Mission accomplished with Paddon’s Pacific Cup win
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon has won the FIA Pacific Rally Cup – part of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) – at the Eureka Rush Rally in Victoria, Australia on 26 August. The Eureka Rally was the final event of four which counted for...
Eurasia confirm line-up for its first LMP2 for the Asian Le Mans Series campaign
As part of an expanded campaign in the Asian Le Mans Series, Eurasia Motorsport are delighted to confirm the driver line-up in the first of its LMP2 entries for the forthcoming season. New Zealanders Nick Cassidy and Daniel Gaunt will join Nobuya Yamanaka in its...
EASTERN SOUTHLAND CAR CLUB OFFER STAR STUDDED NIGHT
The Eastern Southland Car Club has a star studded night planned to showcase to the public when they hold their Prizegiving and Annual Dinner at the Heartland Hotel Croydon in Gore on Saturday 14 September. The club would love to have the public come along...
PLENTY OF WOW FACTOR COMING TO TERETONGA PARK
Each year Teretonga Park offers Southlanders plenty - international events, top class motor racing and some very special race cars and trucks. Every season promises much and generally every season delivers’ on that promise and even though it has been said in the past the...
Thomson secures junior title at Coromandel
Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson has secured his third consecutive junior championship and tightened his strangle-hold on third place in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after another top five result at the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel. Thomson headed to the event looking to...
Sheehan takes championship control at Coromandel
Queenstown’s Mike Sheehan has one hand on the championship trophy in the front-wheel drive class of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after a maximum score at the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel held over the weekend. Having seen his lead reduced to...
EBM TARGETS SECOND IGTC VICTORY
Earl Bamber Motorsport (EBM) returns to Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli competition this weekend at the BH Auction SMBC Suzuka 10 Hours. EBM has entered the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R with drivers Romain Dumas (France), Mathieu Jaminet (France) and Sven Müller (Germany). EBM’s...
Paddon Rallysport Group develops world-first electric rally car with Hyundai New Zealand
The multi-championship winning rally team, Paddon Rallysport, has revealed they are undertaking a ground-breaking new project – the design, development and construction of the world’s first electric rally car that will be capable of running full length rallies. Headed by New Zealand’s most successful rally driver,...
Manfeild chief executive announced
“The time has come for Manfeild Park to take its rightful place as a leading sports and events facility in the lower North Island”. This from Kathy Gibson, a Manawatu corporate and community identity announced by Manfeild Park Board of Trustees today as the Feilding amenity’s...
Ben Hunt pilots Subaru WRX STI to his second national rally championship title win
Subaru driver Ben Hunt is elated to have wrapped up the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) today, with a round to spare. Hunt and his long-time co-driver Tony Rawstorn needed only to finish eighth or higher in the one-day Dayle ITM Goldrush...