Conrad Clark records best ever finish despite mechanical dramas at Pittsburgh
Taupo teen Conrad Clark has recorded his best ever finish in the Formula 4 United States Championship at Pittsburgh despite battling with a mechanical issue. The 15-year-old was on the back foot from the start of the event after not taking part in the test day...
Lester Confirmed In D’station Racing Porsche Lineup For 47th Suzuka 10 Hours
. Kiwi Jono Lester will return to Japan for the 47th Suzuka 10 Hour Race, having signed with leading Japanese Porsche team D'station Racing for the Asian leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Lester impressed the D'station team with his performances in the 2017 Super GT...
Holder and Farmer ready for gravel of Portugal Rally
Kiwi rally pairing Dave Holder and Jason Farmer head to the testing gravel stages of Rally de Portugal, starting 17 May, with the odds slightly more in their favour. Holder and Farmer, from Mt Maunganui and Hamilton respectively, have always rallied on the gravel roads of...
Strong start for Armstrong in 2018 Formula Three Euro
Christchurch-born race driver Marcus Armstrong has started strongly – but with some frustration – in the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship’s opening round over this weekend at Pau in France. Armstrong, 17, was fifth overall in the first race of the season, improved to a...
Sloan Cox races into third on international rallycross debut
Kiwi driver Sloan Cox showed he’s on the right track with his new rallycross endeavours, securing a well-deserved third place at his very first international rallycross event at the Höljes Motorstadion in Sweden on 6 May (CEST). Cox, from Rotorua, has joined the RX Academy for...
MotorSport New Zealand’s club championship decided
The premier Gold Star title at the 2018 New Zealand ClubSport Championship, held in Christchurch on 17 and March, was won by Cameron Morison, a Christchurch-based pilot in his twenties. Invercargill’s Rachel Lawrie, a 33-year-old accountant and mother from Invercargill, took out the Women in...
Chandler’s contribution to NZ motorsport recognised at Halberg Awards
Aucklander Morrie Chandler, ONZM, was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the 55th Halberg Awards ceremony on 8 February. Formerly the President of MotorSport New Zealand (MSNZ) from 1977 to 1998 and chairman of Rally New Zealand Ltd from 1978 to 2006 while also an...
New Zealand retains strong representation at the FIA
President of MotorSport New Zealand (MSNZ) Wayne Christie (pictured left), of Christchurch, has been elected president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Rally Commission, following the 2017 annual general assembly of the world governing body of motorsport last week. Christie follows two highly-regarded New Zealanders,...
MotorSport New Zealand focuses on volunteer welfare
As International Volunteer Day is recognised on 5 December, MotorSport New Zealand is working to develop a set of volunteer welfare guidelines for motorsport event organisers. Every weekend in New Zealand, hundreds of motorsport volunteers head to race circuits and closed road events such as rallies...
Paddon’s social media vision recognised by WRC peers
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon was presented with the WRC.com Social Media Star of the Year award at the WRC Gala awards in Sydney on Monday 20 November. Paddon, the only New Zealander competing in the FIA World Rally Championship, has built a strong social media...