BB & Budgie’s Thursday Night Recce

This week on Thursday Night Recce, Budgie's back and he catches up with Dylan Turner to talk his return to the seat in his old car, life as a car owner and what it's like watching someone else drive his car (faster).  

Tonight on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, BB catches up with one of our up and coming stars, Zeal Jones , to find out about his win at the Elite Motorsport Academy New Zealand and the experience, a solid top five finish in only his second season of rallying, plus we throw a curly question at him at the end and we think he's got a potential career in politics!

Tonight on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, BB catches up with Ben Hunt. Unfortunately some internet issues meant we lost the first part of the interview where we talked about the season so far and particularly his uncharacteristic off-road excursion at Timaru. But there's plenty of great chat, we cover off his first rally win, both championship wins and how he came within two stages of the...

This week on Thursday Night Recce, Budgie catches up with Ari Pettigrew who takes some time out from the Elite Motorsport Academy in Dunedin to talk some newly found skills, just what he was thinking when he took out our livestream gear and some of the focuses for the final two rounds.

Tonight on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, we catch up with Raana Horan from Big Black Motorsport to talk his most recent NZRC round win, work back through his remarkably short rise to the top echelons of the sport and why you'll never see him compete against his son Brooklyn in equal machinery....

On tonight's Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie run the ruler across the results sheet through the classes, covering off the tales of woe as well as the victorious ones.

Tonight, BB & Budgie cast an eye over the form guide and the forecast ahead of this weekend's Stadium Finance South Canterbury Rally, including some newcomers to the championship and where to expect some of the big battles.

Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, Budgie catches up with Josh Marston from the RDL Performance team to talk the win that got away in the non-championship Canterbury Rally over the weekend, but why it puts them in good stead for South Canterbury next weekend and how he sees the second half of the season playing out.

This week, BB catches up with two of the driving forces behind the Daybreaker Rally, Tony McConachy and Paul Fallon. The event was today announced as a replacement Round 4 of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship.

Tonight, BB catches up with one of the stars of the epic NZRC 2WD battle, Jackson Clendon, to talk about his roller coaster NZRC career to date and taking part in the FIA Rally Star.

This week on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie check out the going's on from the International Rally of Whangarei over the weekend, update a couple of cars damaged over the weekend and Budgie gets in with the cheap shots..... A reminder you can also get your BB & Budgie fix in Podcast format at the following outlets:

Tonight, BB & Budgie update on the latest weather impacts at the International Rally of Whangarei, as well as talking new cars, seeding and who will be the contenders across several of the classes.

It's a double dose tonight on Thursday Night Recce as BB catches up with a man with a shiny new car - Dylan Thomson, and a guy trying to make his car just like a shiny new one again after an Otago mishap - Haydn Mackenzie

This week on Thursday Night Recce, Budgie catches up with a man who has plenty of motorsport experience over a 40+ year career, just that most of it has been away from the Kiwi spotlight in the USA, Peter Farrell.

Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, Budgie catches up with JP van der Meys, talking new cars, his motorsport journey and a subject particularly close to Budgie's heart

This week on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, BB catches up with one of the stars of the NZRC two-wheel drive class, Jordan Grant Rally Sport about the trials and tribulations of an off season rebuild, bouncing back to be on the pace at Otago before falling foul of the treacherous Berwick Forest

Tonight, BB & Budgie review a fascinating opening round at the Otago Rally.

This week on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie catch up to talk Rally Otago and even some non fence sitting predictions!

This week on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, BB catches up with reigning Open 2WD champion Daniel Haines about his rapid rise through the two-wheel drive ranks of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and how his approach will change in 2023.

This week, BB catches up with Bryn Jones who is currently an expert on shipping schedules while he awaits the arrival of his new Ford Fiesta Rally4, talks a new co-driver and what events he's looking forward to in 2023.

Back again in 2023! For the first episode of the new season, Budgie catches up with Robbie Stokes, who is working to put a tough 2022 campaign behind him and explains his switch of co-driver over the off-season.

After a week away, Budgie's back and catching up with Haydn Mackenzie to talk Repco Rally New Zealand, the challenge of Whaanga Coast, the work involved in bringing a new car to the stages and where he'd like to be when the season gets underway again in 2023. Plus, Rally New Zealand wasn't the first time on the world stage for Haydn, find out more. 

What a week, what a season! Repco Rally New Zealand offered up an epic way to finish a massive Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship season for 2022, with the final two rounds offering up the ultimate challenge on the ultimate stage! BB & Budgie talk those that stepped up to the plate and those that suffered the consequences.

It's time for the big one, on an early release of this week's Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie discuss the excitement of the WRC circus arriving in New Zealand, what the roads are like and how you can catch all the stars out on the stages!

As we count down to Repco Rally New Zealand, BB catches up with our title sponsor and New Zealand Rallying Royalty, Brian Green!