14/04/2026
Well Otago Rally 2026 didn’t dissapoint. The event and the roads where unreal, and there was some great battles all weekend.
I can only say that we surpassed our own expectations, finishing 20th overall and coming home second in Cat5B behind Sean McAloon in our first New Zealand Rally Championship event. We were 2nd to the flying Ian Warren in Allcomers class B, no doubt Josh Silcock (3rd) would have been right up there but for his errands on stage 1.
Absolutely flawless job by Matty Sayers on the notes all weekend, and serious craic had!
Thanks to Oisin Mclaughlin and all the lads at MCL M-Sport, Grace and Josh for Service, fuel, food and all the help over the weekend. Also to Ari Pettigrew for getting the car to where it is now, and Sean Haggarty for all the assistance through the year.
And a special thanks to Mike Lynn for allowing the Irish invasion for the weekend!
And we wouldn’t be here without our sponsors:
Pulse Environmental (Col Sanders)
Heatrix
Premier Fire
BMG Autos (Glenn Alcorn)
Evolve
Can’t wait for the next round at Canterbury, which has been my nemesis to date!
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Geoff Ridder
Josh Kelly