Busy testing week for NZ TRS hopefuls
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ (TGRNZ) had a busy two days of testing this week at Hampton Downs as some of New Zealand's best young drivers got to grips with the championship's previous series car, the Toyota FT50. Experienced racer Tayler Cockerton, meanwhile, ran both days of...
Defending Champion returns to the road of the Catlins
Last year’s Catlins Coast Rally winner, Garet Thomas of Darfield, returns to tackle the roads again this year. Thomas, with wife Gemma co-driving, won the event in dramatic fashion last year. The duo went into the final stage in third place, thirty-three seconds off the lead...
Clock ticking for Ryco 24•7 V8 Utes showdown
The countdown is on to the final of the RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes Championship and with one round of four to go, the field of 14 plus drivers are raring to go at Hampton Downs in September. The spectacular big machines are back in action...
Scrutineers training now live
Bruce and the Technical team are excited to advise that the scrutineering course went live at 5pm today, with the upload of the 6 modules. The course consists of 6 modules to be read (be completed over 2 weeks) and attend/watch at one of the video...
Roestenburg returns
When this year’s Catlins Coast Rally entry form was posted online late one night, within the hour the first entry arrived – that of Marty Roestenburg and Pat Norris of Auckland in their 1300cc Toyota Starlet. Roestenburg laughed when he found out, “we won’t be...
Nick Cassidy signed for 2020/2021 Formula E season
Leading Formula E team Envision Virgin Racing has signed rising star Nick Cassidy for the next season of the all-electric championship. The reigning Super Formula champion joins the independent outfit from the 2020/2021 season on a multi-year agreement alongside Robin Frijns, replacing the outgoing Sam Bird. The...
Racing World presented by Race Control magazine
Racing World is a new weekly Motorsport podcast show that you can download for Free from leading podcast sites including Spotify. Its the creation of Auckland based Producer David Turner who teamed up with his long time friends and fellow broadcasters D’Arcy Waldegrave and Bob McMurray...
MotorSport New Zealand will stop accepting cheques from 1 November 2020
MotorSport New Zealand wishes to advise its customers that it will not be accepting cheques as payments from 1 November 2020. The decision has been made as banks have begun to phase out the use of cheques in 2020 and cheque payments make up a...
Life membership for Bevan Gerrard
Bevan Gerrard became the most recent Life Member of the Southland Sports Car Club after the organisation’s 72nd AGM last week. Gerrard, originally from Winton and now based in Invercargill, has been involved with the club for over 45 years after good mate Ray Galt got...
Major milestone for Catlins Coast Rally
The Catlins Coast Rally reaches a major milestone this year with the 20th edition of the event set to take place on the roads of the Catlins area on Saturday 8 August. Always a popular event, already seventy entries have been received for the rally with...