Ross MacKay

Ross MacKay is an award-winning journalist, author and publicist with first-hand experience of motorsport from a lifetime competing on two and four wheels. He currently combines a day job editing NZ4WD magazine with contract media work, weekend Mountain Bike missions and towing his 1989 Nissan Skyline drifter to grassroots meetings around the North Island.

Latest Posts:

Taupō Historic GP celebrates Ray Stone, Legendary Ford Performance Wizard

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Alongside the huge line-up of legendary Ford competition cars that feature in Ford’s New Zealand motorsport heritage, this weekend’s Taupō…

Ford Legends Pavilion focal point of Taupō Historic GP meeting

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The Ford Legends Pavilion will be the focal point of next weekend’s Taupō Historic GP for many spectators and Ford…

Ultra-rare Shelby Mustang GT350R to make appearance at Taupō Historic GP meeting

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For spectators and Ford fans at Taupō Historic GP meeting at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park on 23/24 January, the celebration…

Record McLaren F5000 entry at circuit named to honour NZ motor racing great

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It seems entirely fitting that at the second round of this season’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series…

Galaxies and Thunderbolts – a celebration of Ford’s mid-‘60s British Saloon Car Championships at Historic GP meeting

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When Dunedin’s Leon Hallett completes the long haul north to the fifth annual Taupō Historic GP meeting over the Wellington…

Ford Motor Company to support Historic GP meeting

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The announcement today of Ford Motor Company of New Zealand’s support for the fifth annual Taupō Historic GP meeting over…

Deck the halls etc etc…My best and worst of 2020

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Yes, well 2020 eh! Like most of you I will be bloody glad to see the back of 2020…though in…

Radical by name, a whole lot of serious fun by nature

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In last week’s column I reported on the launch of a new company – Radical New Zealand Ltd – and…

Zakspeed treat for Ford touring car fans at Taupō Historic GP

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Thanks to an Auckland historic racing car collector, two of the rarest and arguably wildest examples of Ford of Europe’s…

You want a better ‘work story?’ Then this is a doozie!

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Don’t you just ‘love’ Facebook. I’ve been waiting (and waiting) for it to go the way of every other media…