Barry has been competing for about 34 years now and this weekend is celebrating 30 of them in this car, competing in a number of rallies around the North Island but now mainly hill climbs and rally sprints in the Northland area. Barry has built and developed this car himself. He competed in the last four Race to the Sky events, winning the 2WD rally course class in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2015. Barry has been a top finisher in a number of tarmac events over the past few years. He just likes showing the public how quick these old cars can go.
 

Barry Armiger - 1981 Mazda RX7

Barry has been competing for about 34 years now and this weekend is celebrating 30 of them in this car, competing in a number of rallies around the North Island but now mainly hill climbs and rally sprints in the Northland area. Barry has built and developed this car himself. He competed in the last four Race to the Sky events, winning the 2WD rally course class in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2015. Barry has been a top finisher in a number of tarmac events over the past few years. He just likes showing the public how quick these old cars can go.
 

1981 Mazda RX7:

Barry built the RX7 in 1989 with the advice of Neil Allport. It was first raced in 1990 and has seen many changes over the years starting life with a mild stage 2 13B to now 30 years later, a self-developed fuel injected J-port 13B producing almost 300HP at the rear wheels through a TTI sequential gearbox. The RX7 was the only car to win the Race to the Sky 2wd rally course class in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2015, holding the 2wd record in 2006. It was almost lost to fire two weeks before the 2019 leadfoot but still manage to make the event.