Ngatoa focussing on positives from Tasmania
Kiwi racer Kaleb Ngatoa is focussing on the positives following a challenging first round of the Australian S5000 championship in Tasmania. Driving at the Symmons Plains circuit for the first time the 20 year old completed the round with a ninth, seventh and fourth place finish....
Great cars assembled for SpeedFest
A mighty line up of cars across seven different classes has been assembled for this weekend’s Mobil 1 Classic SpeedFest at Teretonga Park near Invercargill. The Archibalds Historic Touring Car grid will feature many superb machines from the not too distance past with Scott O’Donnell...
Three wins for Shepherd ignites Toyota 86 title defence
Reigning champion Rowan Shepherd has ignited his defence of the Toyota 86 Championship title with a third win for the weekend at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. Starting off pole position with a dry track but rain in the air, the Christchurch racer had to play second...
Peter Ward wins V8 Utes season opener
There had been 2 different winners in Saturday’s 2 races. So it was all down to Sunday’s racing at the Speedworks Event at Hampton Downs to decide the RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes racing championship Round One. Brad & Greg Kroef lined up on the front row...
Dylan Grant completes Hampton Downs dominance with another Formula First win
Once again Dylan Grant has been untouchable at Hampton Downs and has won race four of the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. In a twice safety car interrupted race, Grant still managed to pull a mammoth 4.8s lead in the three green racing...
Shepherd the boss in the wind and rain for Toyota 86s
Reigning champion Rowan Shepherd took his second win of the weekend in the third round of the Toyota 86 Championship this morning at Hampton Downs - beating Simon Evans into second place in very challenging conditions on and off the track. Shepherd was able to out...
Dylan Grant strikes back with Sunday morning Formula First win
Dylan Grant has responded to his post-race penalty in race two by winning race three of the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. A late-race safety car for a stranded Liam Nicholson left the front runners just one lap to decide the finishing order. Grant,...
Two races, two winners as the V8 Utes ignite a new season
There couldn’t have been a more exciting way to launch the 2022 RYCO 24•7 V8 Ute Racing championship as several emerging talents made their intentions felt during Saturday morning’s qualifying We’d have expected the ultra-experienced Peter Ward to have had it all his own way,...
Penny steals Toyota 86 race at the flag
Veteran John Penny won the race of the day at Hampton Downs today, leaving it until the drag race to the finish line to pass race leader Dion Pitt and deny the rookie his first win in the Toyota 86 Championship. It was 54 year old...
Class Wins for Connor Adam and Stephen Harrison in Rodin Cars Super GT Series
Connor Adam in his Porsche 997 has clinched victory in the first race of the weekend in the Rodin Cars Super GT Series at Hampton Downs today, while Stephen Harrison took the honours in GT4 aboard his Aston Martin. Full podium results for the Porsche class...