Roger was from a horse-riding family but all he wanted to do was compete in motorsport. He bought his first motocross bike with his show jumping prize money and his first six weeks’ pay. After three years of motocross, he purchased a Datsun 1200 rally car, followed by a Mazda RX3 – running each of them for three years. In 1990, he purchased a Toyota Corolla AE86 (ex Stu Warren). Roger owned this car for 24 years and competed in over 130 rallies with only two DNFs. He had many victories in the Corolla, racing in the 1600cc class, including winning the 1996 South Island Rally Scholarship. Roger did 68,000 rally kilometres in the Corolla. He then tried his hand at 4X4 winch challenges. This included competing in the Malaysian Rain Forest Challenge and the Australian Out Back Challenge. He is now competing in off-road racing in his U Class Yamaha YXZ 1000. Roger has won the South Island U Class title and three consecutive Class 6 New Zealand titles. After moving from Invercargill to Taupo in 2014, he has continued to compete in off-road racing and in 2019 won the North Island U class title. 
Roger’s brother, Ross owns and restored Rod Millen’s BMFR. 

Roger McKay - 2019 Yamaha YXZ 1000

Roger was from a horse-riding family but all he wanted to do was compete in motorsport. He bought his first motocross bike with his show jumping prize money and his first six weeks’ pay. After three years of motocross, he purchased a Datsun 1200 rally car, followed by a Mazda RX3 – running each of them for three years. In 1990, he purchased a Toyota Corolla AE86 (ex Stu Warren). Roger owned this car for 24 years and competed in over 130 rallies with only two DNFs. He had many victories in the Corolla, racing in the 1600cc class, including winning the 1996 South Island Rally Scholarship. Roger did 68,000 rally kilometres in the Corolla. He then tried his hand at 4X4 winch challenges. This included competing in the Malaysian Rain Forest Challenge and the Australian Out Back Challenge. He is now competing in off-road racing in his U Class Yamaha YXZ 1000. Roger has won the South Island U Class title and three consecutive Class 6 New Zealand titles. After moving from Invercargill to Taupo in 2014, he has continued to compete in off-road racing and in 2019 won the North Island U class title. 
Roger’s brother, Ross owns and restored Rod Millen’s BMFR. 

2019 Yamaha YXZ 1000:

This Yamaha has competed in four events. It was built by Roger and Bike Torque Racing. It won the 2019 North Island Off Road Racing U Class (Production Class). It also raced at the Waitomo Rally, which is a first for the New Zealand Rally Championship and for Off-Road Racing.