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Opportunities abound for young rally drivers at Rising Stars shootout

Three young rally drivers will come out of this weekend’s Rally New Zealand Rising Stars shootout with professional mentoring, support and funding to help take the next step in their competitive careers.

The Rising Stars driver development programme comprises three elements: a Scholarship and the Development and International Awards, says Rally New Zealand chairman Chris Carr.

Rally’s Rising Stars Scholarship finalists named

Young rally drivers from Invercargill to Auckland will contest this year’s Rally New Zealand Rising Stars Scholarship shootout at the end of November.

Nine candidates have been selected to compete for the $50,000 scholarship package, says Rally New Zealand chairman Chris Carr.

Rally New Zealand features at Pukekohe’s opening race meeting

This weekend’s opening round of the MotorSport New Zealand summer championship series will feature some top-class rally cars and Rally New Zealand 2010 alongside the circuit racers.

This season the premier circuit racing series, which includes the New Zealand V8 touring cars, Porsche GT3 Cup cars and the Suzuki Swift Sports Cup, includes a new entertainment complex called the ‘downtown village’ and among the cafés, bars and merchandise outlets set up for racing fans to enjoy will be the team from Rally New Zealand.

Former Rally New Zealand winner Ingvar Carlsson has passed away

Ingvar Carlsson 1947-2009

Swedish rally legend Ingvar Carlsson, the winner of the 1989 Rally New Zealand, has died recently after a short illness at the age of 62.

Loeb’s emotions overflow with Rally GB victory

Frenchman Sébastien Loeb has taken his sixth consecutive World Rally Championship drivers’ title with his victory in the year’s final WRC round in Wales.

Going into Wales Rally GB, Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen had a one point lead over Loeb who trailed the Finnish driver for the latter part of the 12-round championship season. But Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena took a slender but early lead in the three-day Rally Great Britain competition in their Citroen C4 and eventually finished one minute, six seconds clear of Hirvonen after 348 km of competition.

Entries about to close for Rally's Rising Stars Scholarship

Potential entrants wishing to compete for the richest prize in New Zealand Rallying now have less than a week to get their entries in for the 2010 Rally New Zealand Rising Stars Scholarship.

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