Ross MacKay is an award-winning journalist, author and publicist with first-hand experience of motorsport from a lifetime competing on two and four wheels. He currently combines contract media work with weekend Mountain Bike missions and trips to grassroots drift days.

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‘Evervone a winner’ as Lemons cars complete 24 Hour marathon

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“Every last one of you who finished the race this weekend is a winner in my eyes,” the organiser of…

Success breeds success as Toyota 86 series finally finds its mark

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No doubt about it, this season’s Toyota 86 Championship series has been a resounding success. Full fields, many (most?) of…

F1 or IndyCars? Which one do you follow? And why? Pt 2.

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There was time, not THAT long ago, when IndyCars – a category known formerly, many of you I’m sure will…

F1 or IndyCars? Which one do you follow? And why? Pt 1

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There ya’ go. Challenge laid down, and I sincerely hope, accepted. Which of the world’s two premier single seater motor…

Collins caps F5000 return with third win from three

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Local F5000 category hero Michael Collins (Leda GM1) capped a memorable return to New Zealand’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000…

Yep, another ‘how good is this bloke?’ column on Shane van Gisbergen…

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You’re right, there were several other Kiwi drivers enjoying success of one sort or another on the global motor racing…

McRae 1-2 in F5000 at Skope Classic

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The MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series roared into life at the Skope Classic meeting being held at the…

Legacy of famed Kiwi drivers to live on at Skope Classic this weekend

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The legacy of some of New Zealand’s greatest racing drivers – Graham McRae and Bert Hawthorne amongst them – will…

Can a Kiwi win the DTM title this year?

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Look, I realise the toll the way the DTM ended last year had on the bloke who ‘should have won’…

Martin maintains winnng F5000 record at Hampton Downs

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In a virtual repeat of his performance at the same meeting a year ago Auckland ace Grant Martin (Talon MR1/A)…