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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Yep, another ‘how good is this bloke?’ column on Shane van Gisbergen…

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You’re right, there were several other Kiwi drivers enjoying success of one sort or another on the global motor racing…

McRae 1-2 in F5000 at Skope Classic

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The MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series roared into life at the Skope Classic meeting being held at the…

Legacy of famed Kiwi drivers to live on at Skope Classic this weekend

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The legacy of some of New Zealand’s greatest racing drivers – Graham McRae and Bert Hawthorne amongst them – will…

Can a Kiwi win the DTM title this year?

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Look, I realise the toll the way the DTM ended last year had on the bloke who ‘should have won’…

Martin maintains winnng F5000 record at Hampton Downs

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In a virtual repeat of his performance at the same meeting a year ago Auckland ace Grant Martin (Talon MR1/A)…

F5000 drivers turn up the heat at Hampton Downs

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After a largely frustrating 12 months in which three of the four race meetings due to host rounds of the…

How we can all stay safer on our roads

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Yes, yes, yes, I’ll get back to the infinitely more interesting world of motorsport next week. In my column last…

Expat Englishman finally gets chance to join SAS/MSC NZ F5000Series this weekend

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When expat English businessman, and keen lifelong amateur race and rally driver Alastair Chalmers emigrated to New Zealand in 2015…

How ‘not’ to reduce the road toll – one TV advert at a time

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I see that the Government is back using mind games (aka TV Ads) to try and change the social behaviour…

Subaru pair hold nerve to claim first Targa event win of 2022

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Auckland pair Cameron Ross and co-driver Matthew Buer  (Subaru Impreza Sti) held their nerve to claim a popular win in…