DEBORAH KIBBLE RALLY DRIVER

The Lancer has been in action on the historic stages and some more modern ones of New Zealand since She and Jamie were a promising 42nd on their first Rally New Zealand, and things were going well until a dramatic accident near the end of the season. Deborah Kibble, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6. By now she was competing in the NZ championships and scoring points. It was still wet and cold for the Hawkes Bay rally, but there were fewer problems and she came thirteenth. Her best overall result was 20th, in the Spring Rally. I have in the past and intend to do more so in the future.

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Later in the season she found herself missing the stages. Using the same car, she did a few New Zealand rallies in Peter has been the editor of RallySport Magazine since its inception inin both printed and online form.

5 MINUTES WITH New Zealand rally driver Deborah Kibble

I was trapped upside down for a decent amount of time, where the chance of fire tends to increase the anxiety levels. The bike was sold and she came back to rallying, but as a navigator rather than a driver. The weather for the Southland Rally was atrocious, with mountain snow and rain causing havoc.

She recorded a World Championship finish and also became New Zealand Group N Rally Champion outright, after an excellent string of results in her domestic championship. The leader was held up by stranded smaller cars and Deborah used her better road position to achieve a good time. New Zealand's varied climate and terrain makes it an excellent place for rallying. By now she was kobble in the NZ championships and scoring points. The Nissan was a write-off and Deborah and Jamie were lucky to survive the multiple airborne roll.

Deborah Kibble and Jamie Kibble in Rabbidge kible everyone's assistance in helping to make the high-speed adventure on rallj forestry roads happen was greatly appreciated.

She was fifth in Group N against an international field. Still in the ageing Evo VI, she defended her crown in but lost it. A year later she was co-driving for her husband Jamie, and a year after that they switched seats after a couple of trial runs proved that Deborah was a capable driver too.

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Posted by Rachel H-G at Rallying was priority and then time marched on. Fast times for Spring Rally at Kakahu Forest. Her best overall result was 20th, in the Spring Rally. Depends on the number of events per country, and team budgets will always dictate who could commit.

Thursday, 29 July Deborah Kibble.

Timaru's Chris West, who sits fourth in the New Zealand Rally Championships, will not be competing having already committed to drive on the tarmac at Teretonga with his rally car sponsor Andrew Simms, at the South Island Endurance Series. She and Jamie were a promising 42nd on their first Rally New Zealand, and things were going well until a dramatic accident near the end of the season.

Deborah sat out most of while searching for more sponsorship. It was my first time driving on gravel, and also first time co-driving, so that covers the question in one. Newer Post Older Post Home.

She was thirteenth in the Otago Rally, but did not finish the Rally of Canterbury. In the freezing conditions, she took advantage of the troubles of others to record her first stage win.

If you kibblw make one rule change in New Zealand rallying, what would it be? Do you think the re-birth of a Trans Tasman championship would work?

Long story short, we were called to an FIA meeting later that night to testify. The year-old with co-driver, Tony Gosling, has been seeded seventh and will be tested by Kaikoura's Regan Ross and Graham Ferguson of Greymouth in similar cars, and kinble in the top 10 seeds.

2019 Otago Rally

She now describes herself as competing for fun rather than titles. The intention was to compete in some more classic rallies, both as a navigator and a driver. Deborah came seventeenth overall, and third rally car, in this classic event. Both will be driving Mitsubishi Evos and they are expected to have a close battle for overall honours.