RallySport Magazine April 2017
The April 2017 issue of RallySport Magazine features: Latest news: * Devastated Dalton to miss NZRC rounds * New AP4 Mini absent from Forest Rally * Dylan Turner unveils Audi AP4 plans * Mikkelsen set to drive fourth Hyundai i20 WRC Feature stories: * Molly Taylor column * Inside Force Motorsport - NZ’s AP4 workshop * Spectator view of the Otago Rally * 5 minutes with Norman Oakley * Ari Vatanen, Rothmans Escorts and UK’s Rally Show * The magic of French rallying * Devious Donald and the famous BP Rally * Turbogate - Toyota’s darkest hour in the WRC Interviews: * 1983 World Rally Champion Hannu Mikkola * New Zealand co-driving veteran Fleur Pedersen Event reports: * Eureka Rally - ARC 1 * Otago Rally - NZRC 1 * International Otago Classic Rally * Rally of Mexico * Tour de Corse
The April 2017 issue of RallySport Magazine features:
Latest news:
* Devastated Dalton to miss NZRC rounds
* New AP4 Mini absent from Forest Rally
* Dylan Turner unveils Audi AP4 plans
* Mikkelsen set to drive fourth Hyundai i20 WRC
Feature stories:
* Molly Taylor column
* Inside Force Motorsport - NZ’s AP4 workshop
* Spectator view of the Otago Rally
* 5 minutes with Norman Oakley
* Ari Vatanen, Rothmans Escorts and UK’s Rally Show
* The magic of French rallying
* Devious Donald and the famous BP Rally
* Turbogate - Toyota’s darkest hour in the WRC
Interviews:
* 1983 World Rally Champion Hannu Mikkola
* New Zealand co-driving veteran Fleur Pedersen
Event reports:
* Eureka Rally - ARC 1
* Otago Rally - NZRC 1
* International Otago Classic Rally
* Rally of Mexico
* Tour de Corse
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Regan Ross so nearly provided a<br />
Kiwi victory in the Otago Classic<br />
Rally. (Photo: Pete Johnson)<br />
big spin after a jump on the same stage,<br />
then lost over a minute and a half on<br />
the final McIntosh Road stage, handing<br />
fourth to Judd.<br />
Escort RS1800s filled positions six to<br />
eight, with Ashton Wood leading home<br />
Grant Walker and Graham Ferguson,<br />
with the top 10 rounded out by Allan<br />
Dippie’s Porsche 911, and Barry<br />
Varcoe’s Toyota Celica.<br />
In the end, only 23 cars finished the<br />
classic rally, proving once again that the<br />
Otago Rally is a battle of survival.<br />
Markko Martin’s hard-fought second<br />
win was one to remember, and already<br />
has the Estonian eyeing a hat-trick of<br />
victories in 2018.<br />
<strong>2017</strong> Stadium Cars Otago Classic Rally<br />
1. Markko Martin / Stephane Prevot Ford Escort RS1800 2h53m.20.2s<br />
2. Regan Ross / Lisa Hudson Ford Escort RS1800 +10.9s<br />
3. John Silcock / Richard Atkinson Mazda RX7 +4m27.2s<br />
4. Jeff Judd / Grant Marra Ford Escort RS1800 +7m47.7s<br />
5. Tony Gosling / Blair Read Ford Escort RS1800 +7m52.8s<br />
6. Ashton Wood / Chris Lancaster Ford Escort RS1800 +7m53.6s<br />
7. Grant Walker / Tracey Dewhurt Ford Escort RS1800 +8m06.3s<br />
8. Graham Ferguson / Ross Moody Ford Escort RS1800 +11m09.5s<br />
9. Allan Dippie / Paul Coghill Porsche 911 Carrera RS +14m25.6s<br />
10. Barry Varcoe / Steve Gray Toyota Celica TA64 +15m49.2s<br />
HJC MOTORSPORTS<br />
n: AU 1800 CHICANE or NZ 0800 CHICANE<br />
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