Brookby’s Jack Hawkeswood has held off a charging Robbie Stokes to claim his first ever win in the New Zealand Rally Championship at Rally Otago on Sunday.
Hawkeswood completed a start-to-finish win in his Force Motorsport Toyota GR Yaris and becomes the first second generation driver in history to win a round of the championship, following in the footsteps of father Andrew, who won the championship in 2017 and a pair of rallies in 2004.
He finished the rally 17.8 seconds ahead of Stokes.
Two-time national champion Ben Hunt (Pukekohe) was third in his Skoda New Zealand Fabia Rally 2 and set a phenomenal time of seven minutes 16.6s through Kuri Bush to claim the maximum five power stage points.
Hunt also secured the day points, edging both Stokes and Hawkeswood on Sunday times – with little separating the three over the Sunday stage.
Pukekohe’s Zeal Jones nursed his Smith and Sons Skoda Fabia R5 home for fifth, running front wheel drive only on Sunday, for a good score of points.
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