Kaleb Ngatoa gets first S5000 race win at Sandown
Marton’s Kaleb Ngatoa, 19, claimed his first international race victory at the weekend at Melbourne’s Sandown International Raceway in the S5000 class. The S5000 series racers for the Australian Drivers’ Championship which is the top Australian open-wheel racing series. The cars are the fastest in Australian...
Dayle ITM racers respectful of Pukekohe challenge but raring to go
It's game on for Dayle ITM Racing this weekend at the penultimate round of the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship as both Christina Orr-West and Ronan Murphy aim to build on the success of their first podiums. The vastly experienced Orr-West was competitive throughout at Manfeild...
Close racing, different winners expected this weekend for Honda racers at Pukekohe
The MOTUL Honda Cup heads to Pukekohe Park this weekend, with Greg Spark holding down a slender lead in the closely fought series as it gears up for its fourth round of the 2020-2021 season. Spark currently has a slender seven-point lead over Steve Hughes in...
Douglas sets high expectations for final South Island F1600 round at home track
Single seater rookie Jacob Douglas has set himself some tough goals for competing in the final round of the 2020/21 South Island Formula 1600 Series at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch, this weekend. It’s been a summer of learning and gaining important race...
Tussle at the top as V8 Utes return to Pukekohe
As action heads to Pukekohe for the Round 3 of the RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes series, the battle for the championship is still wide open as the first two rounds saw two different winners. With the closely-matched Ford and Holden utes separated only by pre-race...
Thunder and muscle at Teretonga Park
Wellington driver Alex Little made it a three-peat when he took the points win at Round 3 of the NZ Super Truck Championship at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend. The trucks were part of Southern Thunder presented by Downer, the final race meeting of...
John Giltrap wins while Westland Rally takes its toll
The Canterbury pairing of John Giltrap/Daph O’Rourke (Mitsubishi Evo) have convincingly won the 2021 Westland Rally by 31.7 seconds from local’s Graham Ferguson/Ross Moody (Ford EscortRS1800), with Sean Haggarty/Sean Sands (Subaru WRX) third. The opening round of the 2021 Mainland Rally Championship was run in...
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Kaleb Ngatoa looking forward to building on strong S5000 debut
Marton’s Kaleb Ngatoa, 19, is looking forward to building on his strong S5000 debut last weekend when he takes to the track this weekend. The S5000 Australian Drivers’ Championship is the top Australian open wheel racing series. The cars are the fastest in Australian circuit racing,...
NZ F5000 series emerges from beneath COVID-19 cloud in good shape
No-one is prepared to ‘crack the bubbly open just yet,’ however if the size of the field assembled for the final round of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at Hampton Downs this weekend is anything to go by, the series...