NZRC Otago Rally Ekibbo ky'Emyaka 50 — Stokes Awangula Okubanga kwa Sooka, Hawkeswood Azuukibwa, Abeenduuse ab'e Japan Bawangula mu 2WD
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Dunedin, Esubi ly'Emabega. Jack Stokes Awangula Central Machine Hire Otago Rally — 16 SS, 280km — ku Ekibbo ky'Omwaka gwa 50 gwa Olukaabaana
Central Machine Hire Otago Rally ey'Omwaka gwa 50, eyakolwa mu Apuli 10–12, 2026 okuva mu Dunedin mu Esubi ly'Emabega lya New Zealand, yaletera olunaku olutegekedde. Jack Stokes, ng'ategeka mu Stokes Motorsport mu Škoda Fabia Rally2, yawangula obuwanguzi bwe obwa sooka mu NZRC n'okuwandiika erinnya lye ku bwengula obw'okusinga obukyufu mu lugendo lwa New Zealand. Empagi yakyusuulibwa olupapula lwa eddakiika bbiri olwa Jack Hawkeswood, ng'abeenduuse ab'e Japan Fuyukiha Takahashi na Ken Takahashi bawanguliwa mu 2WD mu Ford Fiesta Rally4.
Otago Rally ye olukaabaana olw'okukyusuula n'obulungi bw'okusinga mu New Zealand. Amatendeka ago 16 gakola mu ttaka ly'enkalu ly'ebwengula bw'Esubi ly'Emabega — Waipori Gorge, Tuapeka, Lee Flat, Akatore Road mu byo — n'omuwendo gwa 280 km ogw'okwegumikiriza, omu ku bigulu ebinene ennyo mu lulugudo lwa NZRC. Akabonero ka myaka 50 kakagoba ensimbi ez'okugera mu bwengula bw'omukimu, olukaabaana luweereddwako ekibiina ky'emirimu egikolwa mu Esubi ly'Emabega.
Stokes yakola olukaabaana olunakadde era olwa mpangalo, n'okulengera obulungi obuntonotono naye obw'obutuufu okusukka Hawkeswood. Edakiika e makulu eyayisidde ku lunaku lw'enggulo. Hawkeswood yaweebwa olupapula lwa eddakiika bbiri olw'okwetaba mu ssalabulo ly'omukoleza okusooka ku munzannyo omuteekateekwa. Olupapula oluyo lwaggya mu nsozi z'obulungi bwe n'olwekereza Stokes obujumba obusukka eddakiika bbiri. «Nalindiridde edakiika lino ennyo,» Stokes yagamba oluvannyuma lw'okutuuka.
![](/images/wsj/nzrc-otago-takahashi.png", caption: "Fuyuhiko Takahashi (Ford Fiesta Rally4) takes NZRC 2WD class honours on the Otago gravel)
Quentin Palmer mu Škoda Fabia Rally2 yaabireemu ew'okusatu. Mu kibiina ky'Open 2WD, Ari Pettigrew yategeka Porsche 911 era yategeeza ebiseera eby'omukimu ebyamuteekawo ew'okusatu ku ssalabulo — ekikoleka eky'enjawulo. Obuwanguzi bwa 2WD bwabwerekezebwa eri Fuyukiha Takahashi na Ken Takahashi ab'e Japan mu Ford Fiesta Rally4.
![](/images/wsj/nzrc-otago-pettigrew.png", caption: "Ari Pettigrew's Porsche 997 GT3 finished third overall — the leading 2WD competitor)
Na Otago nga Olukaabaana lwa 1 lwa NZRC, ensomesa zitiika Stokes okusukka Hawkeswood mu bitiiti bibiri byokka. Olunaku lw'emyaka 50 lw'olukaabaana luno — ku bisaale bya ttaka ebyazimbye omu maanyi g'esubi — lwalagidde okusindika kw'olukiifu ng'ekintu eky'enkolezo.
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