Heading across the Ditch to negotiate ditches, drop-offs and other balance-requiring challenges has resulted in promising moto trials specialist Blake Fox, of Dunedin, notching some promising results.
Despite racing against the sons of some of his former opponents, Michael Lee (50) has recently reclaimed some of glory he attained as a young motorcycle racer.
Emma Gilmour can think of no better place than home to win her first full national rally event and take the championship lead.
Two drivers from the South lining up in the international classic category of the Rally of Otago this week are squeezed in among some stellar drivers and still hoping to shine.
Central Motor Speedway-contracted driver Daniel Anderson is leaving the well-known contours of his Cromwell track to face the might of professional United States sprint car teams.
The allure of competing in this month's Rally of Otago has attracted the defending champion, former national champion and production world rally champion Hayden Paddon, of Geraldine.
After achieving his second consecutive South Island Pre-65 Series victory last month, Brian Scott is close to matching the racing successes of his late father.
After owning his two-litre, Nissan-powered Toyota MR2 for nine years, Chris Hey knows how to get the most out of his 2WD and the Mosgiel driver won the Sugarloaf hillclimb on Sunday.
Placed second in their New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) categories, Otago drivers Emma Gilmour and Duncan McCrostie are both poised to pounce on the leaders this weekend.
Two Dunedin riders finished on their class podium at the New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships near Timaru at the weekend.
Otago has its fair share of riders hoping to become the next Ben Townley or Josh Coppins when the three-day New Zealand junior motocross championships begin in Pleasant Point on Friday.
Saving his fastest run for when it counted, Jason Scott, of Queenstown, blitzed the field to take his second consecutive South Island Sprintcar title on Saturday night.
Warbirds Over Wanaka is by no means only about what is up above, with fans of the blue oval marque amply catered for with a Ford Through the Ages display.
The Big Air Boot Camp has returned to Alexandra and former Crusty Demon Luke Smith is looking to advance riders' freestyle motocross (FMX) skills and teach first-timers new tricks at the Easter camp.
Hayden Paddon is fired up for a category win at Rally Portugal as his Skoda Fabia S2000 has just been fitted with the upgraded version of its naturally aspirated 2-litre engine.
Rod Millen's motto - "it's the challenge and adventure that drives us"- has propelled him to create the ultimate hillclimb this weekend, up his own Coromandel driveway.
Queenstown MX2 (250cc) class racer Scott Columb is a little down but not out after being denied a New Zealand Motocross Championships title, by a slim margin, for the third time.
English television presenter Henry Cole simply couldn't get enough of the South Island when he was in New Zealand last year filming the series the World's Greatest Motorcycle Rides for Sky's Travel Channel.
Steve Ross has returned to Dunedin after some much-deserved celebrations, after his stylish wrap up of the 2011-12 F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series title in Australia on Sunday.
After a four-year hiatus, the Otago Sports Car Club's most popular event, the Three Mile Hill hill climb, will return this Sunday.
