Murphy confirms 2020 US Formula 4 campaign
Up and coming New Zealand single-seater racer Ronan Murphy will go stateside in 2020 and take part in the United States Formula 4 Championship - his first foray into international competition. Eighteen-year-old Murphy, son of the four-time Bathurst 1000 winner Greg, will complete his current campaign...
Stars return to showcase Historic Touring Cars at Skope Classic meeting this weekend
A veritable galaxy of star drivers led by ‘Gentleman Jim’ Richards is set to descend on Christchurch’s Mike Pero Motorsport Park this weekend to help the 20+ owner/drivers contesting the second round of this year’s Archibald’s Historic Touring Car Series races celebrate the 30th anniversary...
Bumper F5000 field promises big things at 30th Skope Classic this weekend
With a bumper 20-car field of beautifully restored and presented ‘70s-era 5-litre stock-block V8-powered wings-and-slicks single-seater Formula 5000 racing cars set to roll out onto the Mike Pero Motorsport Park tarmac in Christchurch at the annual Skope Classic motor racing meeting this weekend, New Zealand’s...
Collinson fired up for big weekend at Hampton Downs
Panorama Motorsport racer Glen Collinson is aiming to put a few seasons of bad luck at Hampton Downs behind him and take the fight to the championship leader in the second round of the RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes Championship this weekend. Collinson grabbed his first win...
Final qualifying round of NZ Hillclimb Champs complete
This past weekend the South Otago Car Club hosted the second South Island Qualifying Round of the Motorsport New Zealand Goldstar Hillclimb Championship. The two events were held around the Lawrence region, with Saturday’s Gravel event on Burma Road and Sunday's Seal event on Taupeka...
Three different winners at opening NZ Historic Touring Car series round
Ford Mondeo Super Tourer driver Scott O’Donnell made it three different winners from the three Archibald’s Historic Touring Car races at the opening round of the 2020 New Zealand series at the big Trust Aoraki Thunder Down Under motor racing meeting at Timaru’ Levels Raceway...
Billy Frazer fires and falters in Formula Ford at Teretonga Park
Seventeen-year-old Pukekohe schoolboy Billy Frazer was the standout driver from the third round of the ITM NZ Formula Ford Championship. Held at Southland’s Teretonga Park, Frazer won the opening two races before missing the start of the final race. In qualifying on Saturday morning it was...
Frazer wins three as Noble-Adams grabs South Island F1600 points lead at Teretonga
Pukekohe’s Billy Frazer has been rewarded for his journey south with three more race wins, this time at the penultimate round of the 2019/20 South Island Formula 1600 Championship. Teretonga Park in Invercargill hosted the sixth round of the series which has seen a...
Robotham back on top of TR86 at Teretonga
Three superb races were the highlight of the third weekend of racing in the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship and it was Australian ace Jaylyn Robotham who emerged from the intense heat and action at Teretonga Park to claim two wins from three, the round...
Callum Hedge makes it 5 from 6 in the best possible way!
Callum Hedge backed up his three South Island Porsche Series wins a week ago at Highlands Motorsport Park in the best possible way. Just seven days later at Teretonga Park in Invercargill, he was at it again. Topping timesheets across the Friday practice sessions and...