Youth participation welcomed as Evolution Motorsport ClubSport series begins
The opening round of the Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship will take place at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Sunday and the Southland Sports Car Club is rapt with the number of young drivers becoming involved in the sport. Southland Sports Car Club ClubSport co-ordinator Malcolm Mitchell,...
12 August COVID-19 Update
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 Friday, 14 August. If the restrictions are extended beyond this time, it may affect...
Hydraulink helps champion Gary Rush live his dream and prove the best under pressure
Fresh from his success as winner of the Formula Open NZ racing series, the 2019-20 open wheeler title holder Gary Rush is champing at the bit for the 2020-21 season to begin with hot competition from local and international drivers. Gary won the latest series to...
Track Tec Racing launches ‘Accelerate to the Podium’ program
New Zealand motorsport team Track Tec Racing is expanding its line up to included single-seaters by launching their “Accelerate to the Podium” program. The “Accelerate to the Podium” program is aimed at providing a path for talented local drivers to advance to the internationally renowned ...
Strong interest for the 2020/21 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand is seeing unprecedented interest in its 2020-2021 Best Bars Championship from a wide range of motorsports. The Toyota 86 series in New Zealand has been acknowledged for several seasons now as the premier domestic saloon car category for drivers to test...
Another F3 podium for Lawson
Liam Lawson stood on the podium at Silverstone for the second time in consecutive weekends as the FIA Formula 3 championship hit the half-way mark. The Red Bull Junior driver finished 3rd in the feature race on Saturday and narrowly missed getting a podium double...
Summerfield wins Catlins Coast Rally
Matt Summerfield of Christchurch drove superbly to win the twentieth edition of the Catlins Coast Rally in his Mitsubishi Mirage AP4 on Saturday. Summerfield won four of the six Special Stages, taking the lead after the third, and building a gap of 52 seconds before Gore...
Armstrong back for round two of Formula Two at Silverstone
After a difficult weekend at Britain’s famous Silverstone circuit, New Zealander Marcus Armstrong is readying himself to fight back. His rivals in the FIA Formula 2 championship reset the top ten last weekend, bumping Armstrong from sixth on points to eleventh and prompting a week of...
Twenty years of Catlins, Graves, Mills and Ayson
It is a special year for the Catlins Coast Rally this year as the Eastern Southland Car Club hold the 20th edition of the event on Saturday 8 August. Amongst the eighty-four entries are two drivers, Andrew Graves of Gore and Barry Mills of BaIclutha, who...
Fantastic field for 20th Catlins Coast Rally
The Catlins Coast Rally celebrates twenty years of action this Saturday and the spectacular entry list of more than eighty competitors is appropriate for such a momentous occasion. Spectators will see some of the biggest names in New Zealand rallying with no less a driver than...