President of MotorSport New Zealand (MSNZ) Wayne Christie, of Christchurch, has been elected president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Rally Commission, following the 2017 annual general assembly of the world governing body of motorsport last week.
Luiz Felipe Branquinho will continue the now well-established tradition of Brazilians racing in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series, when he starts at the first round at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch, on January 12-14.
Rally driver David Holder aims to become the first New Zealander to contest the FIA Junior World Rally Championship, as the 2016 New Zealand rally champion prepares to take his rallying career international in 2018.
Local boy Conrad Clark has taken his first round win in the Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship following a string of strong results at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. While taking the round win, it was Reece Hendl-Cox and Kaleb Ngatoa who produced the biggest stories of the weekend.
One of the biggest prizes in New Zealand motorsport history will be won this weekend at Hampton Downs and it’s open to all comers.
All entrants in the final round of 4 Guys Autobarn Fast & Furious Racing at Mad Mike’s Summer Bash this Saturday, December 9, will go in the draw to win a Supercharged 6.2L 2010 Chevrolet Camaro valued at $52,000.
New Zealander Richie Stanaway has been confirmed for a fulltime Supercars drive in 2018 after signing a multi-year deal with Prodrive Racing Ford.
The 26-year-old has long been linked to a seat with the four-car team having stood-out as a co-driver in the Pirtek Endurance Cup rounds the past two seasons with the organisation.
Teretonga Park in Invercargill served up another great day of motor racing action on Sunday. The meeting, presented by Downer, saw seven different classes in action.
Invercargill racing driver Liam MacDonald has scored another round win in Class 2 of the BNT V8’s Championship at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo this weekend.
To do so he had to overcome a fuel problem in the opening race of the round on Saturday which had dropped him down the order late in the race. MacDonald bounced back the following day to record a win on Sunday morning before a second place in the third and final race of the round later in the day.
Cambridge driver Nick Ross has come away from round two of the BNT V8s at Taupo third overall.
Qualifying fourth, across the weekend’s three races Ross took his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima to fourth place in race one, a second place in race two, and third in the final encounter of the weekend.
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