Mainland Rally Championship
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| Category | Rallying |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Inaugural season | [[:Category:1977 in motorsport|1977]] |
| Drivers' champion |  Dylan Thompson - 2023 |
| Co-drivers' champion | Andrew Graves - 2023 |
 Current season | |
The Mainland Rally Series is the South Island's premier rally series. 6 rounds across the regions gives competitors a taste of all the best roads the island has to offer in 2024. The championship is held for a variety of classes based on engine capacity and further split by four or two wheel drive. Starting in 1977, the Marlborough Car Club acted as co-ordinator for the series during its initial years, and in 1988 a championship cup was purchased for the annual winner.
[1]The original Mainland Rally Championship logo was designed back in 1988 without any computer aided graphic design. On the kitchen table, a blank sheet of A4 paper, a map of the South Island and some ‘lettraset’ stick on letters. The map was traced onto the paper with an inner tracing representing the roads of the South Island and Mainland Rally Series was then created using the lettraset stick on letters over this.
Mainland Rally Championship Classes [2][edit]
Class A 2WD 0-1300cc
Class B 2WD 1301-1600cc
Class C 2WD 1601cc and over
Class D 4WD
Class E Pre 96 4WD
Class F 2WD Classic
Class H Magnum Subaru Class
Organising Committee [2][edit]
Chairman - Wayne Barnard
Committee - Leigh Marston, Barry Varcoe, Graham Wilson, and Gordon Legge
Registrations, Entries & Competitor’s Representatives - Leigh Marston, Wayne Barnard, and Gordon Legge
Technical/Judge of Fact - Wayne Barnard, Leigh Marston, and Barry Varcoe.
Championship Seeding - Leigh Marston
2025 Calendar[edit]
The successful running of the Mainland Rally Championship (MRC) is set to continue in 2025 with the release of the series calendar coming in the next few months. The championship will most likely follow the usual 6 rounds in each region of New Zealand's South Island.
Entrants must compete in three rounds to be eligible for MRC points with the best of five rounds counting for overall placing and the best four rounds counting towards Class placings.
Driver Champions [3][edit]
| Year | Driver | Vehicle |
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| 1977 | A Doig
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| 1978 | W Murdoch
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| 1979 | A Hewlett
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| 1980 | T Crowe
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| 1981 | C Rabbidge
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| 1982 | C Rabbidge
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| 1983 | B Stokes
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| 1984 | I Tulloch
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| 1985 | L Harris
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| 1986 | A Hewlett
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| 1987 | R Townshend
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| 1988 | R Hart
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| 1989 | R Hart
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| 1990 | J Silcock
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| 1991 | W Muckle
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| 1992 | D Buist
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| 1993 | S Warren
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| 1994 | S Warren
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| 1995 | M Leonard
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| 1996 | G Cliff
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| 1997 | D Owen
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| 1998 | C West
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| 1999 | C West
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| 2000 | J Silcock
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| 2001 | J Judd
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| 2002 | Hugh Owen
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| 2003 | Deane Buist
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| 2004 | Les Summerfield
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2005 | Derek Ayson
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| 2006 | Derek Ayson
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| 2007 | Jeff Judd
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2008 | Deane Buist
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| 2009 | Regan Ross
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| 2010 | Regan Ross
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| 2011 | John Silcock
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| 2012 | Marcus van Klink
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Mazda RX-7 |
| 2013 | Deane Buist
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| 2014 | Richard Baddock
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2015 | Richard Bateman
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
| 2016 | Deane Buist
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Ford Escort MK2 |
| 2017 | Jeff Judd
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2018 | Josh Marston
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Holden Barina AP4 |
| 2019 | Garet Thomas
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2020 | Josh Marston
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Holden Barina AP4 |
| 2021 | Robbie Stokes
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Ford Fiesta AP4 |
| 2022 | Deane Buist
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Toyota Corolla |
| 2023 | Dylan Thomson
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Ford Fiesta MK5 ST |
| 2024 | Ongoing | |
Co-Driver Champions [4][edit]
| Year | Driver | Vehicle |
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| 2015 | Sharisse Guckert
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
| 2016 |  Karl Celeste
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Ford Escort MK2 |
| 2017 | Grant Marra
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2018 | Andrew Graves
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Holden Barina AP4 |
| 2019 | Gemma Thomas
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2020 | Dave Neill
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Mazda RX-8 |
| 2021 | Amy Stokes
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Ford Fiesta AP4 |
| 2022 | Bella Haggerty
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Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 2023 | Andrew Graves
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Holden Barina AP4 |
| 2024 | Ongoing | |
References[edit]
- ↑ McMillan, Gus (18th March 2022). "Mainland Rally Series Championship Cup". Marlborough Car Club Historical Archive Facebook Group. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Varcoe, Barry (4th February 2024). "2024 MRC Championship Articles V2". Mainland Rally Championship Facebook Page. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ McMillan, Gus (18th March 2022). "Mainland Rally Champions". Marlborough Car Club Historical Archive Facebook Group. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Shacki. "Season 2024 rally - eWRC-results". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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