Rally BOP ready to go for 2020
This year’s Driven Auto Sales Rally Bay of Plenty - which runs out of Whakatane over the October 17-18 weekend – will retain its focus on encouraging new competitors to the sport. A Novice category has been at the forefront of rallies organised by Motorsport BOP...
MotorSport New Zealand Hillclimb Championship kicks off this weekend
The 2020-21 MotorSport New Zealand Hillclimb Championship kicks off this weekend with the first South Island qualifying round hosted by the Marlborough Car Club. Registrations for the championship have been strong, partly thanks to MotorSport New Zealand’s ‘Back in Motion’ support package which has encouraged competitors...
Matt Summerfield top seed for South Canterbury
South Island rallying returns this weekend with the South Canterbury Rally based out of Timaru, and is the second Mainland Rally Series event for the season since the calendar was suspended earlier this year due to COVID-19. However top seed Matt Summerfield says the disrupted calendar...
Andrew Lawrie takes points at Teretonga ClubSport event
Andrew Lawrie of Invercargill was the big winner at Round 2 of the Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship at Teretonga Park on Sunday. Lawrie, in his Mitsubishi Mirage, won the Motorkhana event in the morning from Craig Allan in a Honda Prelude with...
Rankleburn Rally returns
The Rankleburn Rally is on again with a field of cars heading to the Rankleburn Forest in West Otago on Saturday 10 October. The event is organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club with support from MLT / Heartland Hotels and Ernslaw One Limited. Last year’s winners,...
Toyota New Zealand confirms boost for Kiwi racers
Toyota New Zealand has announced today a COVID-19 support package of up to $500,000 to help Kiwi up and coming single-seater drivers, and to continue their support of motorsport in New Zealand. The fund will be managed by the Kiwi Driver Fund. Focused on finding New...
Racing World Podcast #13
In this episode, we go ‘LIVE’ via ZOOM with LIAM LAWSON talking F3 and his season just completed. Late at night for him in Towcester in the UK, which is just down the road from Silverstone in fact. Don’t tell anybody, please, but he is actually in...
Shane van Gisbergen confirmed for Battle of Jacks Ridge
Kiwi Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen has committed to entering the Battle of Jacks Ridge in November and will take on the best rally drivers in the country at their own game. The 2016 Supercars champion has been one of the most successful drivers of the...
Manuell makes it home but it couldn’t have been closer
A relieved Paul Manuell has secured the 2019-2020 RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes title after a dramatic day of racing at the final round at Hampton Downs on Saturday. Manuell secured his second V8 ute racing title by just six points from Glen Collinson after a...
100% for the season for Connor Adam
The longly awaited official finish to the 2019/20 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship finally concluded at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on Saturday 19th September. Three races in total in a non-championship event marking the official bookend to the season. A season that began back in...