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The race is on to find the next racing superstar for the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand confirming that this year's Toyota 86 Scholarship competition is all set for Hampton Downs on November 23rd. This year's scholarship winner will secure...
ESCC 2020 Ladies & Under 18 “Have a Go, Fun Day Grass Autocross”
On Sunday November 8, the Eastern Southland Car Club are hosting a "Have a Go, Fun Day Grass Autocross" for new Ladies & Under 18s. The event is to introduce new people into the sport with no entry fees thanks to the Eastern Southland Car...
New Rules, New Formats! BNT NZV8s Ready to Launch New Season
There will be new technical regulations, new rules and new race formats when the BNT NZV8s season gets underway in December. Category Management and the NZ Touring Car Board have mapped out a strategy for establishing two categories under the New Zealand Touring car banner, NZV8s...
Pack to pursue Penrose as South Island Formula 1600 heads to Timaru
Canterbury’s James Penrose heads to the second round of the 2020/21 South Island Formula 1600 Series as favourite after having the perfect opener last weekend in Christchurch. Timaru International Raceway hosts a grid of nearly of 30 entries and could prove quite a contrast...
Hot entry list for NZ Endurance Championship One Hour race at Highlands
A large grid of over thirty entries will line up at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell for a winner-takes-all One Hour NZ Endurance Championship race on Saturday. Overall and Class titles are on the line with a competitive mix of cars having qualified in the...
PRG and Hayden Paddon reveals spectacular Hyundai EV rally car
One of the world’s first EV rally cars, based on the Hyundai Kona, has been revealed by Paddon Rallysport (PRG) at Hyundai Motors New Zealand in Auckland. Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon led the project to develop the 400+ kW electric-powered rally car, a project sparked...
Liam Lawson to make saloon car debut
Young Kiwi single-seater star Liam Lawson will make his saloon car racing debut this weekend at Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell in the New Zealand 3-Hour Endurance Championship. Lawson has been named alongside Invercargill's Scott O'Donnell in the Track Tec Racing run Audi R8 in...
‘Close to home’ call popular with local F5000 series’ drivers & fans alike
With travel for competition outside New Zealand’s borders virtually impossible now and into next year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, you’d think that there’d be some long faces as members of the local Formula 5000 Association prepare for a truncated and wholly NZ-based 2020/21 season. ...
Connor Adam and Billy Frazer win first Toyota 86 enduro
Hampton Downs Raceway this past weekend ( 30th October) provided all the Toyota 86 teams with plenty to think about as the Spring weather was just that. A combination of rain, sun and everything in between made race track conditions testing even for the long-standing...
Sharp continues to improve after second consecutive NZ Formula First round
Louis Sharp has continued to improve at the second round of the 2020/21 Hi-Q Components New Zealand Formula First Championship at Hampton Downs on Saturday. Faced with qualifying and three races on a track he hasn’t previously been to, the Christchurch teenager was able...