Culver graduates to Formula Ford
New Zealand's youngest ever motor race winner, Jackson Culver is moving up to Formula Ford and will contest the South Island series and the New Zealand championship early next year. The just-turned 14-year-old from Loburn in North Canterbury will line-up for the opening round of the...
Vertex Oil Fuels confirmed as 2025 International Rally of Whangārei major event sponsor
Vertex Oil has been confirmed as the official naming-rights sponsor of the 2025 International Rally of Whangārei, one of the North Island’s most anticipated and spectacular rally events. The partnership marks a powerful collaboration between a leading New Zealand lubricant manufacturer and one of the...
Title defence logical next step for Allan
Inaugural Bridgestone GR86 champion Hugo Allan is back to defend his title in the forthcoming season. The 21-year-old Auckland-based driver will remain with iMac Race Engineering but will step aboard the ex-Will Morton car and will carry the iconic livery of the Mad Butcher for the...
Bay of Plenty Rally a forgettable outing for Gilmour
Emma Gilmour's return to the New Zealand Rally Championship for the penultimate round - the Battery Town Bay of Plenty Rally - ended in disappointment with a mechanical failure on stage two of the ten-stage rally. "I was looking forward to some rally mileage in...
Kiwis – Born to Fly 3: Final shooting phase completed
The Kiwis – Born to Fly story has now wrapped filming for this instalment of the series. Over the past weekend, the crew was in full swing at Road Atlanta during the IMSA Petit Le Mans 10-hour endurance race, capturing a diverse group of New...
Tayler Bryant gets GT4 call up at GT Festival Hampton Downs
Monochrome GT4 Australia will welcome a new yet familiar name for its season finale at GT Festival Hampton Downs, with Jeremy Gray locked in for the round. Father to current Silver Cup contender Rylan, Jeremy Gray will make his official series debut onboard a brand-new...
Robbie Stokes holds off Hunt for NZRC Bay of Plenty win
Championship protagonist Robbie Stokes has set up a thrilling finish to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship by winning the Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty on Saturday. Stokes (Stokes Motorsport Skoda Fabia Rally 2) collected his second career NZRC round win by...
Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty preview
The penultimate round of the 2025 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship takes places this weekend and it could prove to be the decisive moment in the title battle. The 2025 overall title is essentially a two-horse race at this point with defending champion...
All to play for at BOP finale for North Island Rally Series competitors
This Saturday’s Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty plays host to the final round of the 2025 Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS) which will see a number of titles decided by the end of the day. Heading into the event, it will be a...
REPCO to return as naming-rights partner of NEXTGEN NZ Championship
The Repco NextGen NZ Championship joins major sporting properties including the Repco Supercars Championship, Repco Bathurst 1000 and Repco Beach Hop in benefiting from Repco’s support - and a love of the sport that dates back more than 100 years. The partnership, launched ahead of the...