Many ROAD CLOSURES in both Rangitikei and in Manawatu 

Event Coordinator: Tony McConachy. Rally of NZ M: 021533925 E: tmac.industry@gmail.com;

The event will take place on September 22nd and 23rd 2023 in the Manawatu and Rangitikei regions – which will require some road closures.

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Originally held in 1983, the Daybreaker Rally, over time, became one of New Zealand’s most iconic gravel-based competition rally events, and regularly ran as a round of the National Rally Championship. Although the event has at times not run over the past 40 years, with its most recent edition being in 2015 based out of Wairarapa, Manawatu’s Daybreaker Rally boasts some of New Zealand’s most recognisable motorsport names as winners, including the late Possum Bourne and past New Zealand Rally Champions Neil Allport, Joe McAndrew and Manawatu’s own Geoff Argyle and Bruce Herbert.
The New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) is this country’s premier nationwide championship and, as such, attracts New Zealand’s best drivers to compete on some of our country’s most challenging roads for the prestigious MotorSport New Zealand-sanctioned rally championship titles.
The 2023 NZRC was initially confirmed as a six-round series, however with the national disasters that Hawkes Bay and Coromandel experienced earlier in the year, sadly the two championship rounds that were planned for these regions have been cancelled, allowing the rural communities affected to concentrate on the reinstatement of their properties.
The 2023 Daybreaker Rally will be Round 4 of the New Zealand Rally Championship and will also be the penultimate round of what is now a five-round series.
The Daybreaker Rally will be held on Friday 22 September and Saturday 23 September 2023.
The rally opening Ceremonial will be held late afternoon on Friday in the Manchester Square in Feilding town centre with the iconic Clock Tower as the backdrop. The Ceremonial Start will include a Driver Signing Session, driver interviews, car show featuring all competitor cars and the Ceremonial Start – with all rally cars going over the Start Ramp.
On Saturday 23rd, the rally teams will depart from Manfeild just prior to daybreak and head north to compete on eight gravel Special Stages in the lower Rangitikei and Manawatu districts.
The day will conclude with a publicity Super Special Stage at Manfeild followed by the Official Finish Podium, also at Manfeild.
Rally Head Quarters will be at Manfeild – 59 South Street, Feilding.