Competition for TCR title hots up with Jordan Michels entry
The rivalry for the 2021 New Zealand Touring Car Championship has heated up with the entry of multi-national title-winning driver, Jordan Michels, in a Honda Civic TCR FK7. Michels could be considered an early favourite heading to the winner-takes-all three-race title-deciding round at Highlands Motorsport...
Speed Works Motorsport Championship date shuffle confirmed
Motorsport Promoter Speed Works has confirmed its revised dates for the remaining rounds of the 2021 summer championship season following the Alert level 3 postponement of the event scheduled for Pukekohe Park this weekend. That event has now been moved to March 26th-28th, again at Pukekohe....
Schedule and formats confirmed for inaugural MotorSport New Zealand eRace Series
The full schedule and event formats for the inaugural MotorSport New Zealand eRace Series have been confirmed. Following the announcement of the series on Monday, entries were so overwhelming they had to be temporarily closed less than 24-hours later. Organisers have now tweaked the schedule and...
Young gun Jaden Ransley steps up to TCR NZ Championship
A second Hyundai i30N TCR car will be on the grid for the winner-takes-all round of the 2021 TCR New Zealand Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell, 23-24 April 2021. Jaden Ransley has entered the three-race format to decide the overall NZ Touring Car title...
M-Developments planning two TCR cars for TCR NZ champs at Highlands
Two more cars and drivers are gearing up to take the grid of the winner-takes-all TCR New Zealand Championship round at the Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, late April. M-Developments racing team plans to compete at the title decider with two VW Golf GTi TCR...
Thunder forecast for Teretonga Park
Thunder is forecast for Teretonga Park in Invercargill over the weekend of 20/21 March as Southern Thunder will be heard around the circuit! NZ Super Trucks and Mainland Muscle Cars headline the action at Southern Thunder, two of the most popular classes to visit the...
Watson wins Kings Grass Autocross
Steven Watson of Invercargill took the overall honours at the Southland Sports Car Club King’s Grass Autocross at the King family farm at Rakahouka near Invercargill on Sunday. Watson recorded a time of 90.06 seconds in his Toyota Starlet GT to head off Eastern Southland Car...
MotorSport New Zealand launches first official eSport race series
MotorSport New Zealand’s first official eSport race will take place in just over a week when the first round of its new eRace Series goes green. As the governing body for motorsport in New Zealand, MotorSport New Zealand will fully integrate the new and exciting emerging...
27th February Alert Level Upgrade
The government has moved Auckland back into COVID-19 Alert Level 3 and the rest of New Zealand back into Level 2. At this stage, these restrictions are in place until midnight on Saturday, 6th March. If the restrictions are extended beyond this time, it may affect...
Highlands to host one-round title decider for TCR NZ and Super Production Championships’
The Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell will host the TCR NZ and Super Production Championships’ winner-takes-all event on 23-24 April 2021. The decision has been made to stage one round only, to decide both the 2021 TCR New Zealand Championship and the 2021 Production...