2019 Otago Rally

Next year’s Otago Rally will offer competitors a two-pass reconnaissance for the first time, in a move to reduce the advantage of drivers who have contested the event on many occasions.

The dates for the first two rounds of the 2019 New Zealand Rally Championship have been announced, with the Otago Rally and the Rally of Whangarei to once again open the season.

Regan Ross has taken outright honours in this year’s International Otago Classic Rally, showing his class to take a commanding victory.

Hayden Paddon stormed to a convincing win in the Dunedin Isuzu Otago Rally in the first round of the Brian Green Property New Zealand Rally Championship on Sunday.

World rally driver Hayden Paddon takes a commanding lead into day two of the Dunedin Isuzu Otago Rally after a dominant opening day of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship.