BB & Budgie’s Thursday Night Recce

It's rally time! BB & Budgie check out the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland, the third round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship being held this weekend. As well as looking at a couple of new entries, the lads make their pick for a few of the incredibly tight championship battles we've seen from the first two rounds.

This week on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie check out the spectator map for next weekend's Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland and their recommendations of spots to check out the action.
 
Check out the spectator map here: https://esccrally.co.nz/Images/SOUTHLAND%2026%20SPECTATOR%20MAP%20V2.pdf

Tonight on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, the boys catch up with not one, but two gentlemen who take their nice, shiny Porsches and get them dirty in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, Ari Pettigrew and Andy Martin to talk all things to do with the unique rally cars, including some of the challenges in building them, why they drive so differently and how the figures stack up compared to some of the other machines at the pointy end of the field.

On tonight's Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie catch up with the Big Belly Rally Team pilots, Caleb MacDonald and Kevin Laird to find out just how far back the duo go, what other sports keep them occupied and why the upcoming Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland is a special one for both drivers.

Tonight, BB & Budgie review the multiple close battles that underscored the Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally and analyse those who impressed, and those who have all but written themselves out of contention at this early stage.

Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie check out the 28 NZRC entries at the Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally, including a bit of drama for our championship leader in the lead up....

Tonight on BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, Budgie catches up with Jack Smith to discuss the best spectating options for next weekend's Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally and the facilities available at the premier Spectator Points across the day.
 
Spectator maps can be found at: https://viewer.mapme.com/canterbury-rally-2026

On tonight's BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie catch up with a couple of the leading contenders of the new Classic class for 2026, Deane Buist and Derek Ayson to discuss the new class, classic rallying in general and what was Deane's first car?

On this episode of BB & Budgie's Thursday Night Recce, as BB takes on three special guests, Robbie Stokes , Jack Stokes and Jack Hawkeswood as they discuss the start of the season, what it's like to be an NZRC round winner and they each put the hard questions on each other.
 

Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie take an in depth look at the opening round of the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and what it means for the season to come, plenty of excitement!