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Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffi...
28/08/2026

Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay that come with the ultimate prize of a self administered pat on the back.

Finally, it's one we couldn't let slide under the radar, the 'Needs better Champagne Skills' award goes to ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‰ ๐‘ถ'๐‘น๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Œ๐’† after she was comprehensively drenched by driver ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’”๐’‰ ๐‘บ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’„๐’Œ on the Rally Challenge 2WD podium

๐Ÿ“ธ Geoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ
๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’” / ๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐‘ต๐’
๐‘ถ๐’Ž๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐‘ณ๐’•๐’…
๐‘ช๐’“๐’†ฬ€๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†

Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffi...
28/08/2026

Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay that come with the ultimate prize of a self administered pat on the back.

The 'Needs Parking Sensors Award' goes to ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’š & ๐‘น๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’”, who's Mitsubishi Evo 10 looked like it had done a couple of rounds at an Auckland supermarket carpark rather than taking on Hawke's Bay's finest gravel roads

๐Ÿ“ธ Geoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ
๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’” / ๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐‘ต๐’
๐‘ถ๐’Ž๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐‘ณ๐’•๐’…
๐‘ช๐’“๐’†ฬ€๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†

Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffi...
28/08/2026

Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay that come with the ultimate prize of a self administered pat on the back.

Next up we recognise the many ways people can be involved in rallying, although we did wonder if promotion was the right choice of words for this one. Either way, it's great to still have the smiling face of ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’๐’ around the service park

๐Ÿ“ธ Geoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ
๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’” / ๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐‘ต๐’
๐‘ถ๐’Ž๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐‘ณ๐’•๐’…
๐‘ช๐’“๐’†ฬ€๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†

Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffi...
28/08/2026

Because we're still on a rallying comedown and it's Friday afternoon, we've got a few lighter hearted awards from Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay that come with the ultimate prize of a self administered pat on the back.

First up, it's a big congratulations to our top scholars, ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’” and ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’š๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’” for the field study award

๐Ÿ“ธ Geoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ
๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’” / ๐‘ด๐‘น๐‘ญ ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ป๐’š๐’“๐’†๐’”
๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐‘ต๐’
๐‘ถ๐’Ž๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐‘ณ๐’•๐’…
๐‘ช๐’“๐’†ฬ€๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†

27/08/2026

We're still not sure what Grant Blackberry is more relieved about, the fact it's Friday, or getting away with this one at Rally Hawke's Bay last weekend....

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

27/08/2026

- Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie have a run down of Rally Hawke's Bay, including some of the top drives, and what the results mean as the championship comes down to the final two rounds.

Don't forget, you can listen to this as a podcast also on your favourite platforms:
Apple: http://tinyurl.com/52ja22z7
Spotify: http://tinyurl.com/54ckpfjp

And, you can catch all episodes, plus event highlights and archived Live Streams and event footage heading back to the 90's at www.nzrc.tv, our YouTube channel.

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the NZRC 4WD Class๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’˜๐’Œ๐’†๐’”๐’˜๐’๐’๐’… / ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’”๐’...
27/08/2026

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the NZRC 4WD Class

๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’˜๐’Œ๐’†๐’”๐’˜๐’๐’๐’… / ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’“
๐Ÿฅˆ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’† ๐‘บ๐’•๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’” / ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’‚๐’š
๐Ÿฅ‰๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’” / ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’š๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’”

A stunning drive, well done!

๐Ÿ“ธGeoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the NZRC 2WD Class๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’†๐’๐’…๐’๐’ / ๐‘บ๐’†๐’‚๐’...
26/08/2026

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the NZRC 2WD Class

๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’†๐’๐’…๐’๐’ / ๐‘บ๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’๐’„๐’Œ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“

A stunning drive, well done!

๐Ÿ“ธGeoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the Open 2WD Class๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐‘บ๐’•๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ / ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ ๐‘บ๐’„๐’๐’•...
26/08/2026

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the Open 2WD Class

๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐‘บ๐’•๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ / ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ ๐‘บ๐’„๐’๐’•๐’•

A masterful drive, well done!

๐Ÿ“ธGeoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the Historic Class๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ท๐’‰๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’„๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’† / ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†...
26/08/2026

- A big well done to our winners at the Traffic Safe NZ Rally Hawke's Bay in the Historic Class

๐Ÿฅ‡๐‘ท๐’‰๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’„๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’† / ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’˜ ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’”
๐Ÿฅˆ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ต๐’๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’” / ๐‘ฝ๐’†๐’“๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚ ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’๐’š
๐Ÿฅ‰๐‘ด๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’๐’ / ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’”๐’๐’

Some great battles, well done!

๐Ÿ“ธGeoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

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