Dowdall grabs lead of NZ Formula Ford Championship in Timaru
Two wins from four races has given Palmerston North Blake Dowdall the initial overall lead of the 2025 Napa Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship after the opening round held at the Thunder Down Under meeting in Timaru. In what will be a very...
Records fall and so does the rain as the V8 Utes race at Timaru
In a dominant performance at Levels Raceway, Timaru, Glen Collinson not only won all three UDC V8 Utes races of ‘Trust Aoraki Thunder Down Under’. He sprinted to a new lap record on Sunday morning - resetting the time set by Blair Gribble Bowring just...
Rain parks F5000 racing at Hampton Downs
Sunday’s two scheduled races for the third round of the 2024/2025 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series were abandoned due to heavy rain at the Hampton Downs venue. The series was running in support of the NZIGP Legends of Speed event, which...
Lindblad in control in Dan Higgins Trophy race
Britain Arvid Lindblad continued his dominance of the feature races in this season’s Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship – winning the Dan Higgins Trophy race at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon after a rain interrupted 27 laps. Lindblad’s win and team mate Nikita Johnson’s...
Zack Attack! – Scoular dominant in Manfeild thriller
New Zealander Zack Scoular showed he’s far from beaten in this year’s Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship with a masterful win in bizarre weather conditions at Manfeild. It was a fifty-fifty call for teams and drivers before the start as some chose slicks in light patchy...
Lindblad by the blink of an eye at Manfeild
Championship leader Arvid Lindblad made light work of tricky conditions at Manfeild this morning to secure pole position for the feature race at the third round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. In an M2 Competition front row lock-out, he edged team mate...
Codie Banks Tops F5000 Field at Hampton Downs Legends Event
Auckland’s Codie Banks shone under the summer sun at the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series today, converting his pole position into his first win of the 2024/2025 summer season. Competing in the NZIGP Legends of Speed event, which celebrates former champion...
V8 Ute history made at Levels Raceway as the lap record tumbles
After a 10-year absence from Levels Raceway Timaru, history was made in just 10 laps during Race One of the UDC V8 Utes. Glen Collinson went from 2nd in Qualifying to a hard-won first place holding off a tenacious Brad Kroef. Yet that wasn’t even...
Lindblad delivers Manfeild mauling to opposition
Championship leader Arvid Lindblad stretched out his lead in the 2025 Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship today with a dominant win in the first race of the weekend at the third round of the championship at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon. It was a perfect...
Lindblad grabs top spot in first Manfeild qualifying
M2 Competition’s Arvid Lindblad showed why he is now the clear favourite for championship honours with another pole position – this time for the first race at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon of the third round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship. Lindblad...