Ben Stewart nabs the Mazda North Island title in a dramatic final
The final round for the North Island series in the Nexen Tyre Mazda Racing Series ran at Hampton Downs over Anzac weekend. It’s fair to say calculators were out along pit lane and everyone had done their math on the points. With each driver having...
Jono Lester Reunites With HubAuto For TCR Taiwan In New Audi RS3 LMS
Kiwi Jono Lester will reunite with HubAuto Racing for the 2022 TCR Taiwan championship, partnering Team Principal Morris Chen in the new Audi RS3 LMS. Lester scored two wins and three podiums for the team in 2018, partnering Nick Foster in a Ferrari 488 in Blancpain...
Battle-ready drivers to compete in NZ Formula Ford title decider this Sunday in Christchurch
Liam Sceats heads to the final round of the 2022 NAPA Auto Parts NZ Formula Ford Championship this Sunday in Christchurch in the best possible position. The Aucklander took maximum points from the first four races and holds a 35-point lead over Zac Christensen with...
Peter Ward demolishes field to win V8 Utes Championship
A 44-point championship lead coming into the final round proved Peter Ward had been the one to beat all season. Yet while Shane Dias and Brad Kroeff nibbled away at his lead in this final round at Hampton Downs race by race, the demolition man...
Marcus Armstrong takes his first win of FIA F2’s 2022 season
He lost radio communications with his pit at race start, but New Zealand race driver Marcus Armstrong has swept from P2 to the lead and won the sprint race at Imola, taking his first victory of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 season. The New Zealand driver...
Rowan Shepherd overcomes the odds to retain Toyota 86 Championship
A season packed with drama ended with an ailing Rowan Shepherd in a fight for survival to retain his Toyota 86 Championship title, but the Christchurch Action Motorsports ace came through to be the only driver in the category’s history to mount a successful championship...
Chris Symon consummates Formula First champion-elect status with race victory
Chris Symon has cruised to victory in the penultimate race of the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. After amassing an unassailable points lead in Saturday’s opening race, Symon consummated his second-tittle with victory at a slippery Hampton Downs. Dylan Grant struggled off the line,...
Allan wins but Shepherd one step closer to title with third
Rookie Hugo Allan took his second win of the season in the Toyota 86 Championship with a commanding win in the first race of three at the season finale at Hampton Downs today. Starting from pole position, The Heart of Racing ace made the perfect getaway...
Chris Symon wins the battle and the war in Hampton Downs opener
Chris Symon is now the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Champion-elect after taking victory in the opening race of the season finale at Hampton Downs. Symon’s victory gives him a 163-point lead over Dylan Grant (who finished second) and with only 150-points available in the...
Young guns star as Hugo Allan wins Toyota 86 pole position
Heart of Racing rising star Hugo Allan continued his rich vein of form with pole position at Hampton Downs at the final round of the 2022 Toyota 86 Championship. The championship's up and coming stars maintained their pace from the previous round at Taupo with Allan,...