Rally Quest

Oi! So called 'Rally Quest' – I thought this so called blog was supposed to be about rallying ? Who are you, the blog police? Cool your turbos. Well no, it's not actually, it's evolved. It's more about my pursuit and love of motorsport in general. But, I digress. This latest instalment of Rally Quest™ couldn't be more about rallying even if it was coated in mud.  Oh wait. It was: The reason? My buddy Dan and I attended the final stages of the WRC's triumphant return to Aotearoa New Zealand after a 10 year absence. For me, it was a case of completing a very large circle. Here I was, where it all started , amongst rainy New Zealand farmland watching the cream of the rallying crop fly around cambered gravel roads. Only now, at long last,  it was real. The antepenultimate and final 'Power Stage' took place at a very muddy – and I'm talking T in the Park 2007 level of very muddy – Jack's Ridge in South Auckland. A purpose built stage in an area of...