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Rally’s Rising Stars prepare for Possum Bourne Memorial Rally

This weekend’s Metalman Possum Bourne Memorial Rally offers points’ scoring opportunities for the competitors entered in two components of the Rally New Zealand Rising Stars driver development programme.

Rally’s Rising Stars Scholarship ready for 2010 applicants

Young rally drivers from around New Zealand can start getting their applications ready for the 2010 Rising Stars Scholarship programme run by Rally New Zealand.

The driver development programme – which includes the entry level Scholarship and two tiers for more experienced drivers, the Development Award and the International Award – ran for the first time in 2009 and has proved to be a great success in terms of the learning opportunities afforded to the young drivers involved, says Chris Carr, chairman of Rally New Zealand.

Possum Bourne Memorial Rally

To find out all of the latest information about the Possum Bourne Memorial Rally which runs on Saturday 22 August based in Hamilton go to www.pbmrally.co.nz/

Short drive for Kiwi Tapper in Finland

New Zealand rally driver Mark Tapper had a short weekend of action on the fast roads of Finland before encountering problems in his fourth round as a Pirelli Star Driver in the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship.

Hirvonen takes rally win in Finland

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team driver Mikko Hirvonen fulfilled a childhood dream by winning Rally Finland – a round of the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship – in front of his hometown fans.

Rally returns home to Finland

This weekend’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship moves to the Nordic region of Finland (30 July – 2 August), home to many of rallying’s specialist gravel drivers.

Regarded by many as the highlight of the season and an epic contest, Rally Finland will be headed by BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team's flying Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen in the record-breaking Ford Focus RS World Rally Car.

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