Ryan Wood takes debut win in Best Bars Toyota 86
Ryan Wood took his first victory in the first race of the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship after a faultless lights-to-flag victory at Hampton Downs. Wood made the most of pole position and executed the perfect getaway to lead into the first turn. The young...
SVG sensational in Castrol TRS qualifying
Shane van Gisbergen waited until the dying seconds of qualifying, but put in a sensational final effort to take fastest time in the opening qualifying session for the New Zealand Grand Prix weekend. The Giz’s superb lap of 1 minute 30.231 puts him on pole position...
ARG & Shannons Nationals secure NZ broadcast deal
Sky New Zealand has inked a deal to be the exclusive broadcaster in New Zealand for the Australian Racing Group (ARG) and Shannons Motorsport Australia Championships (SMAC) in 2021. The deal ensures that all six ARG and SMAC events, plus the Bathurst International, will be seen...
Marcus Armstrong joins DAMS for 2021 F2 season
Ferrari Driver Academy member Marcus Armstrong has joined DAMS for the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship, becoming the first from the Scuderia’s coveted young talent programme to race for the team. Armstrong moved to Europe from his native New Zealand in 2016, winning the Italian Formula...
Collins Motorsport launches New Zealand’s 1st MARC
Collins Motorsport had plenty to celebrate last year, Sam Collins and Nick Ross won the NZ Endurance Title (1hr) in Class C and showed incredible pace around the Highlights Motorsport Park circuit. Team owner Paul Collins is not the sort of guy who likes to...
Fogg in BNT V8’s in another Mustang
Angus Fogg, Race Car Engineer & Driver plans to bring it this weekend. In not one but two 800+ hp Mustangs! In a remarkable weekend Fogg will also contest the BNT V8’s in The Collins Motorsport NASCAR Ford Mustang. Renowned driver, Foggy, is synonymous with...
NZ Motor Cup returns to New Zealand Grand Prix podium
MotorSport New Zealand and New Zealand International Grand Prix Inc. have reached an agreement to return to awarding the prestigious NZ Motor Cup to the winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix race. The agreement, which will take effect this weekend at Hampton Downs, will see...
Hughes ahead as Motul Honda Cup heads to NZGP
After two rounds of the 2020-2021 Motul Honda Cup series, it’s Steve Hughes who leads the experienced hands Greg Spark and Andrew Johnston heading into the third round of the championship this weekend at the New Zealand Grand Prix. Spark took his debut series win...
Meeting’s quickest cars to compete for coveted Historic GP trophy at Taupō this weekend
In their heyday in the 1970s the 5.0 litre stock block V8-powered Formula 5000 single-seater racing cars which contest New Zealand’s annual SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series were as quick as F1 cars. So most in the large crowd expected to...
Unique New Zealand Grand Prix set to make history this weekend
Sixteen of New Zealand’s top racing drivers are all set to race in the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix this weekend and there’s huge interest in what is being billed as an historic Race of Champions. With the pandemic travel restrictions accounting for the usual international...