When Rally New Zealand drivers begin tackling the roads from Northland to Waikato today, four Kiwis will be measuring themselves against the finest Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) operators.
Otago cannot claim any contenders in the national rally championship this weekend but the other two categories are liberally peppered with the region's drivers.
Emma Gilmour is determined to better her best result at the Otago Rally by one crucial placing.
A group of sturdy warhorses will hit the trail to the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow today.
If someone told Dunedin's Steve Ross at the start of the season that he would wind up second in the New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series, he would have said "brilliant".
Ngapara Hillclimb organiser Murray Frew's association with tomorrow's North Otago event extends back to his grandfather Harry Ellery's era.
Driver enjoyment registered high enough to warrant running the New Zealand super saloons teams' event as an annual calendar fixture, organiser Shane Maaka said.
Recently it was horses and wagons taking part in the cavalcade meandering down Wanaka 's streets and today it was the tractors' turn.
Courtney Duncan (13), of Palmerston, did her best to beat the Australians in Sunday's struggle for transtasman motocross supremacy.
New Zealand Jeep Owners Club members gathered at Albert Town last night, keen to prove their ex-military surplus vehicles are not just for show.
Nurturing a child's talent - in anything - is a parent's prerogative. When that ability is in a sport such as motocross and is exceptional, miles travelled and money invested can certainly add up.
The patron of the Otago Jaguar Drivers Club 24 years ago, when the first Best of British Charity Motoring Day in the country was held in Otago, is in for a special tribute tomorrow.
Otago Daily Times photographer Gerard O'Brien took to the air above the fire-ravaged Taieri Plain and watched helicopters filling their monsoon buckets, then "flying in convoys'' into the billowing smoke.
Katherine Prumm is a tough woman but even she was scared when she couldn't move her legs after a horror motorbike crash. Otago Daily Times motorsport writer Catherine Pattison catches up with the motocross star.
In a shortened contest punctuated by uniquely Australian dramas, Allan Dippie's team bettered its qualifying position by 21 places to finish 13th overall in the Bathurst 12-hour race at the weekend.
Allan Dippie is fast acquiring enviable entries in his race logbook of most desirable tracks in the world.
On the long drive home from Woodville, three Otago riders would have been reflecting proudly on their outstanding performances over the weekend.
A band of three Dunedin brothers will commemorate their father's life by racing together for the first time in the Bob Scott Memorial Hillclimb at Kaitangata today.
The occupants of a car parked near a suspicious blaze at the former Waipukurau Hospital in central Hawke's Bay may have information vital to arson inquiries, police say.
Foul weather took its toll on the Otago drivers competing at Timaru International Raceway at the weekend.
