Autosport Club

29 August - Auchenflower Rd Gravel Sprint - CANCELLED
2021-08-29
Unfortunately due to the recent storm damage the Auchenflower Sprint has been cancelled this year, we hope to be able to run this again in the future once district has recovered from the recent damage

11 July - Cust Gravel Sprint
2021-07-11 | cust
Sunday 11th July check Autosport ran Cust sprint a 4.9 km gravel public road, fast and flowing on a hard base with a short twisty piece in the middle.

Congratulations to the overall Winner Sean Haggarty!

Sean Haggarty winner of the 2021 Cust Sprint – Photo by ASP

Class Results

1st
2nd
3rd

Class 1
Chris Herdman
Paul Roughan
Jared Christofferson

Class 2
David Fahey
Karl Celeste
Dean Schroder

Class 3
Robbie Stokes
John Silcock
Rob McCallum

Class 4
Sean Haggarty
Josh Marston
Josh Mitchell

6 June - Canterbury Rally
2021-06-06
Regs and Entry Form are now out for the 2021 Lone Star Canterbury Rally. Teams will be racing on 134 kms of special stages on forestry and public gravel roads. The rally will begin with a ceremonial start on Saturday 5th June. First car starts from Joe’s Garage, Alfred St, Rangiora at approximately 8:30am on Sunday 6th June. First car finished approximately 6pm on Sunday 6th June at Lone Star, Manchester St, Christchurch.

Spectator points including the Ceremonial start, Sunday Start, Service Parks, Spectator Points and Finish
The rally consists of seven special stages, the first and last ones being in the Ashley Forest. All other stages are on public roads in North Canterbury that have been closed for the event.
Stage 2 starts on Happy Valley Rd close to Motunau Beach and runs north on Happy Valley, Stonyhurst and Blythe roads to finish at Nape Nape Rd. The stage has brows, sweeping curves and some tight technical stuff. With the dry weather that we have been experiencing these roads are hard and fast and the stage is said to be one of the best public road rally stage available in NZ and at 28.4km is the second longest in the rally. There is a spectator point on the corner of Blythe and Stonyhurst Rd’s
Stage 3, at 4.2km is the shortest in the rally. It uses Sinclair Rd just north of Cheviot and while it’s short, is full of interest and will keep the drivers on their toes.
Stage 4 sweeps down the Leamington Valley and at 29.8km is the rally’s longest. Like stage 2, it packs in all the conditions to make it a fantastic stage. Once again, the roads are dry, hard and fast and record times for this classic stage are more than likely. Stage encompasses Leamington, Eggleston and Kaiwara roads. Spectator point on the corner of Leamington and Downs Rd’s
Stage 5 starts on Greys Rd Waikari and utilizes Greys, Heathstock, MacDonald Downs and Ram Paddock roads to finish in the Broomfield area. Stage 5 is 22.5km long and is sure to test the competitors with its varying conditions, Spectator point on the corner of Broxton and MacDonald Downs Rd’s
Stage 6 is the classic Onepunga Stage. It has featured in many Canterbury Rallies over the years and although it’s only a little over 6km long it’s a firm favorite among rally crews
And that takes us back into the Ashley Forest for the final stage

Want to get close to the cars and crews? Plenty of opportunities.

Ceremonial Start at Lone Start Restaurant, 5pm Sat 5th June
Rally Start at Joes Garage, Alfred St Rangiora, 0830am Sun 6th June
Service 1 at “Countdown” car park Amberley from approx. 9.15am until approx. 10:30 am
Service 2, Rolleston St Cheviot from approx. 11:15am through to approx. 13:30
Service 3, Princess St Waikari from approx. 1:30pm to approx. 2:45pm
First car is expected to finish at the Lone Star Restaurant approx. 5:00pm

Come out, grab some food and get a close-up look at the service crews preparing the cars for the next special stage
Hard copies of the spectator guide will be available from all our sponsors and Cheviot Tearooms soon
Entries are open now and close 5pm Friday 21st May 2021. The maximum number of starters will be 70 teams. Email your entry to Leanne Jolly kljolly01@gmail.com.
Lone Star Canterbury Rally is the 3rd round of the Mainland Rally Series Championship.
We are excited to announce sponsorship of Special Stage 1 at Canterbury Rally by Stadium Cars
This sponsorship includes:
$250.00 to the winner of SS1 in Class A
$250.00 to the winner of SS1 in Class B.
Winners of Special Stage 1 in 2020 and the times to beat are
Class A – Harri Judd
Class B – Jonty Brenssell

Normal entries have closed and we had 56 entries for the rally, we still have some space so if your thinking of entering get those entries in!

