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New Zealand’s star international rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have successfully completed Lotos Rally Poland, taking a very credible eighth place overall in their second World Rally Championship event with Hyundai Motorsport.

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The Kiwi crew of Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have taken a steady approach to safely complete day three of WRC Rally Poland.

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Hayden Paddon and John Kennard impressed many with their pace on the opening stage of day two of WRC Lotos Rally Poland.

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The New Zealand crew of Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have started strongly in their first attempt at Lotos Rally Poland, joining their Hyundai Motorsport teammates in the top seven overall after the event’s first day of competition.

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Top Kiwi rally duo Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are looking forward to getting back into their Hyundai i20 WRC car as they contest Lotos Rally Poland for the first time from 26 to 29 June.

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Kiwi motorsport fans have selected Hayden Sims, a solo speedway bike rider from Invercargill, as the final wildcard for the Kiwi Young Guns feature at this year's CRC Speedshow.

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New Zealand’s top rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard successfully completed the final day of Rally Italia Sardegna, taking a top five stage time and finishing their debut rally with Hyundai Motorsport in 12th place overall.

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A tough day is the way Hayden Paddon described the first full day of Rally Italia Sardegna as he and co-driver John Kennard make their competitive debut with the Hyundai Motorsport World Rally Team.

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Supercars are a staple part of any automotive show, but at this year's CRC Speedshow, one supercar – a lightweight, high-performance Tesla Roadster – will not be like the others.

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Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, New Zealand’s top rally driving duo, are approaching their debut event with Hyundai Motorsport in the 2014 FIA World Rally Championship with their trademark calmness and common sense.

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Single seater star Nick Cassidy and talented rally driver Alex Kelsey will join in the 20-strong line-up of Kiwi Young Guns, supported by Total Lubricants, which is one of the key highlights of July’s CRC Speedshow.

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The off-road racing buggies are miniature and the dashboards are hand-held radio-control units, but there’s no doubt that the racing will be every bit as intense as any mainstream motorsport event when the inaugural New Zealand Indoor Off-road Championship (NZIOC) takes place at July’s CRC Speedshow.

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Strong support from local motorcycle importers has vindicated CRC Speedshow director Ross Prevette's decision to create a special ‘motorcycle mega-site’ in the main hall at this year’s 19-20 July event at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds.

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The Le Mans-style running start and 101-lap endurance race format created for the inaugural Highlands 101 race at Highlands Motorsport Park last November gets an Aussie twist this weekend for Australian GT Championship competitors at the famed Phillip Island circuit.

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Prospective competitors and enthusiastic spectators are already calling Highlands Motorsport Park in New Zealand’s famed Central Otago region for more information about the next Highlands 101 endurance race event.

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Seventeen rising and established stars of New Zealand motorsport have been confirmed for a new feature display called the Kiwi Young Guns at this year’s CRC Speedshow.

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July’s CRC Speedshow will feature a new area for the public to sell their competition or classic cars or motorcycles.

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A month-long trip tracing America’s famous Route 66 behind the wheel of a Ford Mustang is the stuff of dreams – yet that’s exactly what a lucky show-goer is going to win at this year’s CRC Speedshow at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds over the weekend of 19-20 July.

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Newly-signed Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Hayden Paddon returns to New Zealand in May for his second attempt at the famous Stadium Cars International Classic Rally of Otago.

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Fresh from making its official debut in New Zealand with its first-ever dedicated dealership in Auckland, legendary British sports car and motor sport brand Lotus will also make its CRC Speedshow debut this July.

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New Zealand fans of motor sports are showing their support for their favourite young race stars, with hundreds of votes already cast for CRC Speedshow’s new Kiwi Young Guns display.

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New Zealand’s top driver Hayden Paddon has been signed by Hyundai Motorsport to contest seven events in the 2014 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) with long-time co-driver John Kennard, starting with Rally Italia Sardegna.

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Twenty rising and established young stars of New Zealand motorsport will feature in a brand-new display at the 2014 edition of CRC Speedshow.

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The 2014 edition of CRC Speedshow, New Zealand’s biggest automotive and motorsport event, is set to feature a brand-new classic car and motorcycle show to celebrate New Zealanders passion for classic and heritage vehicles.

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The team behind the highly-successful annual automotive and motorsport expo, CRC Speedshow, are turning their attention to showcasing the latest and coolest consumer electronics, gadgets and technology in a brand-new expo called the Gizmos, Gadgets & Technology Show.

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Tony Quinn, owner of Highlands Motorsport Park, paid credit to the thousands of hardy Central Otago motorsport fans who continued to enjoy a great day of race action despite showers and the wind turning to a cool southerly.

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Highlands Motorsport Park’s first venture into New Zealand’s traditional summer motor racing season is proving popular with local fans with official estimates of Saturday’s crowd being close to or greater than the 10,000 spectators who attended Saturday of the Highlands 101 event in November.

