South Island Historic Formula Ford series gets underway at Wigram Revival meeting in Christchurch
The four-round 2022/23 South Island Historic Formula Ford Series gets underway at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch as part of the Wigram Revival Race meeting this weekend. Last season’s series winner, Andy Downs (Lola 642E), returns to the grid as does Duncan...
Sporting Trials New Zealand celebrates 25th Anniversary of TARATA CUP
Sporting Trials New Zealand is holding the 25th Anniversary of the coveted TARATA CUP event on the 12th November this year, after having to postpone it twice due to covid. Sporting Trials is an event where drivers drive purpose built 2WD vehicals up seemingly impossable grassy...
Orr-West poised for best season yet in Toyota 86
Whakatane’s Christina Orr-West is hoping to make it third time lucky in the chase for one of New Zealand motorsport's most closely contested series, the Toyota 86 Championship. After two solid seasons in the Toyota 86 Championship where she grabbed the occasional eye-catching result, Christina is...
Applications open for 2023 Elite MotorSport Academy of New Zealand
Applications for the 2023 Elite MotorSport Academy of New Zealand are open. Young kiwi competitors who hold all types of competition licences with MotorSport New Zealand and its affiliates are encouraged to put their names forward for the renowned elite training academy International stars such as...
Liam Lawson back in AlphaTauri for FP1 at Mexico
Liam Lawson will have his second outing with the Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula 1 team this weekend when he takes part in Free Practice 1 at the Mexican Grand Prix. After making his debut in a weather affected session at Spa, Belgium in August, the 20-year-old...
Patron recalls beginnings as Teretonga celebrates 65th
Teretonga Park in Invercargill turns 65 years old next month and club patron Barry Keen has been there and seen it all from the beginning. The Southland Sports Car Club, which operates the circuit, celebrates its own milestone with a 75th anniversary next year and in...
Cromie Returns to Defend GT4 Title
Reigning GT4 Champion, Nigel Cromie is eager to strap back into his McLaren 570S when the GT New Zealand Championship gets underway at Cromwell’s Highlands Motorsport Park in January. Cromie was somewhat a revelation in 2022, with minimal circuit racing experience, he managed to clinch...
NZ One-Hour Endurance Championship titles on the line at Highlands this Saturday
Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell host this weekend’s 2022 New Zealand Endurance Championship with two separate 60-minute winner-takes-all races that will decide both overall and Class titles in the One-Hour category. All competitors in both the separate 2022 North and South Island series are eligible...
Wet Formula Ford Festival provides a challenge for James Penrose
The weather ultimately decided the outcome of the 2022 British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in the UK when heavy rain intervened and Stewards called the final 20 lap race after four laps and declared a result, as...
2023 NZ Rally Championship calendar locked in
The Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship will return to Coromandel and Bay of Plenty in 2023 with the calendar now confirmed. After a couple of seasons disrupted by COVID-19 and a 2022 season that featured a double-round at Repco Rally New Zealand, the...