The Otago Rally is on this weekend.
A display of the vehicles in Dunedin’s Octagon from 5.30pm on Friday will begin proceedings, before the ceremonial start at 6.45pm.
The high-speed action starts on Saturday morning around a hub in a service park in Middlemarch.
The opening day comprises seven stages inland from Dunedin, most of which are around Strath Taieri, along with the mid-afternoon tarmac super-special in Dunedin’s wharf area.
Sunday’s action will be based around a service park at Lake Waihola and consists of eight further stages either side of the Taieri Plain, concluding with the internationally renowned Kuri Bush stage.
A special treat at Kuri Bush this year will be Hayden Paddon’s "demonstration run" through the stage in his 2016 Hyundai World Rally Car.
Paddon’s goal is to lower his own 7min 12.8sec record time for the stage, and he may even become the first driver to complete the daunting 15.05km test in under seven minutes.
