Top US team HMD Motorsports confirmed for FR Oceania Trophy
Top US racing team HMD Motorsport will join forces with TJ Speed Motorsports to field a three-car line-up in the 2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy. The team will race under the name HMD Motorsports with TJ Speed and will join the New Zealand...
Taranaki Tarmac Rally to be hotly contested by NI Rally Series competitors
The SBT Group Taranaki Tarmac one-day rally takes place this Saturday 12 July 2025 with the rivalry amongst the 2025 Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series (NIRS) competitors expected to step up a notch. The question to be answered after nine Special Stages is ‘Will...
Kiwis – Born to Fly 3 production nears completion
The Kiwis - Born to Fly story had a busy period in recent months. A series of interviews taking place in Indianapolis, Brownsburg and domestically within Auckland and Hampton Downs. These form the foundation of the opening section to this final instalment of the Kiwis...
Elite MotorSport Academy underway for 2025
Eight of New Zealand’s most promising young motorsport talents have descended on Dunedin this week for the start of the 2025 Elite MotorSport Academy of New Zealand. Hosted at the world-class Otago Academy of Sport from Sunday 6 July to Saturday 12 July, the week-long camp...
Vale Tim Miles
The motorsport community is mourning the sudden passing of Tim Miles, a beloved New Zealand-born businessman, racer and team owner, who tragically died in a cycling accident in Sydney on Sunday morning. Born in Ashburton, Miles built a legacy both behind the wheel and in the boardroom. He...
Club milestone at Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally
The Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally returns to the roads of the area on Saturday 2 August. The rally, which remembers the feats of the Mokereta farmer who was a very successful rally driver including finishing runner-up in the 1983 New Zealand Rally Championship, was instigated...
Expanded Four Nations Esports Cup returns for 2025
The much-loved Tri-Nations Esports Cup is back, with a new nation joining the trifecta, as the Springboks (South Africa) will see the event relaunch as the Four-Nations Esports Cup. The sim racing event began in 2022, with the UK and Australia battling it out to gain...
Format changes set to rev up Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Trophy
Further changes to the format of New Zealand’s premier single seater championship – the Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Trophy - have been confirmed this week by series organisers TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ. The format changes are designed to spice up the action and give drivers...
Podium for Paddon at Ypres Rally before Queensland challenge
New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon, with Christchurch’s Jared Hudson in the co-driver’s seat, took a hard-fought second place at the Ypres Rally in Belgium, which took place 27 and 28 June. The Kiwis become the first non-Europeans to ever stand on the Ypres podium. ...
Dowdall heads for Rodin UK test
Manawatu teenager Blake Dowdall is set to test with Rodin Motorsport in the UK to cap off a stellar motor racing season that has seen him win the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship and earn a place in MotorSport New Zealand’s Elite Academy programme. Dowdall was...