Whittaker defeats Chester to win One Hour
Porsche ace Matt Whittaker won the opening one-hour race of the ENEOS North Island Endurance Series in his last-gen Porsche 991, overcoming a solid challenge from Nick Chester's monster Holden Commodore VX to take honours in the first round of this year's championship at the...
TWO FROM TWO FOR INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORT
ENEOS NIES THREE HOUR RACE It was a case of two wins from two races for International Motorsport after the team secured back-to-back wins in the ENEOS North Island Endurance Series season opener. After an impressive performance by Matt Whittaker in the morning's ENEOS One Hour encounter,...
BARKER RETURNS TO CHASE A NEW TITLE
Hamilton’s Stephen Barker is set to return to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after a lengthy spell from the scene. Barker’s successful season in 2010 piloting the Rally New Zealand Rising Stars Ford Fiesta, lead him to New Zealand 2wd Championship and...
Capri Racing to debut TCR Honda in North Island Endurance Series
Family Endurance Racing Team Capri Racing will debut a Honda Civic FK2 in the up coming North Island Endurance Series opener at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park at Taupo this weekend. The Class 2 North Island Series Champions have also added multiple Touring Car and North Island...
Brendon Leitch secures Formula 3 Asian Championship drive
New Zealand driver Brendon Leitch has confirmed he’ll join BlackArts Racing in the Formula 3 Asian Championship next weekend. Leitch will head to Malaysia in the first week of April to race at Sepang International Circuit on the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia support card. The...
CHINA COMP CALL-UP FOR KIWI DRIFT COUPLE
They say that every cloud has a silver lining and in Kiwi drift couple Drew and Jodie Donovan’s case it was a call-up last week for the pair to fly to China to join top local drift team NND for the first two rounds of...
Free entry for endurance fans in Taupo
Spectating for this coming weekend's first round of the 2019 ENEOS North Island Endurance Series will be free for all. Promoters Speed Works and organisers NIERDC are keen to do as much as they can to generate interest amongst fans both old and new and collectively...
Record-breaking entries for 2019 Otago Rally
A record-breaking 132 cars will start next month's Otago Rally, beating the previous highest entry number set in 2017. Headed by former Hyundai WRC star, Hayden Paddon, the rally is the opening round of the New Zealand and Asia Pacific Rally Championships, and incorporates the International...
Conrad Clark seeks support from the Taupō community
Taupō motor racing driver Conrad Clark is seeking some hometown support to make the next step in the emerging stars’ motorsport career. The 16-year-old has received an offer from an international team to join them for the upcoming racing season. The Taupō Nui-a-Tia College student who...
Holder confirmed to drive Holden
Former champion David Holder has confirmed his entry into the first two events of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. Holder will drive Greg Murphy’s Holden Barina at DriveSouth Rally of Otago next month and the International Rally of Whangarei in May. Murphy stepped...