The kiwi driver escaped a huge crash at the start of race two in Texas, where he eventually finished eighth to go with his second in race one.

McLaughlin says it reminded him of being back in New Zealand.

MOTORSPORT WITH CRC FIVE FIVE SIX. MADE RIGHT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND.

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29 Dec: A person's seriously injured after a crash, where a car rolled in Christchurch's city central

29 Dec: One man's due in court today, and Police are looking for others, after two serious brawls in Auckland yesterday

28 Dec: Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast

28 Dec: In Upper Hutt near Kaitoke, the intersection of SH2 and Waterworks Road has reopened after a collision

28 Dec: Two people have died in Japan - after at least 50 vehicles were caught in a pile-up on a highway north-west of Tokyo

28 Dec: Gisborne-bound motorists are being urged to drive safe, and plan ahead, as traffic's expected to worsen, over the holiday break

26 Dec: Following in Hayden Paddon's tyre tracks on the World Rally Championship is the end goal for New Zealand-born Japanese rally driver Zeal Jones

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