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...
2025 NZ Rally Championship calendar set
Organisers of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship are proud to announce the 2025 calendar that includes the return of two events to the championship for the first time post-pandemic. The season will, as has become traditional, kick off with the two-day Otago...
Brendon Leitch added to Lamborghini Bathurst 12 Hour attack in 2025
Fast Kiwi Brendon Leitch will join Wall Racing’s attack on the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour in 2025 as the team looks to defend their Silver class title in Australia’s International enduro. Leitch, who was a standout star of the 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Championship,...
Zagazeta a likely championship contender in New Zealand
Matias Zagazeta – a podium finisher in the FIA F3 Championship this year – will compete in the forthcoming Castrol Toyota Formula Regional and will be the first Peruvian driver in the championship’s 20 year history. Twenty one year old Zagazeta could be a potent force...
Top competition in Mazda Pro8 round at Teretonga Park
Corban Sprague of Timaru has emerged as the Mazda Pro8 New Zealand round winner with two of the four race victories to top the weekend podium ahead of local Jeremy Dawson of Invercargill and Jared Pyke of Rolleston. Dawson’s brother Bradley won one of the...
McCormack clean sweeps North Island Formula Ford Series round at Manfeild
Toby McCormack has made a clean sweep of the 2024/25 Giltrap Group North Island Formula Ford Series (NIFF) round at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon over a weekend of vintage Formula Ford competition, winning all four races. In fact, McCormack has won six consecutive races out...
Internationals lining up for annual Otago Rally classic
The 2025 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally is already proving popular, with over 65 intentions to enter received so far. There have already been nine received from Australia, and seven from other countries including the UK and Japan. Rally organisers are expecting have a full field of...
Supercars Champion to join Castrol Toyota FR grid
Supercars champion Will Brown will step back into single seaters in January as he continues a personal challenge to prove he can compete against and beat the best in any motorsport category in the world. Brown will race a Red Bull and NextGen-supported Toyota FT-60...
Scoular ready for Formula Regional debut in New Zealand
Dubai-based Kiwi Zack Scoular is the latest rising star to confirm that he will begin 2025 by competing in New Zealand’s Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. It will be the first taste of Formula Regional racing for Scoular, who has been a regular competitor...
Manson and M2 together for full Castrol Toyota FR Oceania campaign
Sebastian Manson – the latest in a long line of talented Kiwi single seater racers – will team up with M2 Competition for a full campaign in the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Manson competed in five races last season in the championship during...
Crosbie a likely candidate for success in Castrol Toyota FR Oceania
A great 2024 racing year could be the springboard that sets up Kiwi Alex Crosbie for a title challenge in the forthcoming 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Seventeen-year-old Crosbie is a product of New Zealand’s prolific karting and Formula Ford championships and has already...