Hayden Paddon seals fifth NZRC title with Rally Hawkes Bay win
Hayden Paddon claimed the 2021 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship by winning the Kennedy Park Resort Napier Rally Hawke’s Bay on Saturday in comprehensive fashion. The WRC rally winner joins Richard Mason as the most successful driver in the history of the championship...
Battle of Jacks Ridge confirmed for 2021
The Repco Battle of Jacks Ridge returns in November for a second edition with inaugural champion Shane van Gisbergen set to defend his crown against WRC winner Hayden Paddon and a star-studded line-up. Supercars ace Van Gisbergen produced a superb drive to come out on top...
Non-compliant safety apparel for sale in New Zealand
MotorSport New Zealand wishes to advise all competitors and officials of a safety notification received from SFI Foundation regarding the authenticity of protective clothing manufactured and supplied under the provisions of SFI Spec 3.2A and SFI Spec 3.3. The following points are raised: SFI has a...
TGRNZ welcomes Supercars test prize for Best Bars Toyota 86 champion
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has welcomed the news that the next Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship winner will also win a Supercar test with the ultra-successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team. The prize is being made available to the championship winner by the Tony Quinn...
FIA and Hyundai to offer Rally2 drive to APRC winner
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Hyundai Motorsport have joined forces to launch the FIA Rally Champions World Tour, united by a common goal of encouraging and promoting rallying talent from regional series around the world for the next three years. The initiative, which is...
South Island return confirmed for 2022 Toyota Racing Series
Plans are taking shape for the 18th season of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ has this week confirmed the championship will begin mid-January and will include a return to the South Island. The 67th New Zealand Grand Prix will also once...
James Penrose wins Elite Motorsport Academy camp
Christchurch racer James Penrose, 25, has topped the points table for the 2021 edition of the highly regarded Elite Motorsport Academy of New Zealand camp. The week-long camp, run by the Otago Academy of Sport in Dunedin, is the first part of a tailored 12-month development...
Hollywood star Michael Fassbender joins Jaxon Evans in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup
Michael Fassbender will join New Zealander, Jaxon Evans, in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup this weekend. Fassbender has a score to settle in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. In August 2020, the German-Irish actor (X-Men, 12 Years a Slave) made his first guest appearance in the...
Class of 2021 set for Elite Motorsport Academy ‘camp week’
Eight young up-and-coming motorsport competitors will head to Dunedin this Saturday for the 2021 Elite Motorsport Academy of New Zealand camp week. Attending this year’s camp will be circuit racers Brock Gilchrist, Flynn Mullany, Jack Noble-Adams, James Penrose and Matthew McCutcheon who will be joined by...
Imported vehicles for motorsport use
Today’s modern technology has made the world so small you can easily purchase a vehicle from anywhere around the globe, simply by pushing a key while seated in your own lounge. That’s the easy bit, but if proper care isn’t taken that simple action can...