MotorSport New Zealand appoints new Competitions Manager
MotorSport New Zealand has appointed Elton Goonan as the organisation’s Competitions Manager. The Competitions Manager is a new role within the small MotorSport NZ team, and expands the regulatory and administrative responsibilities previously covered by the Sporting Manager. Among other tasks, the Competitions Manager is tasked...
Gen II BNT V8s Start to Take Shape
The future direction of the BNT V8s Championship is starting to take shape with preliminary details about the championship's future physical Gen II guise starting to emerge. The BNT V8 Gen II platform will see two-door vehicles such as Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger...
Leitch back for title attempt in Castrol Toyota Racing Series
New Zealand racer Brendon Leitch will be aiming squarely for the title in the biggest domestic single seater series in his country - the Castrol Toyota Racing Series - when he takes part in his sixth straight campaign in the championship in 2019. Leitch (23) of...
BIG PLANS FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY TARGA EVENT & YEAR
It’s been a big year for New Zealand marathon motorsport event organiser the Ultimate Rally Group (URG). But you won’t find company CEO and Targa/Silver Fern Rally Event Director Peter Martin taking a break any time soon. Martin has just announced the dates and basic details...
Lester Completes First FIA WTCR Laps With Alfa Romeo Giulietta In Italy
Rome, Italy. Kiwi Jono Lester traded GT for touring cars last weekend with an FIA WTCR test with Alfa Romeo Team Mulsanne, at the wheel of a Giulietta TCR at Italy's Vallelunga circuit. It was the first taste of front-wheel-drive FR machinery for 29-year old Lester,...
Johnson looking forward to Legends of Bathurst
Dick Johnson has had many memorable moments around Mount Panorama and the Australian legend is looking forward to reliving some of them at the Legends of Bathurst festival at Hampton Downs from January 12-13. The 73-year-old will join some of the greats of the Australian Touring...
Castrol Toyota Racing Series welcomes youngest gun
Sydney racer Jackson Walls will begin his second season in single seaters with a trip to New Zealand as the youngest driver in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and he's so young he'll have to wait until the second round of the championship to see...
Australian F4 Champion tests FT-50
2018 CAMS PAYCE Australian F4 Champion Jayden Ojeda got his first taste of a Castrol Toyota Racing Series FT-50 when he tested at Hampton Downs this week. The test was a joint initiative between Toyota Racing New Zealand and CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motorsport) to build...
Hendl-Cox tops chaotic NZ Formula First round at Pukekohe
Whakatane driver Reece Hendl-Cox, 19, has walked away from the second round of the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship with the largest points haul of the field. Hendl-Cox scored a podium finish and a race win in what was a chaotic weekend. Saturday morning’s...
Williams set to begin 2019 European challenge with NZ warm up
Perth-based Euroformula Open Championship racer Calan Williams will continue his eye-catching rise through the junior formulae by beginning the 2019 season with the Castrol Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. Williams captured the attention of many in Europe last season, running rounds of the Euroformula Open...