User Guide: MotorSport New Zealand website
MotorSport New Zealand launched their new-look website on Thursday, 23 December. The new design gives the website a much-needed facelift and mobile device capability. The menus have also been streamlined to make navigating through information easier. For regular users of the website, you will notice...
Action-packed weekend on the cards at Alliance Services Hampton Downs International
The stage is set for a thrilling weekend of motorsport action as the Alliance Services Hampton Downs International takes the spotlight, hosting Round 3 of the NextGen New Zealand Championship, Presented by Repco. Supercars champion Will Brown will make his second appearance of the New Zealand...
Summerset GT New Zealand Championship Battle Resumes at Hampton Downs
The battle for the 2024/25 Summerset GT New Zealand Championship resumes this weekend when round two gets underway at Hampton Downs. Following round one at Taupo in November, defending Champion Rick Armstrong took the Championship lead in Open Class in his Porsche 992 while rookie driver,...
Tom Bewley joins GT New Zealand Championship at Hampton Downs
Rising motor racing star Tom Bewley has entered this weekend's Summerset GT New Zealand championship at Hampton Downs in a one-off racing appearance before taking up his scholarship season in the Porsche Sprint Challenge in Australia. The Hawkes' Bay teenager will drive a Porsche GT3 that...
Expanded Supra & Driver Line-Up for GT New Zealand Championship
An additional Toyota Supra GT4 EVO and three more drivers will join the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship at Hampton Downs this weekend for round two of the season. Former Toyota 86 front runner Kaleb Ngatoa will partner Allan Sargeant in the Toyota Supra GT4 EVO...
Young Australian to join NZ Formula Ford grid
Australian driver Lincoln Taylor is set to join the 2025 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship grid for all four rounds this summer. Having never previously driven a Formula Ford, the 16-year-old Queenslander will make his debut at the opening round at the end of January...
Leitch and Leipert Motorsport lead every lap in 24 Hours of Dubai class win
Brendon Leitch and Leipert Motorsport have continued their winning ways together, claiming class honours in 24 Hours of Dubai. Leitch and his four teammates JJ Song, Gerhard Watzinger, Don Youn, and Takis dominated a race of attrition on January 11-12 to take out GTX honours at...
Motorsport legends and modern heroes shine at Sixt Rent a Car Taupo Historic GP
A blend of the past and the future has attracted record crowds to Taupo International Motorsport Park for the SIXT Rent a Car Historic Grand Prix and the opening round of the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. An appearance by New Zealand’s latest Formula One...
Taupō a struggle for Alex Crosbie
Invercargill driver Alex Crosbie faced a tough weekend as he competed in the opening round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship (CTFROC) at Taupō International Motorsport Park over the weekend. Driving his Castrol Toyota FT-60 at a circuit he excelled at last...
McRae All the Way in Sunday F5000 Racing
Dunedin’s Steve Ross (McRae GM1) delivered a dominant performance in today’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at the Taupō International Motorsport Park, claiming two race wins and leading a podium filled with cars built by the late Graham McRae. Four races...
Lindblad dominates NZ’s Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy
Red Bull’s latest rising star – Britain’s Arvid Lindblad – showed why he is being tipped for F1 after a dominant drive in the feature race of the first round of the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship this afternoon at Taupo. One day shy...