Preparations well underway for three-round TCR New Zealand and Super Production Championships
Following the highly successful inaugural winner-takes-all title decider at Highlands Motorsport Park in April, a three-round series to decide the 2022 TCR New Zealand and Super Production Championships will take place this summer. Both the New Zealand Touring Car (TCR) and NZ Production Car Championship...
MotorSport New Zealand partners with Kora to bring fuel discounts to members
MotorSport New Zealand has announced another member benefits partner, this time with discount fuel card provider, Kora New Zealand, to bring their benefits to licence holders. All MotorSport New Zealand competition and officials licence holders will be able to apply for a Kora fuel card. The...
Tony Quinn Foundation puts up $60,000 for NZ Formula Ford
The Tony Quinn Foundation is putting weight behind Formula Ford racing in New Zealand with the announcement of the biggest and most extensive prize package in the category's 50 years of history. The single-seater Formula Ford cars are seen as the most important national racing category...
Hayden Paddon seals fifth NZRC title with Rally Hawkes Bay win
Hayden Paddon claimed the 2021 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship by winning the Kennedy Park Resort Napier Rally Hawke’s Bay on Saturday in comprehensive fashion. The WRC rally winner joins Richard Mason as the most successful driver in the history of the championship...
Battle of Jacks Ridge confirmed for 2021
The Repco Battle of Jacks Ridge returns in November for a second edition with inaugural champion Shane van Gisbergen set to defend his crown against WRC winner Hayden Paddon and a star-studded line-up. Supercars ace Van Gisbergen produced a superb drive to come out on top...
Non-compliant safety apparel for sale in New Zealand
MotorSport New Zealand wishes to advise all competitors and officials of a safety notification received from SFI Foundation regarding the authenticity of protective clothing manufactured and supplied under the provisions of SFI Spec 3.2A and SFI Spec 3.3. The following points are raised: SFI has a...
TGRNZ welcomes Supercars test prize for Best Bars Toyota 86 champion
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has welcomed the news that the next Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship winner will also win a Supercar test with the ultra-successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team. The prize is being made available to the championship winner by the Tony Quinn...
FIA and Hyundai to offer Rally2 drive to APRC winner
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Hyundai Motorsport have joined forces to launch the FIA Rally Champions World Tour, united by a common goal of encouraging and promoting rallying talent from regional series around the world for the next three years. The initiative, which is...
South Island return confirmed for 2022 Toyota Racing Series
Plans are taking shape for the 18th season of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ has this week confirmed the championship will begin mid-January and will include a return to the South Island. The 67th New Zealand Grand Prix will also once...
James Penrose wins Elite Motorsport Academy camp
Christchurch racer James Penrose, 25, has topped the points table for the 2021 edition of the highly regarded Elite Motorsport Academy of New Zealand camp. The week-long camp, run by the Otago Academy of Sport in Dunedin, is the first part of a tailored 12-month development...