The Mission Statement is to deliver the most enjoyable Historic 2WD Marathon Car Rally organised on the best gravel roads in the most scenic and inviting country in the World!

The Silver Fern Rally typically runs over seven days in November every second year and has more than 1050 kilometers or 650 miles of closed road gravel stages and around 1800 kilometers of touring.


There are two competition structures each subdivide into four categories. The Historic Trophy is for ‘Puka’ (or C.O.D) 2WD pre 1985 Cars and the Challenge Trophy is for all other 2WD Cars that don’t qualify for the Historic Trophy.