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With the 23 competitors in the 2014 Toyota Racing Series (TRS) competing at Highlands Motorsport Park for the first time, the circuit’s managers are pleased to hear positive feedback from a number of the young international stars.

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The New Zealand Millennium Cup, the highly regarded sailing regatta for superyachts, will next be contested as part of the Bay of Islands Sailing Week in January 2015.

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Two modest revisions to the 4.1 km circuit at Highlands Motorsport Park are expected to open up passing opportunities for competitors racing in this weekend’s double-header featuring the popular BNT V8 SuperTourers and New Zealand’s premier wings and slicks category, the Toyota Racing Series.

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An iconic New Zealand brand with global credentials could become the naming rights’ sponsor for the New Zealand Grand Prix – but only if Highlands Motorsport Park is confirmed as the venue of the 2015-17 events by MotorSport New Zealand.

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Dick Bennetts, the highly successful and respected expat Kiwi head of the UK-based motorsport team West Surrey Racing, is one of many supporting Highlands Motorsport Park’s bid to host the 2015-17 New Zealand Grand Prix races.

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Dick Bennetts, the highly successful and respected expat Kiwi head of the UK-based motorsport team West Surrey Racing, is one of many supporting Highlands Motorsport Park’s bid to host the 2015-17 New Zealand Grand Prix races.

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The team at Cromwell’s Highlands Motorsport Park is chuffed that the circuit is now being used, virtually, in Red Bull Racing’s simulator by young drivers that have access to the team’s facility.

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Highlands Motorsport Park has formally presented a proposal to MotorSport New Zealand to host the New Zealand Grand Prix from 2015 to 2017.

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The 2014 edition of CRC Speedshow, New Zealand’s largest and most diverse automotive and motorsport event, will feature a refreshed version of the very successful custom vehicle show run for the first time in 2013.

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The world-class race track at Highlands Motorsport Park will soon receive a grade 3 rating from the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the world governing body of motor sports.

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This week’s Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) in Amsterdam features a range of New Zealand-designed and manufactured marine products, ranging from a new high-tech fibre used for sail-making to inflatable spinnaker retrieval systems and a weight-saving, carbon fibre torsional headstay.

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New Zealand Marine Export Group members Fastmount and Doyle Sails NZ have been nominated for this year’s DAME Design Awards METS competition, the world’s most prestigious design competition for new marine equipment and accessories.

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Highlands Motorsport Park owner Tony Quinn faced the interesting quandary of how to present himself – as the winner of the inaugural Highlands 101 race with co-driver Kiwi star Fabian Coulthard – with the trophy that he commissioned as the event promoter and race track owner.

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Australian Klark Quinn won his first Australian GT Championship, the brand-new Toyota Finance 86 Championship produced two different race winners and Shane Van Gisbergen and Dwayne Carter took out the final three-hour South Island Endurance Race in front of nearly 11,000 people at Highlands Motorsport Park on the second day of the circuit’s first motor racing event.

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The vision of creating an international class motor racing circuit has come true for the team at Highlands Motorsport Park today, 8 November, as the first race was run on the Cromwell circuit.

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Highlands Motorsport Park owner Tony Quinn has ambitious plans for New Zealand’s newest endurance race, the Highlands 101 which runs for the first time on Sunday 10 November.

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Destination New Zealand – as a brand, as a physical destination for cruising and as the home of several hundred New Zealand marine industry companies known for their superyacht refit and maintenance capabilities – will feature at this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

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New Zealand motor racing legend Greg Murphy will be joined by renowned Australian motorsport commentator and racer Neil Crompton to enjoy the honour of racing a McLaren MP4 12C in the supercar’s debut in a Australian GT Championship race.

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The prestigious International Superyacht Society (ISS) has named Auckland-based boat builders Alloy Yachts and Yachting Developments and New Plymouth’s Fitzroy Yachts as finalists in their 2013 design awards, with the winners being announced tomorrow [30 October].

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Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard have finished their first event in a world rally car in a very credible eight place.

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New Zealanders Hayden Paddon and John Kennard hold a steady ninth place overall after the first full day of Rally de Espana.

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New Zealanders Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have started their first-ever event in a world rally car, successfully completing the opening night of three competitive stages of Rally RACC/Rally de Espana to finish the first leg ninth overall.

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New Zealand’s leading rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are feeling relaxed and prepared following the official shakedown run in their Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team-prepared Ford Fiesta RS WRC for Rally RACC/Rally de Espana which starts Friday evening (central European time).

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New Zealanders Hayden Paddon and John Kennard enjoyed their first taste of a world rally car on Monday (Central European Time) when they drove their Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team-prepared Ford Fiesta RS WRC on a tarmac test road prior to this week’s Rally RACC/Rally de Espana.

