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2 Days of event and community activation’s to get up close to the action!
The 2024 field will be led by 2023 Daybreaker Rally winner, Hayden Paddon, followed closely by the fierce New Zealand Rally Championship battlers as the title fight begins to really heat up at the midpoint of the season.
The event kicks off on Friday afternoon at Palmerston North’s The Square with a meet the crews and car show from 4:00pm. The cars will then convoy to the Arena at 5:30pm for a head-to-head Harcourts AFC Super Special Stage beginning at 6:00pm, offering multiple spectator vantage points for an exhilarating start to the 192km competition.
The rally resumes at 4:00am on Saturday morning (14 September), with the first car departing the overnight park for a day of gravel road action. The route winds through Rangitikei’s Turakina Valley and towards the switchback hairpin of Ridge Road North near Mataroa, north of Taihape. A second service of the day will be held in Taihape before the teams journey south across the famed Peep-o-Day and McBeth roads.
A second meet the drivers and car show will take place in Feilding Town Centre just before midday on Saturday, followed by a 30-minute service break in the Manfeild Arena carpark. They then repeat the Peep-o-Day and McBeth sections before tackling the 30.97km Ridge Road, concluding at Pohangina.
The remaining cars will return to Palmerston North’s arena where a demonstration event will precede a reversed field run of the Harcourts AFC Super Special Stage. The final run will determine the overall winner with the finishers parked on the arena infield for the concluding ceremonial finish.
Date
13 – 14 September
Tickets will also be available on the day from Gate 2 Cuba St.