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OFF-ROAD RACING

Speed is King! Off-Road Racing can generally be broken into two divisions, short track stadium style sprint events, and longer “open course” endurance races of up to 500 km at forest and farm venues.
Rather than the extreme stages the Trials and Winch Challenge competitors face, Off-Road racing is more about rough tracks, with Short Track courses including purpose built jumps and other challenges.
Enduros can be based around a circuit, with the course being extended out into the surrounding farmland or forestry, but many are run on a temporary course set up specifically for the event. The isolation of these events see a weekend tent city appear for the weekend.
Most competitors race in both types of event, and the National Championship Series is made up of a combination of both.
Entrants are divided into a number of classes ranging from big V8 powered buggies and trucks, to diminutive four cylinder buggies, and modified production 4WD’s and Utes.
Between these two extremes sit the smaller, often locally built buggies, which with their greater balance and nimbleness regularly take the honours away from their bigger, more fancied opposition.

A Change of Gear for Raana Horan
OFF-ROAD RACING

A Change of Gear for Raana Horan

ByJohn September 5, 2018June 9, 2022

With a debut season podium and leading the Canterbury Rally outright to the penultimate stage, true to form, Raana Horan has hit the rally ground running.

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Uttridge Does the Double with Short Course Championship Title
OFF-ROAD RACING

Uttridge Does the Double with Short Course Championship Title

ByMark Baker August 20, 2018June 9, 2022

Bob Uttridge took out both the GT Radial NZ Offroad Endurance Championship and the UTV Bits NZ Offroad Racing Short Course Championship title for 2018. 

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Off-Road Racers Gather at Feilding for Championship Duel
OFF-ROAD RACING

Off-Road Racers Gather at Feilding for Championship Duel

ByMark Baker August 16, 2018June 9, 2022

It’s a day of no-holds-barred racing action in Feilding to decide the champion of stadium short course racing.

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Bob Uttridge Goes the Distance in His Yamaha UTV
OFF-ROAD RACING

Bob Uttridge Goes the Distance in His Yamaha UTV

ByMark Baker July 23, 2018June 9, 2022

Christchurch racer Bob Uttridge has won the 2018 GT Radial NZ Offroad Racing Endurance Championship in his Yamaha UTV (side by side) race car.

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Thomasen Aims for Hat Trick In NZ Enduro Championship
OFF-ROAD RACING

Thomasen Aims for Hat Trick In NZ Enduro Championship

ByMark Baker July 17, 2018June 9, 2022

Offroad racing returns to the forests south of Nelson this weekend as the 700 km GT Radial NZ Enduro Championship roars into action.

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Northern Off-Road Raider Extends Southern Championship Lead
OFF-ROAD RACING

Northern Off-Road Raider Extends Southern Championship Lead

ByJohn June 19, 2018June 9, 2022

Aucklander John Morga’s dominant run in the Mainland Challenge short course heats has extended his southern championship lead.

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Unlimited Class Thunder Unleashed at West Melton This Weekend
OFF-ROAD RACING

Unlimited Class Thunder Unleashed at West Melton This Weekend

ByMark Baker June 13, 2018June 9, 2022

Already the spectacular unlimited class thunder race cars are gathering in force, with the class one field the strongest in the event so far.

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UTVs to the Fore as Off-Road Racers Go Short Course at Makarau
OFF-ROAD RACING

UTVs to the Fore as Off-Road Racers Go Short Course at Makarau

ByMark Baker May 31, 2018June 9, 2022

Racers contesting the stock class for UTV race vehicles are the most numerous as the northern region competition reaches its decisive round at MAkarau.

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