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New Zealand’s international rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are excited but keeping things real as they prepare for their first competitive event in a world rally car with the Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team at this week’s Rally RACC/Rally de Espana.

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In just three weeks, New Zealand’s newest motor racing facility, Cromwell’s Highlands Motorsport Park, hosts its first-ever race meeting called the ‘Highlands 101’.

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Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard are now three-time New Zealand rally champions, having won the 2013 New Zealand Rally Championship in a winner-takes-all final at Masterton’s Trust House Racetech Rally Wairarapa.

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They’re off overseas to compete in a WRC car for the first time later this month, but that won’t stop Hayden Paddon and John Kennard going flat-out to win this Saturday’s winner-takes-all final New Zealand Rally Championship round, the Trust House/Racetech Rally Wairarapa based in Masterton.

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The 2013 edition of the Auckland On Water Boat Show will see millions of dollars’ worth of sail and motor yachts, trailer powerboats, dinghies, rigid inflatable boats (RIBs), marine engines and outboards, sails, electronics and other products and services purchased or ordered over the coming weeks.

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Trailer powerboats, dinghies, RIBs, motor launches, sailing yachts and all the products and services needed to maintain them are on show for the final day of this year’s Auckland On Water Boat Show.

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This weekend’s Auckland On Water Boat Show has a new feature – on-water action from powerboats and stand-up paddleboard racers.

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With thousands of keen boaties heading to this weekend’s Auckland On Water Boat Show in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, industry experts remind those considering buying a new boat to look for vessels complying with the New Zealand audited boat building standard known as ‘CPC certified’.

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This weekend the Auckland On Water Boat Show is a fantastic place for those new to boating to learn from a range of experts.

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With more than 90 sail and motor yachts moored beside Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, this weekend’s Auckland On Water Boat Show showcases the latest new boats and marine equipment for boating enthusiasts Auckland-wide.

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With heightened awareness of the New Zealand marine industry around Emirates Team New Zealand’s enormous profile at the 2013 America’s Cup, the 17 New Zealand-based organisations working together at this year’s Monaco Yacht Show aim to build on that compelling story of technological innovation, team work and incredible attention to detail.

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The comprehensive show programme for this year’s Auckland On Water Boat Show has been published in both traditional print and a digital format.

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V8SuperTourer driver Angus Fogg has secured the expertise of current Australian Dunlop Development V8 Supercars Series leader Dale Wood to co-drive the PropertyTutors Commodore for the three endurance rounds of the 2013 BNT V8SuperTourers Championship.

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New Zealand’s top rally driver, Hayden Paddon, has been asking himself what he needs to do get a break after electrical problems with his Skoda Fabia S2000 rally car prevented him even making it to the start of Friday’s special stages at Rally Australia.

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The top step of the podium in the WRC2 category is this weekend’s objective for New Zealand’s top rally pairing Hayden Paddon and John Kennard as they contest their third World Rally Championship event of the year at Rally Australia.

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A massive team effort saw Hayden Paddon and John Kennard get to the end of Saturday’s Possum Bourne Memorial Rally and take the points’ lead of the Brian Green Properties Group New Zealand Rally Championship.

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The 26 to 29 September running of the Auckland On Water Boat Show – the 15th edition of the annual event formerly called the Auckland International Boat Show – features a number of brand-new trailer powerboats, and sail and motor yachts.

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Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard return to national competition for Saturday’s Possum Bourne Memorial Rally determined to retake the lead in the Brian Green Properties Group New Zealand Rally Championship.

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Andy Booth and his Woodstock Racing team are delighted to have secured their first race win in the BNT V8 SuperTourers championship.

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Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have secured third place in the WRC2 category in the German round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the second podium position for the Kiwis in just their second WRC event of the year.

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New Zealand’s top rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are right on the pace during the 2013 ADAC Rallye Deutschland, holding steady in third place in the WRC2 category after the third day’s stages and, to their surprise, eighth place overall.

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Hayden Paddon and John Kennard took three stage wins in the WRC2 category during Friday’s six competitive stages of ADAC Rallye Deutschland, putting them in contention for another World Rally Championship podium finish.

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A broken alternator-power steering belt hampered top Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon from making a flying start as the 22 to 26 August running of ADAC Rallye Deutschland got underway overnight.

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Everything’s gone to plan for New Zealand’s top rally driver Hayden Paddon and John Kennard during the build-up to this weekend’s ADAC Rallye Deutschland where they’re competing in the WRC2 championship category.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland-based Forza Works Ltd, highly-regarded for its specialised service centre for Italian and other European prestige vehicles, has brought well-known New Zealand motorsport personality Andy Booth into the business as a partner.

