New-look NZ Formula Ford Championship set for Supercars season opener
The new-look NZ Formula Ford Championship is ready to hit the track as a support class to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship at the ITM Auckland SuperSprint this weekend. Headlining the changes to the National Championship is the return to the traditional ‘Formula Ford’ moniker after...
MotorSport NZ supports Hawkewood’s Chinese APRC finale bid
New Zealand rally driver Andrew Hawkeswood is heading to the final round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship in China this October with support from MotorSport New Zealand. In March, MotorSport New Zealand released details of a $5,000 grant for one New Zealand competitor who...
Jackson targeting top five for Darkhorse Racing
Darkhorse Racing's Andrew Jackson is the latest driver to be confirmed for the next Toyota 86 Championship and is targeting top five results in his second year in the category. Two seventh place results in last year's campaign proved the experienced racer could find plenty of...
Lawson on the podium at Monza
New Zealand motor racing teenager Liam Lawson finished second in FIA Formula 3 at Monza, in a preliminary race to the Italian Grand Prix. The 17-year-old Red Bull Junior driver started on the front row of the grid but didn't get a good getaway and was swallowed...
Clark wraps up Chinese Formula 4 Championship with one round to spare
Sixteen-year-old Conrad Clark of Taupō has wrapped up the 2019 Chinese Formula 4 Championship during its penultimate round at the Shanghai International Circuit. In the series’ second visit to the circuit this season, Clark knew if he continued his form from previous rounds that he had...
Toyota FT-60 takes to NZ tracks
The first New Zealand testing of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand's FT-60 open-wheeler got underway this week with the car running at both Hampton Downs and Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon - the venue for the country's annual Grand Prix event. Behind the wheel of the 280...
Relish Communications launches motorsport marketing coaching
New Zealand motorsport communications professional Kate Gordon-Smith has announced a new coaching programme for motorsport competitors and clubs seeking to learn more about marketing. Gordon-Smith founded her communications business, Relish Media and Communications, in 2001 and has established a solid reputation as a motorsport PR and...
China chances lined up for Leitch
New Zealand's Brendon Leitch heads off to China this week and the Invercargill ace will be aiming to win in both single seaters and sports cars in a busy weekend of racing. Both the fifth round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series and the fourth...
Smooth running ahead for Castrol TRS as series confirms Supashock
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has this week confirmed Australian manufacturer Supashock as the sole supplier of shock absorbers for its new generation FT-60 racer. A full field of the new 290 horsepower cars, which utilises the same state-of-the-art halo Tatuus chassis design used in many...
ORR-WEST AND BYERS AIMING BIG IN SOUTH ISLAND CAMPAIGN
Christina Orr-West is back in a GT3 car for this season's South Island Endurance Championship and is relishing the opportunity. Orr-West will team up with Ben Byers in his family-run Audi R8, which has just had an extensive pre-season factory rebuild. Thirty two year-old Orr-West is...