Jack's Ridge Rally

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How the purpose-built Jack's Ridge powerstage was made (DirtFish)

WRC – Andrew Hawkeswood has turned his backyard into a World Rally Championship rally stage.

A week or so before the start, we brought 100 tones of stone in and built the jump a bit higher. And ring. “And because I’ve driven a bit, I know what a car can do. “I know what I want to see a rally car doing,” he said. “And of course we had some of the existing roads in place. “We’d built some roads for the Battle for Jack’s Ridge a couple of years ago,” he told DirtFish. And it was genuinely that simple to Andrew. And a force very much for the good of rallying. Colin Clark and I were out here earlier in the week, meeting the man who made this whole stage possible: Andrew Hawkeswood. But today, Andrew’s hosting the biggest and best WRC garden party. This story comes to you live from a tent at the side of the Rally New Zealand powerstage. It’s worth the queue, worth the wait.

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Leading WRC drivers unimpressed by Jack's Ridge stage to end ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Sunday's power stage has been called a thrilling way to end this year's Rally NZ, but while it may be good for spectators, top drivers don't like it.

“Sunday is quite a disappointing way to end the rally. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. * However, three top drivers spoke to by Stuff, all thought the stage was a dud and it was a disappointing way for the rally to finish.

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