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 contract media work with weekend Mountain Bike missions and trips to grassroots drift days.

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On Ya! Shane mate, you’ve done us proud! Pt 1

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In claiming his second Australian Supercar Championship title at Sydney Motorsport Park on Sunday, Shane Robert van Gisbergen has joined…

New themed Pukekohe event will be first -post Lockdown – motor race meeting

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True to his word, themed grassroots motor race event organiser, Dr Jacob Simonsen, has created a stop-gap, two-day endurance event…

Murphy’s lore

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Look, I don’t mind admitting that – when I first heard about the idea – I had some misgivings about…

What a difference a week makes

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Indeed. While it was British politician and Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, who first coined then popularised the phrase that ‘a…

New Tarmac Rally Championship series to tie Targa events together in 2022

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Finally, in some positive news on the otherwise beleaguered motorsport front here in New Zealand at the moment, Ultimate Rally…

When will normal transmission resume?

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I mentioned in my column last week about feeling a little ‘battered and bruised’ by the latest – and by…

Ollie Workman is the toast of his KartSport Nelson club

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Thirteen-year-old Ollie Workman is the toast of his home Club, KartSport Nelson, after a dominant performance in the biggest class,…

First F5000 round cancelled; still no clarity on whether Auckland competitors can join series, and when?

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When the Wellington-based MG Car Club was forced to cancel this year’s edition of its popular MG Classic motor racing…

Because it’s always darkest (just) before dawn

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I don’t know about you, but the current – and by far longest – COVID-19 Lockdown is having a much…

Biggest entry for sixteen years for Kartsport South Island Sprint Championship in Nelson

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This weekend’s Liquidaction-supported 2021 KartSport NZ South Island Sprint Championship meeting at KartSport Nelson’s The Hits RWCA Raceway, Upper Moutere…