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Benjamin Carrell is a freelance motorsport writer and currently edits talkmotorsport.co.nz. He writes for a number of Kiwi drivers and motorsport clubs. That's when he's not working in his horticultural day-job or training for the next road or mtb cycle race!

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Wet Formula Ford Festival provides a challenge for James Penrose

October 25, 2022
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The weather ultimately decided the 2022 British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in…
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Mixed first day for Penrose at Formula Ford Festival

October 23, 2022
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James Penrose will start from 11th in the second Progression Race (repechage) at the BRSCC Formula Ford Festival at Brands…
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Tim McIver wins Mainland Rally Championship round in Nelson

October 18, 2022
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Tim McIver (Ford Escort) has won the fifth round of the 2022 Mainland Rally Championship (MRC) beating home James MacDonald…
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James Penrose set for BRSCC Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch this weekend

October 17, 2022
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Winner of both the 2020/21 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship and the 2021 Formula Ford Festival, Christchurch’s James Penrose will…
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Collins and O’Donnell win separate One-Hour South Island Endurance titles in Timaru

October 16, 2022
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Sam Collins has won the Class 2&3 2022 One-Hour Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurnace Series title while Scott O’Donnell…
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Hard fought Three-Hour South Island Endurance Series title to Fillmore and Reid

October 16, 2022
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Sam Fillmore and Jonny Reid (Audi R8 Evo2) have won the overall 2022 Three-Hour Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance…
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Buist and van Klink expected to fight for overall lead as Mainland Rally Championship set for a shake-up in Nelson

October 13, 2022
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The 2022 Mainland Rally Championship (MRC) roars back into action this weekend with the Nelson One-Day Tarmac Rally in the…
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Tight title fight expected in Three-Hour South Island Endurance Series finale in Timaru

October 11, 2022
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While Sam Fillmore and Jonny Reid (Audi R8 LMS Evo GT3) have won the first two rounds of the 2022…
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Wins for Grant as Sceats increases lead in North Island Formula Ford Series at Pukekohe

October 9, 2022
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Dylan Grant may have come away from the third round of the 2022 Giltrap Group North Island Formula Ford Series…
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‘Podium was the highlight in Barcelona’ says Leitch

October 4, 2022
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Kiwi driver Brendon Leitch and German teammate Gerhard Watzinger have finished on the podium in the first of two 50-minute…