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...
White impresses at Bathurst
Christchurch motorsport star Chris White – Rookie winner in the 2024-2025 Bridgestone GR86 Championship – made his Bathurst debut over the weekend on the support bill for the Bathurst 1000 – and says he enjoyed every minute of the experience. Chris won his drive in the...
Another victory for NI Rally Series title holder Quentin Palmer at Rally Bay of Plenty
Quentin Palmer and co-driver Michael Goudie (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) have carried on their season-long winning form, coming home first Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS) competitor in Saturday’s Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty. Having wrapped up the overall title at Rally...
New Code of Driving Conduct Guidelines released
MotorSport New Zealand is pleased to announce the release of the new Code of Driving Conduct Guidelines, effective from 22 October 2025. Adapted from the FIA’s global standards, these guidelines serve as the primary reference for Officials and Competitors regarding the application of the Code of...
Culver graduates to Formula Ford
New Zealand's youngest ever motor race winner, Jackson Culver is moving up to Formula Ford and will contest the South Island series and the New Zealand championship early next year. The just-turned 14-year-old from Loburn in North Canterbury will line-up for the opening round of the...
Vertex Oil Fuels confirmed as 2025 International Rally of Whangārei major event sponsor
Vertex Oil has been confirmed as the official naming-rights sponsor of the 2025 International Rally of Whangārei, one of the North Island’s most anticipated and spectacular rally events. The partnership marks a powerful collaboration between a leading New Zealand lubricant manufacturer and one of the...
Title defence logical next step for Allan
Inaugural Bridgestone GR86 champion Hugo Allan is back to defend his title in the forthcoming season. The 21-year-old Auckland-based driver will remain with iMac Race Engineering but will step aboard the ex-Will Morton car and will carry the iconic livery of the Mad Butcher for the...
Bay of Plenty Rally a forgettable outing for Gilmour
Emma Gilmour's return to the New Zealand Rally Championship for the penultimate round - the Battery Town Bay of Plenty Rally - ended in disappointment with a mechanical failure on stage two of the ten-stage rally. "I was looking forward to some rally mileage in...
Kiwis – Born to Fly 3: Final shooting phase completed
The Kiwis – Born to Fly story has now wrapped filming for this instalment of the series. Over the past weekend, the crew was in full swing at Road Atlanta during the IMSA Petit Le Mans 10-hour endurance race, capturing a diverse group of New...
Tayler Bryant gets GT4 call up at GT Festival Hampton Downs
Monochrome GT4 Australia will welcome a new yet familiar name for its season finale at GT Festival Hampton Downs, with Jeremy Gray locked in for the round. Father to current Silver Cup contender Rylan, Jeremy Gray will make his official series debut onboard a brand-new...
Robbie Stokes holds off Hunt for NZRC Bay of Plenty win
Championship protagonist Robbie Stokes has set up a thrilling finish to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship by winning the Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty on Saturday. Stokes (Stokes Motorsport Skoda Fabia Rally 2) collected his second career NZRC round win by...