Interview: Jack Hawkeswood – Second Generation Rally Star

Jack Hawkeswood is a second generation racer, the son of NZ Rally Champion Andrew, and one who is already starting to make a name for himself.

His national rally career started inauspiciously when he destroyed his Mazda 2 on the 2017 Otago Rally, but since then he's knuckled down with some strong results.

While his career – like everyone's – is at a standstill at present, he's already planning on upping his speed and contesting future New Zealand and Asia Pacific rally championships.

RSM: You had a rough start to your career, crashing heavily at Otago 2017. What did you learn from that event and that crash?

Jack Hawkeswood: I learnt that you can’t dive straight into the deep end on some things. Otago has some of the trickiest roads I've ever driven on and going down there in 2017 with little knowledge of the roads and few kms in the car wasn’t the brightest.

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