FROM UKRAINE TO ISRAEL TO TERETONGA PARK
Maks Butensko is new to the Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship at Teretonga Park this season and he has embarked on quite a journey to get there. Maks was born in Ukraine but moved to Israel when just 11-years-old. After spending time in...
Exton and Bewley book their places on 2023 Toyota 86 grid
A successful shoot-out for William Exton and Tom Bewley at the annual Hampton Down NZ Racing Academy guarantees both will be part of the 2023 Toyota 86 Championship. As the grid for the season begins to take shape, 18-year-old Exton and 15-year-old Bewley will be exciting...
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Sweden re-sign Harry McDonald for 2023 season
Christchurch’s Harry McDonald has been re-signed by TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Sweden to take on a full season of racing in the 2023 GT4 Scandinavia Series. The 19-year-old has been competing with the team in 2022 and now steps up to tackle five-rounds on European...
NZ based F5000 Motor Racing Series ‘Just seems to get better with age’
Like a world-class New Zealand wine, the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series, which kicks off it’s 20th anniversary season at the big MG Classic motor racing meeting at Feilding’s Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon this weekend, just seems to get better...
Break-through Formula Ford wins for Knowles at Timaru
A superb weekend for Christchurch’s Blake Knowles has seen him take his break-through first race win in the 2022/23 Yokohama South Island Formula 1600 Championship after the second round at the Timaru International Raceway on Saturday. The Christchurch Boys High School student won all...
Jacob Douglas confident looking forward to the 2023 USF2000 season in America
Christchurch’s Jacob Douglas shortly arrives back home after competing in the 2022 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship in the USA. It’s been a period of rapid learning for the 16-year-old, gaining experience in the American single seater motorsport category which has set a foundation for...
Steele & Southam Duo Return in Porsche
Rob Steele and Paul Southam will campaign their Porsche 991 Cup car in the Open Class of the GT New Zealand Championship. The Open Class features Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Ferrari Challenge, and Lamborghini Super Trofeo machines. Steele and Southam are a small handful...
Extremely close action in NEXEN Tyre NZ Mazda Racing Series
Rangiora driver, Shane Paget holds a narrow lead in the points after some extremely close racing at the opening round of the Nexen Tyre NZ Mazda Racing South Island Championship at Levels Raceway in Timaru on Saturday. Qualifying gave an early indication as to how close...
Barry Keen back at the wheel Sixty-Five years on
Southland Sports Car Club Patron and Life Member, Barry Keen, won a race at the very first race meeting at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on 30 November 1957. On Sunday he was back at the wheel of Jordan Michels Ford Focus V8 as the club...
Finalists announced for TQF HDNZRA Toyota Racing Series Shoot-out
Three of New Zealand's most promising motorsport stars have been chosen for this year's Tony Quinn Foundation TRS shoot-out at Hampton Downs next week. The trio will race off for a $70,000 winner-takes-all prize, with the money going towards participation in the 2023 Toyota Racing Series,...