Seeded entry list out now, but some stats to keep you amused

We have
6 x A Class
11 x Class B
6 x Class C
11 x Class D
9 x Class G
6 x H6 Subaru’s
plus a few others

There are
8 North Islander’s,
13 Subaru’s and 12 Escorts,
4 female drivers,
2 drivers 18 and under
and 15 drivers 61 +

More information coming soon including spectator map and schedule.
2020 Canterbury Rally winners Robbie and Amy Stokes with their Ford Fiesta AP4.
2021-06-6th-Canterbury-Rally-Regs
2021-06-6th Canterbury Rally Entry & Remittance
2021-06-6th Canterbury Rally Entry & Remittance
Rally-of-Canterbury-2021-Itinerary
Rally-of-Canterbury-Seeding-2021.xlsx
Road-Maps
Service-Areas.docx
Stage-Desc-2021

2 May - Rakaia Zig Zag Rd Gravel Sprint
2021-05-02
One of our classic roads is Rakaia Zig Zag Rd a twisty, steep, 2.5km of smooth Canterbury gravel. More info soon…

7 March - Pipers Valley Rd Gravel Sprint
2021-03-07
*UPDATE* Reminder to stay at home if you are feeling unwell, regardless of the alert level.
Please get your entries in as we need more entries!

This event will go ahead as planned. The announcement of alert level 2 for our region finishes at 6am on the morning of this event.
However, if alert level 2 is extended the following changes will be made to this event:
– Maximum limit of 40 entries. Any entries received beyond that will be on a reserve waiting list. Entries will be ordered by receipt of entry and payment.
– No spectators allowed.
– Attendees limited to driver and one co-driver.
– Competitors must complete Self Scrutiny of Vehicle Safety form (on our website) and send an image of your last three event entries in your Motorsport NZ log book to the event secretary Sarah Brennan brennan.sarah@xtra.co.nz.

Our first gravel sprint is 4km of awesome road on Banks Peninsula. Last run in 2019 where David Quantock in his Mirage AP4 snatched victory from Mike Tall in an older model Mirage. Read the story here.
Regs are out now. https://autosport.org.nz/2021/02/13/7-mar-pipers-valley-rd-gravel-sprint/

6 March - Upper Downs Rd Gravel Sprint
2021-03-06
We are combining forces with our friends at Ashburton Car Club and we are including their Upper Downs Rd Gravel Sprint on Saturday March 6th in our Autosport Championship. That’s right. Autosport members will gain points towards the Autosport overall and sprint championships. It will be a double-header weekend with our very own Pipers Valley Rd Gravel Sprint the next day.
Get out there and get your car sideways on 8km of gravel!Cross Karts and Clubman’s Non caged – Enclosed cars only – 4.5 approx. kms.Enter online at https://possum.motorsport.org.nz/
Regs and Entry form are on the Ashburton Car Club wesbite https://www.ashburtoncarclub.org.nz/event-details/upper-downs-road-shingle-sprint
Directions: From Mt Somers, Canterbury, head south on scenic route 72 (Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road). Turn right on Brothers Road. Turn left on Upper Downs Road.

24 Feb - AGM Prizegiving
2021-02-24 19:30 - 21:30 (Pacific/Auckland)
All are welcome to celebrate a strange, challenging but still enjoyable year racing on the gravel at our AGM Prizegiving.
Come and enjoy a social time with rally friends and family and support our wonderful major sponsor of our Lone Star Canterbury Rally.
February 24th
7:30pm at Lone Star, 26 Manchester St.
https://www.lonestar.co.nz/restaurants/manchester-st/
Please RSVP to Sarah at brennan.sarah@xtra.co.nz

Canterbury Rally, Mainland Rally Series
2020-10-24 - 2020-10-25
Click the link below to get the latest news on the rally.
https://autosport.org.nz/2020/07/27/25-oct-lone-star-rally-of-canterbury/

*NOTE* Date changed to October 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 change will allow us to give it the best chance of success.
We will announce more information when we know more. Hope to see you there!
We urge everyone to look after each other in this difficult, somewhat strange time, reach out to each other, keep in touch and carry on as best as possible. Let’s get through this and keep up the discipline of good personal hygiene.
If you have any questions please contact our secretary for the rally, Leanne Jolly kljolly01@gmail.com

Autocross Grass
2020-09-06

Hanmer Rally CANCELLED
2020-09-05
Unfortunately Hanmer Rally will not go ahead in 2020. Autosport Club have made the decision that it is not appropriate to run the rally as the Coroners Hearing is still pending about the sad accident that occurred at the 2018 Hanmer Rally. This is not a choice that our group of volunteers have taken lightly but it’s the tough call that we have to make in the best interest of everybody. We are hopeful for the future, having a Hanmer Rally again when circumstances allow. Thank you for your understanding.

Pipers Valley Rd Gravel Sprint
2020-08-16
CANCELLED Unfortunately circumstances out of our control means the venue permit for our event has been withdrawn and we can no longer run the event. Our volunteers are absolutely gutted after the huge amount of work they’ve done to prepare this event. Sorry to those who entered. We will contact you to organise a full refund. As a consolation Westland Car Club are hosting a great event, the Globe Mine Gravel Hillclimb on Saturday 15th August https://www.facebook.com/westlandcarclub/. Thank you for understanding.

Kaiwara Rd Gravel Sprint
2020-07-19
Check out the event page https://autosport.org.nz/2020/07/06/19-july-kaiwara-rd-gravel-sprint/

Mt Alexander Gravel Sprint
2020-06-07
Details on this event click here 7 July Mt Alexander Gravel Sprint

AGM & Prizegiving
2020-02-26 19:30 - 21:30
