Top NZ Rookie and Master enjoy Bathurst challenge
Last season’s top Toyota 86 Championship rookie Hugo Allan and masters class winner John Penny flew the flag for the New Zealand series over the weekend at Bathurst, though there were mixed fortunes on the track. The two got to race in the highly competitive field...
FIA Volunteer Awards 2022
The FIA celebrates the efforts of motorsport volunteers and officials around the world with awards that pay tribute to the essential role that they play across a wide spectrum of motorsport disciplines. 2021 saw the introduction by the FIA Volunteers & Officials Commission of the Lifetime...
NZ Formula First Championship celebrates 55 years of racing for 2022-23 season
The 2022-23 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship will mark 55 years of racing for the VW-based racing formula in New Zealand. On 25 November 1967, around six cars lined up at Levin for the first-ever Formula Vee race, as it was called back then,...
Collins and O’Donnell on track for One-Hour South Island Endurance Series titles at Timaru
Two separate One-Hour Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series titles are up for grabs at the Timaru International Raceway, Timaru, on Saturday. The first of two One-Hour races will see 23 cars take to the grid with 16 having a mathematical chance of...
Tight title fight expected in Three-Hour South Island Endurance Series finale in Timaru
While Sam Fillmore and Johnny Reid (Audi R8 LMS Evo GT3) have won the first two rounds of the 2022 Three-Hour Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series completed so far, they cannot make a mistake at the final this weekend in Timaru with title...
Ryder Quinn is the latest name confirmed for the 2023 Toyota Racing Series
The grid for the 2023 Castrol Toyota Racing Series is taking shape with another announcement this week as Ryder Quinn becomes the latest competitor to put their name down for the high profile five round New Zealand championship. Australian racer Ryder is son of GT racing...
Wins for Grant as Sceats increases lead in North Island Formula Ford Series at Pukekohe
Dylan Grant may have come away from the third round of the 2022 Giltrap Group North Island Formula Ford Series with two wins from three races, however, current series leader Liam Sceats’ consistent performance has won him the round and extended his overall points lead. ...
Finalists confirmed for the 2023 Team Porsche New Zealand Scholarship
Team Porsche New Zealand (TPNZ) have announced their top five finalists in the application process for its 2023 Scholarship programme. The programme is designed to support a young kiwi talent to drive in the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge...
‘Podium was the highlight in Barcelona’ says Leitch
Kiwi driver Brendon Leitch and German teammate Gerhard Watzinger have finished on the podium in the first of two 50-minute races at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain last weekend. Competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Championship, the pairing narrowly missed a podium...
WRC2 and NZRC honours for Paddon and Kennard at Rally New Zealand
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard won the FIA World Rally2 Championship category at this weekend’s Repco Rally New Zealand in their Hyundai i20 N Rally2, setting themselves up nicely for next year’s aim of competing in and winning the global WRC2...