News & Recent Events

The club rally in the Hanmer Forest was a celebration of the club’s 30th anniversary. Congratulations to Dermot Martin on his maiden rally win. Deane Buist put up a valiant…

The weather in the Canterbury foothills really turned it on again for crews competing in the first sprint of the year for the Autosport Club. With the dedicated setup crew…

It was a lovely sunny (but not too hot) day in a great paddock (with built-in shade trees) at the Abernethy’s Farm near Loburn, and there was just enough breeze…

It bucketed down the night before the event and a repeat of the Loburn mud-plug was expected. As it turned out, the paddock had handled the rain quite well and…

It was a fine, sunny, and eventful day at the Mt. Alexander sprint this year. A good turnout or 42 entries got to make the most of the sunshine as…

Rangiora’s Les Summerfield extended his lead in the Mainland Series this past weekend with a close fought win in the 2004 Canary Furniture Canterbury Rally. Number 1 seed John Silcock…

It was a great day to go play on Wayne Summerfield’s new front lawn at Okuku. The sun was shining and the conditions would be very interesting as there was…

Loads of cars and competitors arrived at the Makerikeri/Mt. Grey Sprint, a really good bit of gravel that’s pretty close to town. The spectator corner was well populated all day…

The proper title for this report should be “Loburn Mud-plug”!  Conditions for the event can only be described as diabolical. It was raining heavily travelling there and the paddock was…

It was an early start on a fine but pretty frosty morning for the crews making the trip north to the Hurunui and this fantastic bit of public road. With…

It had rained and drizzled for a week before the Hororata Autocross. The grey skies above the competitors on the day signalled that the “damp” track would still be “damp”…

A glorious warm and sunny morning set the scene for the Autosport Club Clubman’s Rally on Sunday. ANZAC day provided crews with an opportunity to reflect on what was sacrificed…

This year’s Rakaia Zig-Zag Sprint was held in good conditions this past weekend. The road was in great condition (if a bit corrugated as usual – but that cleared throughout…

Competitors arrived at the Hororata Autocross to find the course laid out (thanks to the sterling efforts of Don Mathias and Josh Marston the day before) and a really nice…

John Silcock’s run of good luck that started at that Tarn Road Sprint continued for the rally, with the EVO 6 holding up very well. John was able to develop…