Paul Manuell wins V8 Utes Championship in Taupō thriller
Coming into the final round of the RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Racing championship, Paul Manuell had a big lead. Yet some rising stars and seasoned veterans who’d surfaced for the Taupo event were ready to pounce. The mayhem began with the reverse-grid Race 2 as the...
Paddon survives carnage to win Otago
International star Hayden Paddon won the Winmax Otago Rally on Sunday and took round honours in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship opener. Paddon largely avoided the carnage that befell the majority of the field as the two-day event on fast, flowing roads...
Rowan Shepherd is the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 champion
Rowan Shepherd has won the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship after a mesmerising final race at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupo. Shepherd needed to finish second behind race winner Simon Evans and did exactly that, despite Evans trying everything he could to force attacks...
Chris Symon completes NZ Formula First Championship win
Chris Symon has consummated his Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship win by winning the final race of the season at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. Symon won by a considerable margin after Liam Foster was swamped by Leo Scott and a bunch of rookies on...
Dominant Paddon streets the field on Day 1 of Otago Rally
Former WRC star Hayden Paddon has opened a lead of 3 minutes 27.4 seconds at the end of the opening day of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship opener at the Winmax Brakes Otago Rally. Paddon took opening day honours in the...
Stunning Stokes’ win Mainland Rally Series round in Otago
Waikuku’s Robbie Stokes and co-driver Amy Stokes have won the second round of the Mainland Rally Series and now take the overall points lead in the six-round series. The one-day round, incorporated within the two-day Winmax Brakes Otago Rally, saw drivers and teams competing...
Manuell snatches V8 Utes pole then Race 1 win
Championship leader Paul Manuell came out on top in Saturday morning’s qualifying, then backed it up with an impressive win in Race 1 of the RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Racing Series. But just behind him, a heady mix of spirited newcomers clashing with hardened veterans...
Eager drivers return for championship battle
A total of eight different rally winners will tackle the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship opener this weekend exactly 546 days since the last day of competition. A field of 49 cars will take part in the Winmax Otago Rally starting with a...
Leo Scott joins Track Tec Racing for NZ Formula Ford Festival
Leo Scott is making the step to a Class 1 Formula Ford for the upcoming NZ Formula Ford Festival to be held at Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna on 30 April-1 May. The 17-year-old driver from Whangarei has cut his teeth in single seaters with...
Spark – boomer vs millennial showdown will be ‘epic’
A new MOTUL Honda Cup champion will be crowned this weekend at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park – Taupo – and the final is all set to be a boomer vs millennial epic according to one of the protagonists. Greg Spark, who has raced at the...