The Ultimate Rally Group have announced that the 2020 New Zealand Silver Fern Marathon Rally will be reduced to a two-day format.
“With the ongoing active cases of COVID-19 around the world, it has become clear that the NZ Government will not be opening our boarders to international travellers any time soon. With this in mind, we have decided the best course of action is to reduce the 2020 NZ Silver Fern Marathon Rally to a two day format now called the URG Silver Frond and focus on creating an event that can meet the domestic NZ market. The event will be based on the road closures we already have in place from the last two days of Silver Fern being the 27th and 28th November.”
The original seven-day event was planned to take place 21-28 November, starting and finishing in Rotorua and comprising approximately 1,060km of Special Stages and 1,658km of touring.
The URG Silver Frond will now start in Palmerston North and finish in Taupo. Organisers have also decided to open up the event to a wider group of vehicles and not just the traditional 2wd. This will now include both classic and modern 4wd. Supplementary regulations will be released shortly.
Special stages will be approximately 20km long with a total distance of 310kms and 380km of touring.
The focus for the NZ Silver Fern Marathon Rally will be on returning to the South Island for the 2022 event.
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