Hayden Paddon Triumphs at Southern Lights Rally
Cromwell’s Hayden Paddon and co-driver Jared Hudson delivered a masterful performance to clinch victory at the Transport World Southern Lights Rally on Saturday, 22 June. This marked the triumphant return of championship-level rallying to the Southland region. Paddon dominated the 65-car field, winning all ten special...
Louis Sharp retakes GB3 Championship lead with stellar show in Hungary
Louis Sharp, one of the motor sport’s most promising young talents, has reclaimed the lead of the GB3 Championship after a sensational race victory at the Hungaroring, scene of next month’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The 17-year-old rising star arrived in Hungary eager to regain the top...
Gilmour secures solid fifth place at Southern Lights
A solid drive at the Southern Lights Rally has seen Dunedin's Emma Gilmour finish fifth after the two-day Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship’s (NZRC) third round. Her recently recruited Australian co-driver Ben Searcy was given a Southern Lights baptism of fire as the...
MotorSport New Zealand parts ways with championship promoter
MotorSport New Zealand has terminated its contract with NZ XMS Ltd, which ran the Premier Race Championship Series known as the “Super Sprint Championship” for the past two seasons. The decision to end NZ XMS Ltd’s contract was made by the MotorSport New Zealand board to...
Molly Taylor ready for Southern Lights Rally start
Australia’s Molly Taylor is set to fulfil her bucket list wish of contesting an event in New Zealand as she prepares to start the Transport World Southern Lights Rally on Friday evening, 21 June. The Extreme E Champion (2021) and 2016 Australian Rally Champion will compete...
BMW Race Driver Series Annual Scholarship Day celebrates its 10th anniversary
The BMW Race Driver Series is excited to have reached its 10th annual Scholarship Day, taking place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on Saturday, 17 August 2024. The day, organised in conjunction with The Motor Sport Club, offers an opportunity for aspiring race drivers to...
Big names set for Southern Lights Rally
A full 20 years since the roads of Southland, New Zealand, hosted top-tier competition, this weekend’s 21-22 June Transport World Southern Lights Rally will be headed by defending European Rally Champion and seven-time New Zealand Rally Champion Hayden Paddon. Leading the first of 65 cars...
Alex Crosbie heads to second round of F4 US Championship
Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie returns to America this week to tackle Round 2 of the F4 US Championship at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio from 20-23 June. The two-time New Zealand Formula Ford Champion showed plenty of speed as he collected two...
Impressive Porsche debut by Bewley in One Hour Enduro
Defending Toyota 86 champion Tom Bewley made an impressive debut in a Porsche GT3 at the final of the North Island Endurance Series at Hampton Downs. The 16-year-old from Havelock North qualified his Dura-Seal sponsored car on pole and took the chequered flag in second...
Jet-setting Jaxon Evans hails improved Darwin weekend
Jaxon Evans has left Darwin with his head held high after a fraught Repco Supercars round at Hidden Valley Raceway. The New Zealander racer, who is now in the midst of four-straight race events across three different countries, completed the Top End round with an 11th...