Bar’s Bugs gets onboard with Paddon
Bar’s Bugs, the New Zealand manufacturer best known for the popular Bar’s Bugs windscreen cleaning additive, is getting behind Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon and the exciting variety of motorsport projects being undertaken by Paddon Rallysport. The Cromwell-based rally driver has confirmed a partnership with Bar’s...
Tsunoda set to become seventeenth TRS graduate to drive F1
The news last week that Yuki Tsunoda will test for AlphaTauri later this year will see the up and coming Japanese racer become the 17th graduate of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series to drive an F1 car as part of a Grand Prix weekend or...
Louis Sharp to contest NZ Formula First Series
Louis Sharp is making his move up to NZ Formula First. Louis has shown early pace claiming a win in the Formula First Manfield Winter Series round at the beginning of August. Now he is gearing up to compete in the NZ Formula First Championship. Those...
Speed Works Events finale cancelled due to COVID-19 Restrictions
Today's changes to the Auckland Alert Level restrictions have left disappointed organisers and officials with no choice but to cancel the Speed Works Events finale at Hampton Downs next weekend. Although border restrictions are being lifted from 11.59pm on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today...
73rd AGM Brief
The 73rd MotorSport New Zealand AGM was due to take place on 22 August as a face to face event in Wellington. However, the office quickly arranged a plan B which was to move it to be a shortened AGM via video conference. A number...
Officials training update
The first of MotorSport New Zealand’s revamped officials training courses have been completed. Scrutineers who were due to renew their licences in June were the first to experience the new blended adult learning program developed by MotorSport New Zealand’s Trainer and Educator, Bruce Wilson. With face-to-face...
Vodanovich declared 2019-2020 Toyota 86 Champion
Peter Vodanovich has been confirmed as the Best Bars Toyota 86 Champion following TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand's decision today to declare the 2019-2020 championship. TGRNZ made the decision following confirmation that title contender Jaylyn Robotham would not be able to compete in the season finale...
Major domestic plans for Leitch and Orr-West confirmed by Dayle ITM
Long-time motorsport supporters Dayle ITM are getting behind domestic motorsport in a big way this coming season. Hot on the heels of confirming Christina Orr-West in the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship, the company will also support a challenge in the South Island endurance series which...
Changing of the guard for MotorSport New Zealand’s Chief Clerk of the Course
MotorSport New Zealand has appointed Craig Finlayson as it’s Chief Clerk of the Course after Shayne Harris decided to step down from the role after four years. Harris, who also served as President of MotorSport New Zealand from 2010-2016, and Chief Clerk of the Course from...
Highlights aplenty at Invercargill ClubSport event
The opening round of the Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Sunday featured plenty of highlights. Prior to the commencement of action, Jordan Michels unveiled the Evolution Motorsport Nissan Sentra, a car that will be available for anyone...