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Canterbury Rally date changed to Oct 24/25
During this current difficult time with COVID-19 to secure an alternative date due to the likely postponement of the Canterbury Rally we have changed the date to October 24/25. Labour day public holiday is the following day. For many reasons this is the only weekend possible for us to hold this event and this early…
Read More3 Nov – Autocross Rnd 4 Grass
David Fahey on his way to winning the 2019 Grass Autocross at Sefton. Huge thanks to Allan Pritchard from River Retreat Photography. Our last event for the 2019 Autosport Club Championship season was a grass autocross, an awesome way to finish the year. We returned to one of our favourite paddocks in Sefton. Congratulations to David Fahey…
Read More29 Sep – Autocross Rnd 3 Grass
Our penultimate event for the season was a grass autocross at Kirwee. It was a new paddock so it was a fresh track, ready for some dirt slinging fun. What an awesome day racing around a paddock! Monster 48 driver field with the usual fast guns and plenty of first time competitors. Great to see…
Read More18 Aug – Cust Gravel Sprint
It was a great day in the sunshine racing on the gravel with 33 drivers skidding sideways. Congratulations to David Clearwater (Evo 4) for winning 1st overall, our class winners; class 1 0-1300cc Chris Herdman (Starlet), class 2 1301- 1600cc David Fahey (Escort), class 3 1601+cc Rob “Groove” McCallum (Escort). With long straights at this…
Read More28 Jul – Malvern Hills Rd Gravel Sprint
This is the inaugural running of the Malvern Hills Rd Gravel Sprint. Used many years ago for Canterbury rally, it has never been used as a gravel sprint so it was an even playing field for all, a rare opportunity. It was a race in both directions 3.3km each direction. The sprint consisted of two…
Read More2 Jun – Canterbury Rally
Congratulations to 2019 Lone Star Canterbury Rally winners Ben Hunt and Tony Rawstorn – Photo: Allan Pritchard
Read More18 May – Mt Alexander Day Night Gravel Sprint
It was great to have the rare chance to race one of our favourite, tricky gravel roads in the day and night time. It was a perfect opportunity to setup lights for Canterbury Rally which will have two night stages. Sean Haggerty (WRX) takes away his first ever overall win from Mike Tall (Mirage) by…
Read More8 May – Autosport Club Night Out Quiz Night
Autosport Quiz Night was a fun night scratching heads, trying to remember names, cars and other rally trivia. We had an unexpected but very welcome international guest Frank Kelly, thanks for coming along. Congratulations to “The D Team” for taking the win by just 2 points from “Late”. Great job organising by Sarah Brennan and…
Read More28 Apr – Autocross Rnd 1 Grass
*CANCELLED* Unfortunately we have had to cancel our autocross because of problems organising a venue. Sorry for the late notice but we tried everything we could to make the event happen but it’s out of our control now. Our next autocross is 23rd June on seal at Ruapuna, run by Canterbury Car Club www.canterburycarclub.co.nz. It will…
Read More31 Mar – Rakaia Zig Zag Rd Gravel Sprint
One of our favourite twisty roads and steep gravel sprints with a fast finish all in 2.5km of great Canterbury gravel. Situated by the Rakaia gorge this road is always fun and has some cool banked corners. Congratulations to Mike Tall (Mirage) for winning overall by just 0.01 seconds from Garet Thomas (WRX) on the…
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