BB & Budgie’s Thursday Night Recce

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!
 

Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie give their views on the strong field assembled for the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally and make some solid predictions!

BB & Budgie return with plenty to cover this week!
 
First up, we pay a brief tribute to Morrie Chandler, the man who really shaped rallying in New Zealand to where it is today, as well as playing a fairly significant role on the world stage.
 
We then check out three key pre season events, getting a rough form guide for the 2026 season.
 
Finally, spectating at Central Machine Hire Otago Rally? We pick out a few good spots to be to catch all the action

BB & Budgie are back in 2026 and kick off the season by throwing down 5 talking points around the 2026 season and debate how they see them playing out.
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Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie discuss the Vertex Oil International Rally of Whangarei, the winners, the losers, what questions we had answered in 2025 and what questions have been opened before we start 2026.

Tonight on Thursday Night Recce, BB & Budgie preview our championship finale, the Vertex Oil International Rally of Whangarei, checking out what the maths are for each of the classes to be wrapped up.