Elite MotorSport Academy underway for 2025
Eight of New Zealand’s most promising young motorsport talents have descended on Dunedin this week for the start of the 2025 Elite MotorSport Academy of New Zealand. Hosted at the world-class Otago Academy of Sport from Sunday 6 July to Saturday 12 July, the week-long camp...
Vale Tim Miles
The motorsport community is mourning the sudden passing of Tim Miles, a beloved New Zealand-born businessman, racer and team owner, who tragically died in a cycling accident in Sydney on Sunday morning. Born in Ashburton, Miles built a legacy both behind the wheel and in the boardroom. He...
Club milestone at Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally
The Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally returns to the roads of the area on Saturday 2 August. The rally, which remembers the feats of the Mokereta farmer who was a very successful rally driver including finishing runner-up in the 1983 New Zealand Rally Championship, was instigated...
Expanded Four Nations Esports Cup returns for 2025
The much-loved Tri-Nations Esports Cup is back, with a new nation joining the trifecta, as the Springboks (South Africa) will see the event relaunch as the Four-Nations Esports Cup. The sim racing event began in 2022, with the UK and Australia battling it out to gain...
Format changes set to rev up Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Trophy
Further changes to the format of New Zealand’s premier single seater championship – the Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Trophy - have been confirmed this week by series organisers TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ. The format changes are designed to spice up the action and give drivers...
Podium for Paddon at Ypres Rally before Queensland challenge
New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon, with Christchurch’s Jared Hudson in the co-driver’s seat, took a hard-fought second place at the Ypres Rally in Belgium, which took place 27 and 28 June. The Kiwis become the first non-Europeans to ever stand on the Ypres podium. ...
Dowdall heads for Rodin UK test
Manawatu teenager Blake Dowdall is set to test with Rodin Motorsport in the UK to cap off a stellar motor racing season that has seen him win the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship and earn a place in MotorSport New Zealand’s Elite Academy programme. Dowdall was...
Little things the focus for both Jones and Mackersy
The battle between Bryn Jones and Tim Mackersy in the NZRC 2WD class of the Brian Green Property Group has been fierce this season and it is shaping up to be a season -long two-way battle. Jones has three successive wins on the board but has...
2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy dates confirmed
Dates for the new-look 2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy have been confirmed today. The new look format – with the championship’s regular 15 races being run over four weekends instead of five – was signed off by the FIA’s World Council of Motorsport recently. The...
Season two dates locked in for Bridgestone GR86 Championship
Dates for the second season of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship are locked and loaded for 2025 and 2026 and it promises to be another thrilling season for drivers in New Zealand’s leading one make, one model championship. The six-round championship – which will once again run...