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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Sponsors, what sponsors?

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Me? Yep I’ve been ‘sponsored.’ I’ve also put together and either directly pitched or been part to the process thereof,…

Western Springs returns to its roots

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Heritage is all very well; in fact, for a while there I for one, like a lot of fellow motorsport…

‘The next Scott Dixon’ and other stories

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Things might have changed since I was a young fella growing up in Gore, but my dear old Mum was…

Many are called but few are chosen

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Simply put, the very nature of the game we call motorsport means that while many may be called, few are…

When you are a glass half full kind of guy

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I’m a ‘glass-half-full’ kind of guy. Always have been. Hopefully always will be. Sure some things piss me off. I’ve…

The Kiwi Way – Since Ages Ago

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Anyone else getting a bit sick of Virgin Australia Supercars Championship commentator Mark Skaife constantly talking up the talent and…