Chris Symon doubles points lead win victory as Grant suffers
Chris Symon has more than doubled his points lead in the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship after claiming race 12 at Taupo. Symon's points lead grew from 40-points to 87-points after Dylan Grant suffered engine dramas which left his car down on horsepower...
F5000 drivers turn up the heat as they revel in racing return
After a largely frustrating 12 months in which three of the four race meetings due to host rounds of the 2021/22 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series were either cancelled outright or postponed, the drivers who made it to Hampton Downs today...
Stichbury leads all the way for first TR86 win
Zac Stichbury led from lights to flag at the Taupo International Motorsport Park this afternoon, to record his first victory in the 2022 Toyota 86 Championship ahead of Brock Gilchrist. In the fight for the championship, a post-race five second time penalty for Rowan Shepherd pushed...
Shane Dias claims first blood with V8 Utes race one win at Taupo
After setting the fastest time in practice, then in qualifying, Shane Dias completed the trifecta to win Race One in the RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes racing at Taupo. But after a tense qualifying session earlier in the day that saw lap times for the 2nd...
Class wins for Adam & Cromie in opening race at Taupo
Connor Adam has crossed the line in first place in the opening race of the weekend in the Rodin Cars Super GT Series at Taupo this afternoon, with McLaren racer Nigel Cromie taking the win in the GT4 class. In the Porsche class, the podium...
Chris Symon avoids disaster to win Formula First Taupo opener
Chris Symon has avoided almost certain disaster to win race 14 of the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship at Taupo International Motorsport Park. Symon duped his rivals on the final lap of the race at turn seven by taking the lead and leaving them...
Rookie Stichbury takes debut Toyota 86 pole position
Zac Stichbury turned the championship form book on its head with a stunning pole position lap at the Taupo Motorsport Park on Saturday morning – the first for a rookie this season. The 20 year old Hawkes Bay driver backed up excellent Friday practice form to...
NAPA Auto Parts throws its support behind NZ Super Trucks
NAPA Auto Parts has expanded its involvement in New Zealand motorsport by securing naming rights of the New Zealand Super Trucks. After recently securing title support of the NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship, NAPA is pleased to confirm it has taken the naming...
Ngatoa fired up for Aussie Race Cars debut
Kiwi racer Kaleb Ngatoa is putting a ‘what might have been weekend’ at Phillip Island behind him and will return to Tasmania this weekend where he will compete for Tony Quinn in the Aussie Race Cars championship. Ngatoa had high hopes for his return to...
Four MotorSport New Zealand Championships eligible for Motorsport Australia Superlicence
Four MotorSport New Zealand Championships will be eligible for Motorsport Australia Superlicence points from 2022. The NZ Toyota 86 Championship will join three other MotorSport New Zealand Championships already included in the Superlicence system in 2022. Motorsport Australia introduced their Superlicence system in 2016 to address...