Exclusive WRC Club launched by Rally New Zealand
Rally New Zealand is today excited to announce the exclusive WRC Club experience where businesses and fans can experience the very best of the event to be held in Auckland this September. The WRC Club is an exclusive hospitality experience where fans can enjoy...
Sharp & Christensen impress with race wins and podiums in South Island Formula 1600
Fast-rising young New Zealand racing drivers Louis Sharp and Zac Christensen both made big impressions at the fourth round of the 2021/22 Yokohama South Island Formula 1600 Series run in conjunction with promoter Speedworks’ major national motor racing meeting at Christchurch’s Mike Pero Motorsport Park...
Speed Works cancels forthcoming event at Taupo International Motorsport Park
Following the Government announcement yesterday of the shift to the red setting of New Zealand’s COVID-19 management framework, Speed Works Events has today cancelled the coming weekend’s meeting at Taupo International Motorsport Park. “We have been left with little time to make the substantial changes required...
Another win extends Simon Evans’ Toyota 86 series lead
Simon Evans capped a fine weekend at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park with his second win of the day in the Toyota 86 Championship, extending his points lead after two rounds of the 2022 title battle. With the grid based on points accumulated over the weekend,...
Southam and Steele take Super GT Feature Race Win
Paul Southam and Rob Steele have taken the feature race win aboard their Porsche at Ruapuna in the Rodin Cars Super GT Series. Martin Dippie claimed the round win for the Porsche Class, while Nigel Cromie has taken the victory over the weekend for the GT4...
Simon Evans wins dramatic wet Toyota 86 race
A Simon Evans masterclass in wet weather racing gave the Giltrap Racing ace a second victory of the season at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park this morning after a dramatic race in worsening wet conditions. Evans inherited the lead when contact between leader Dion Pitt and...
RED Traffic Light Change
The New Zealand government has announced that the entire country will move into the ‘RED’ setting of the COVID-19 Protection Framework at midnight tonight, 23 January. All motorsport events can continue to take place under the RED setting of the COVID-19 Protection Framework with the use of...
Shepherd leads them home for first season win in Toyota 86s
Reigning Toyota 86 champion Rowan Shepherd took a comfortable win in the first race of the weekend at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park today, holding off a chasing pack of five cars. Shepherd, who had started on pole position, was able to control the race on...
Connor Adam wins Super GT opener at Ruapuna
Connor Adam has won the 30-minute Saturday race at Mike Pero Motorsport Park Ruapuna today in the Rodin Cars Super GT Series. He was chased to the line by fellow Porsche driver Martin Dippie who finished in second, with Nigel Cromie, the first of the GT4...
Legacy of famed Kiwi drivers to live on at Skope Classic meeting next month
The legacies of some of New Zealand’s greatest racing drivers - Graham McRae and Bert Hawthorne amongst them – will be honoured by members of the NZ F5000 Association at the annual Skope Classic historic motor racing meeting in Christchurch early next month.’ With...