Manfeild drama means a new Toyota 86 Championship leader
The opening Toyota 86 race of the Grand Prix weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon has brought with it change at the top of the championship standings. Jaden Ransley now holds the lead after disaster struck Jordan Baldwin further down the pack in the early phase...
Lawson storms to Manfeild pole position
The close fight for the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series carried on in qualifying with series leader Liam Lawson setting a stunning pole position time to edge out title rival Marcus Armstrong by just under a quarter of a second. Lawson and Armstrong traded fastest times...
Tight at the Top in BNT V8s
There is still plenty to play for in the BNT V8s Championship when round five at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon gets underway this weekend. After four rounds, Jack Smith sits at the top of the point’s table on 801 points. Nick Ross is 39 points...
Otago Rally embraces APRC for 2019
For the first time, this year's Otago Rally will be a qualifying round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), with the event hosting round one of its Pacific Cup. After a significant revamp after the 2018 APRC, the series is looking to re-invent itself by...
Toyota 86 Championship – the race is on
It’s one of the big weekends of the season for the Toyota 86 Championship and the series looks set to go down to the wire. Points leader and Intermach-backed racer Jordan Baldwin took the last round literally by storm as he splashed and slithered his way...
Snow Rally Podium for Young
Mike Young and Malcolm Read have kicked off their 2019 rally season with an impressive third place at the International Rally of Tsumagoi, a snow rally held in Gunma Prefecture north-west of Tokyo. Leaving behind record summer temperatures in New Zealand and Australia, Young and Read...
Darkhorse adds another thoroughbred to its stable
Darkhorse Racing, which has been sharing its driving duties between Andrew Jackson and Leo Bult so far in the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship, have expanded to a two car team with immediate effect. The team have purchased the ex-Neil Allport car and will enter it from...
King Kenny rides again
New Zealand racing legend Kenny Smith will make his 48th New Zealand Grand Prix start this coming weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. Smith - 77 - will join the field of sixteen up and coming single seater racers that include his latest protégé, championship leader...
TICKETS ON SALE FOR CLASSIC SPEEDFEST
Tickets are on sale now for one of the most popular events on the local motorsport calendar - the Evolution Motorsport Classic SpeedFest. This year's SpeedFest will take place at Teretonga Park on the outskirts of Invercargill over the weekend of 16/17 February. The event will feature...
BNT V8s Aiding with Grove’s Super 2 Preparations
As the Dunlop Super 2 Championship season start approaches in March at Adelaide, young Australian driver Brenton Grove has been clocking up the V8 miles in New Zealand. The Dunlop Super 2 Championship is the second tier V8 series in Australia under the Virgin Australia Supercars...