HOPPER CLAIMS MOTORSPORT’S FIRST POST COVID CROWN
What a difference a year makes. Over a sunny, fine, but distinctly crisp July weekend, tarmac rally specialist Leigh Hopper and co-driver Michael Goudie (Subaru Impreza WRX) dominated this year’s re-scheduled two-day Targa Hawke’s Bay tarmac motor rally.
The rally, originally planned for May, was the first major New Zealand motorsport event run here since the Covid-19 lockdown was lifted, and the locals appreciated it. The roads were lined two and three deep in some places, fans having been starved of live motorsport since late March.
The Orewa, Auckland, pair took the win in commanding style, winning nine out of the ten special stages, crossing
