
