Bennetts inducted onto motorsport wall of fame
The highly successful, UK-based, Dunedin-born motorsport team principal Dick Bennetts has been inducted onto MotorSport New Zealand’s wall of fame. The announcement came during MotorSport NZ’s annual awards night held at Te Papa in Wellington on 25 May. The MotorSport NZ Wall of Fame was established in...
Vodanovich wins 2018 NZ Elite MotorSport Academy title
Young Auckland race driver Peter Vodanovich has topped the points-table of the 2018 New Zealand Elite MotorSport Academy to win the Ian Snellgrove trophy. The prestigious trophy, awarded in memory of long-time MotorSport New Zealand general manager and Academy programme trustee Ian Snellgrove, was presented to...
Eight young competitors selected for Elite MotorSport Academy
The 2019 intake of New Zealand’s highly regarded Elite MotorSport Academy programme have been named. The eight young competitors come from Auckland, New Plymouth, Taupo, Hawke’s Bay, Palmerston North and Upper Hutt and represent circuit racing, karting and rallying. The 2019 Elite MotorSport Academy participants are: · ...
Motorsport media awards go to Hedge, Summerfield, Burke and Marshall
Well-known names among motorsport media – David Hedge, Shaun Summerfield and Terry Marshall – were joined by relative newcomer Tayler Burke when the MotorSport New Zealand media awards were presented on Saturday 25 May in Wellington. The MotorSport New Zealand media awards are designed to promote...
NZ Women in Motorsport ambassador scheme launched
MotorSport New Zealand, through its Women in Motorsport Advisory Commission, has revealed an ambassador scheme designed to raise the visibility of women in New Zealand motorsport. New Zealand’s Women in Motorsport Commission stems from a similar initiative at global level when the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile...
Scott McLaughlin’s road to redemption
What a difference a year makes. Sunday, November 26, 2017 was the lowest moment of Scott McLaughlin’s racing career. He suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the final event of the 2017 Supercars Championship on the streets of Newcastle. Twelve months later on Sunday, November 25,...
Rally New Zealand reflects on successful academies
The opening two rounds of both the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) and FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship Pacific Cup powered by Wurth (APRC) have highlighted the success of both current and former Rally New Zealand development initiatives. New Zealand Motorsport has...
Lawson still leads Euroformula Open after crashing out of Pau Grand Prix
A win and a non-finish in the second round of the Euroformula Open championship has reduced New Zealand driver Liam Lawson's lead to six points heading into the next round at Germany's Hockenheim circuit this coming weekend. A clash with his teammate and pole setter Julian...
Lawson converts pole into runaway win on the streets of Pau
Red Bull Racing Junior driver Liam Lawson converted his pole position for Euroformula Formula 3 cars into a runaway win on the streets of Pau. The race, a precursor to the 78th Pau Grand Prix, saw the young Kiwi champion immediately gap the rest of the...
FIRST TARGA EVENT WIN FOR MCKENZIE & SAYERS WHILE BELL & FORBES MAKE THEIR MARK ON FINAL DAY
Haydn McKenzie and co-driver Matthew Sayers (Mitsubishi Evo 10 4WD) have won this year’s Targa Hawke’s Bay tarmac motor rally after managing a lead they held from midway through the first of three day’s competition on Friday. Arriving at event’s end in Havelock North this afternoon...