Autosport Car Club

Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally was an amazing day with close battles throughout the field with many classes and placings going right to the wire.

Even our Top 3 placing with the rally being decided by the equal closest winning margin in the NZRC by just 0.2 seconds and 3rd and 4th coming down to just 3 seconds as well

Congratulations to our overall podium places
🥇 Jack Hawkeswood
🥈 Jack Stokes
🥉Quentin Palmer

0.2 seconds 1st to 2nd
3 seconds 3rd to 4th
Close battles that ware going on all the way to the last corner thoughtout the field!

0.2sec, blink and you will miss it.

After a hard day at the wheel & hundreds of corners, thousands of gear changes, the Force Motorsport team of Jack Hawkeswood & Jason Farmer have taken the win.

✅ Live stream replays at: https://www.nzrc.tv

✅ Live Results: https://www.chrissport.co.nz

Thanks to our amazing sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ
Omega Rental Cars Ltd
Crème Insurance

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A great crowd watching the rally come though at the natural amphitheatre at the spectator point at SS2 in the Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally

2026 Autosport Club Events Calendar
Lock these dates into your calendars!

Pipers Valley Road Gravel Sprint – Saturday 7th March
Woods Road Gravel Sprint – Sunday 3rd May
Lonestar Rally of Canterbury - Sunday 31st May
Gravel Sprint – Saturday 27th June
Gravel Sprint – Saturday 8th August
Gravel Sprint – Saturday 10th October

Further event details will be posted closer to each date.
https://autosport.org.nz/events-calendar/