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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A note-worthy addition

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They say that if you’re not going forwards you are – inevitably, I suppose – going backwards. And so, it…

Mackenzie & Sayers make it three out of three with win in latest Targa

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Third time was indeed a charm for Auckland’s Haydn Mackenzie and his Hamilton-based co-driver Matt Sayers (Mitsubishi Evo 10 RS)…

Mackenzie & Sayers dominate first day of Targa Bambina event

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Auckland’s Haydn Mackenzie and his Hamilton-based co-driver Matt Sayers (Mitsubishi Evo 10 RS) have dominated the first day of competition…

ROK Cup NZL boost for weekend Goldstar kart series round in Wellington

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Hosting the first round of this year’s Vortex engine-based ROK Cup New Zealand kart racing series has provided a numbers…

Hamilton hosts new-look Targa Bambina event this weekend

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The name – Targa Bambina – might be familiar. But that – plus the time of the year and general…

Rooney, Kirwan & Wood best of Kiwi bunch at Aust. Kart Champs opener at Tailem Bend

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A storming drive from P18 on the grid of the TaG 125 class to 3rd place in the Final earned…

Holden back the (t)ears

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So that’s it, Holden is no more….outahere, gone burger, finished, vamosed, about to leave the building for the last time!…

Smyth wins KZ2 final but Kinsman & Parkinson share early points lead after all-action ProKart Series opener in Palmy

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A three-way winning split saw top-rated Auckland karters Graeme Smyth (main photo), Mat Kinsman and Joshua Parkinson all come away…

Record number of Kiwi karters crossing the Tasman to compete

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It’s a case of records all round at the opening round of this year’s SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented…

Pride of the South (and no, I’m not talking about Speights!)

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It’s with no little satisfaction that I’ve watched the recent motoring and motorsport-led ‘rejuvenation/rehabilitation/renaissance’ of Invercargill and environs…based largely on…