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Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are more than ready to hit the varied and challenging roads of their next World Rally Championship event, the 22 to 25 August running of ADAC Rallye Deutschland where another podium finish in the WRC2 category is their goal.

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New Zealand’s top rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard finished on the podium at this weekend’s World Rally Championship event in Finland with a well-deserved third place in the intensely competitive WRC2 category.

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Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard showed their pace against world-class competition on the second day of Rally Finland, moving into straight into third place in the WRC2 category with a flying run on the day’s opening special stage.

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New Zealanders Hayden Paddon and John Kennard hold fourth equal place after the first day of Rally Finland among a 20-strong field in the new WRC2 category.

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New Zealand’s top rally driver Hayden Paddon gets back into full World Rally Championship mode with this week’s Neste Oil Rally Finland.

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CRC Speedshow, New Zealand’s annual extravaganza for automotive and motorsport fans, proved even more popular in 2013 than the previous six editions with record numbers attending the two day event at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds.

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Where will you find pristine and customised examples of a 1974 Datsun 240K GT, a 1963 Kombi van, a ’57 Chevrolet Bel Air, a ’77 Holden Torana and a one-off high-rise Dodge truck plus a Buell-powered custom-built motorcycle? Answer: at this weekend’s CRC Speedshow in the new show-within-the-show called the Castrol EDGE / Teng Tools Custom & Classic Show.

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A line-up of new Jaguars and Range Rovers, courtesy of independent dealer Beacham Jaguar, adds another classy note to this week’s sold-out CRC Speedshow.

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Three of the 17 New Zealand Legends of Speed being honoured at this year’s CRC Speedshow have been painted by renowned motorsport artist Don Packwood with the unique oil paintings being auctioned and the profits donated to charity.

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This year’s CRC Speedshow celebrates the full spectrum of New Zealand racing talent with legendary single-seater racer Kenny Smith, touring car hero ‘Gentleman Jim’ Richards, world-ranked rally driver Emma Gilmour and New Zealand’s fastest man Reece Fish among those being honoured in the New Zealand Legends of Speed display.

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As the doors to the 2013 edition of CRC Speedshow open in two weeks’ time, internationally-renowned drivers Possum Bourne, Rod Millen and Paul Radisich are among those honoured in the show’s inaugural New Zealand Legends of Speed display.

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Kiwi motorcycle racers Burt Munro, John Britten, Graeme Crosby and Ivan Mauger are among a line-up of 17 New Zealand Legends of Speed being highlighted at CRC Speedshow this month.

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Having run in the top five for 13 stages during their first attempt at the specialist tarmac Geko Ypres Rally in Belgium, New Zealand’s leading rally duo Hayden Paddon and John Kennard were gutted to crash out of the rally on the 14th stage.

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Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard took a stage win on the opening day of the Geko Ypres Rally, their first attempt at the highly-regarded tarmac Belgium event.

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The chance to win high speed hot laps with popular V8 SuperTourer driver Angus Fogg is just one of dozens of great prize packages on offer for automotive and motorsport fans at this year’s CRC Speedshow.

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What do racing icon Kenny Smith, rally driver Emma Gilmour, motorcycle champion Andrew Stroud, V8 star Craig Baird and two-time world touring car champion Paul Radisich have in common? They’ll all be contesting the Right Karts Celebrity Charity Kart Challenge at CRC Speedshow in July.

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Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are targeting a podium finish for their first European Rally Championship event on the narrow, twisty tarmac roads of Belgium’s Rally Ypres this weekend, but New Zealand’s international rallying duo know they’ve got a challenge on their hands.

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Leading New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon and his New Zealand World Rally Team have formed a new commercial partnership with Vehicle Inspection New Zealand Ltd (VINZ).

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Events Clothing Company, an Auckland-based superyacht, marine and business clothing specialist, is a finalist for the 2013 Auckland Export QBE Exporter of the Year (sales under $25 million) Award.

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Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are heading to Europe earlier than planned with New Zealand’s top rally pairing now scheduled to contest the Ypres Rally in Belgium at the end of June before August’s two World Rally Championship events in Finland and Germany.

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Heading to the third round of the BNT V8 SuperTourers at Pukekohe Park Raceway, Angus Fogg looks to last year’s top five qualifying position at the circuit for inspiration for a similar performance this weekend.

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Kiwi supercar fans get to savour the result of a rare virtual racer-to-real car design process when the striking GT by Citroën arrives at this year’s CRC Speedshow.

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Ahead of the third round of the 2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers series, Andy Booth is confident the Woodstock Racing Commodore will be competitive at the revamped Pukekohe circuit, but is concerned about safety with some of the revised track if it’s wet.

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New Zealand’s top rally pairing Hayden Paddon and John Kennard demonstrated their world-class abilities with a convincing four-minute win at this weekend’s New Zealand Rally Championship round in Whangarei.

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