Tony Quinn Foundation partners with Driver’s Education programme Street Smart
The Tony Quinn Foundation, Road Safety, will provide a $750,000 three-year support package to partner and fund the driver education programme Street Smart. Road crashes continue to be a grim reality for young drivers in New Zealand, claiming lives and causing injuries. Drivers under the age...
Rooney blazes to red hot Taupo pole position
Jackson Rooney capped off a fine day at the Taupo International Motorsport Park – taking pole position in qualifying after dominating the timesheets on the opening day of the final weekend of the Toyota 86 Championship. Still in with a mathematical chance of winning one of...
Meeke’s hot pace gets him Otago International Classic Rally win
The Otago International Classic Rally has been won by Irishmen Kris Meeke and Noel O’Sullivan, with their Sunday speed capping off a fine weekend. The pair won all but one gravel stage on Saturday and followed it up with another impressive performance today in a Ford...
Brendon Leitch and Tim Miles win GT World Challenge race at Phillip Island
The Kiwi pairing of Brendon Leitch and Tim Miles (Dayle ITM Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 2) have won a thrilling second race of the opening 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS round at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria,...
Hawkeswood beats Stokes for first ever NZRC win
Jack Hawkeswood has held off a charging Robbie Stokes to claim his first ever win in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship at Rally Otago on Sunday. Hawkeswood completed a start-to-finish win in his Force Motorsport Toyota GR Yaris and becomes the first...
GT World Challenge underway for Leitch and Miles at Phillip Island
This weekend the 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS gets back underway with the second round taking place at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. Kiwi drivers Brendon Leitch and Tim Miles will compete in a Melbourne Performance Centre-prepared...
Louis Sharp revs up for F1 future
Winning last year’s ROKiT British F4 Certified by FIA title not only marked Louis Sharp’s card as one of the world’s hottest young motorsport prospects but also fuelled his progress Grand Prix stardom. The prizes for winning the F4 Championship – won by Lando Norris in...
Potter shines at Manfeild as Knowles’ lead reduced in NZ Formula Ford Championship
Mason Potter has dominated the penultimate round of both the NAPA Auto Parts 2024 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship (NZFF) and the 2023/24 Giltrap Group North Island Formula Ford Series (NIFF). Four races held at the Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding have produced...
Nominations confirmed for elected positions at 77th Annual General Meeting
Nominations for elected positions within MotorSport New Zealand for the 77th Annual General Meeting closed on Monday, 1 April 2024. In total six elected positions were available at the upcoming AGM, to be held in Christchurch on 25 May 2024. On the board, the position of...
Intense NZ Formula Ford title battle resumes at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon
The highly competitive NAPA Auto Parts 2024 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship (NZFF) gets underway again as the penultimate round takes place this weekend. It's been five years since the national series competed at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding, a track that offers some...