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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KartSport…now a nursery school for more than just NZ’s best drivers

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In last week’s column I wrote about my own – and very personal – karting epiphany……. though in re-reading that…

Let’s start at the very beginning (a very good place to start!!)

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They say that if you can rustle up more than one motor vehicle in any one place – and, of…

Be careful what you wish for….

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Don’t get me wrong. I know that time is a precious commodity, particularly these days, and I value the decisions…

Qualifying what the guy on TV said

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Right-o then, it’s taken years, but Virgin Australia Supercars championship Pit Reporter Mark Larkham has finally pissed me off. To…

Getting older

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Confession time; I turned 60 last week. There, I said it, put it out there. For everyone to see. 60….

When you can’t see the wood for the trees

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As community recreation facilities go TECT All Terrain Park in the Bay of Plenty has got to be one of…

So, is a picture REALLY worth a thousand words?

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As a bloke who makes a living – such as it is, but hey, I’m not complaining – out of…

‘We don’t know how lucky we are, mate!

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It is wholly appropriate – in this case anyway – that it was one of New Zealand’s greatest home-grown comedic…

Renewed deal offers best of both worlds

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First came an all new Briggs & Stratton kart engine to help KartSport New Zealand clubs around the country attract…

What might have been?

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It’s a question I’ve often pondered in the years since mechanical engineer and motorcycle designer/builder John Britten’s death from cancer…