New Naming Rights Sponsor For NZ Touring Cars
After a long association with BNT Automotive, NZ Touring Cars, which in the past has widely been known as the BNT V8s, is rebranding. “We have been very privileged to have received support from our corporate partner BNT over many Years and we would like to...
Production Racing Championship revived for Super Production
The Production Racing Championship will be revived as part of the recently announced Super Production series. The decision was confirmed by the board of MotorSport New Zealand at their latest meeting. Super Production, has evolved on the Production Racing Championship concept of the early-2000s, to encompass...
Breakthrough weekend for challengers in Best Bars Toyota 86?
Championship leader Simon Evans and up and coming star Ryan Wood have had it all their own way so far in the first two rounds of the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship, but it could all change this weekend at Manfeild for round three. Wood won...
2022 Taupō Historic GP to celebrate Jaguar and Daimler
The 2022 Taupō Historic GP has already been inscribed in the motorsport calendar and it will celebrate Jaguar and Daimler, organisers have announced. Continuing with its now-traditional date on the Wellington Province anniversary holiday weekend (in 2022, the fourth weekend in January, Saturday and Sunday 22nd...
Collins and Windelburn share race wins/kudos at latest NZ F5000 series round in Christchurch
Local ace Michael Collins (Leda GM1) got within 0.168 of a second of claiming a qualifying/race win/quickest race lap clean sweep at the latest round of New Zealand’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series in Christchurch over the weekend. However, rather than...
Time for the Classics at Teretonga Park
Variety is one of the keynotes of motor racing competition at Teretonga Park and after a weekend featuring a more modern form of the sport – drifting – the next meeting at the circuit will feature classic motor racing with many rare and precious machines...
Four race wins for Greg Murphy/#6 DJR Ford Sierra in Archibalds Historic Touring Cars at Skope Classic
Greg Murphy has led from the front at the 2021 Skope Classic over the weekend, winning four-out-of-four races in the Archibalds Historic Touring Car Series at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch. The nearly thirty strong field gave the large attending crowd plenty...
First TTV8 Camaro Sold
The Trans Tasman V8s Series (TTV8) have confirmed the sale of car number one for the new series. Waikato racer John Roberts will race a Camaro bodied car when the series gets underway. The two-seater car is currently in build at Howe Racing Enterprises in...
Collins’ winning NZ F5000 series streak continues
Kiwi F5000 category pace-setter Michael Collins’ (Leda GM1) winning streak in New Zealand’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series continued in the first race of the weekend at the third round of the 2020/21 season at the annual Skope Classic historic motor...