Canterbury hosts NZ Hillclimb Championship final
Two Christchurch-based car clubs are jointly hosting the final round of the 2018-19 MotorSport NZ Hillclimb Championship over the weekend of 9-10 February. Ratec Motorsport Inc hosts the first day of competition on the Saturday with a tarmac road hillclimb at Little River, Banks Peninsula. The...
Lawson and Armstrong in pitched battle for series lead
In a weekend when the Toyota Racing Series lead see-sawed back and forth between two of the fastest New Zealand drivers to ever contest the series, Liam Lawson wrested back the points lead and Marcus Armstrong put his name on the Denny Hulme Memorial Cup. The...
HISTORIC TOURING CAR CLASS HAS NEW FAN IN GREG MURPHY
New Zealand’s Archibalds Historic Touring Car Series (HTC) has a new fan in four-time former Bathurst winner and now TV motorsport show co-host Greg Murphy. With fellow multi-time Bathurst 1000 winner Jim Richards, Murphy was one of two guest drivers invited to join the grid at...
McRae crushes Leadfoot Festival record and wins for third consecutive year
Scottish-born Alister McRae has upheld his family’s legendary driving status and made it a three-peat at the Leadfoot Festival - notching up a new record time in the mighty Vantage Subaru WRX STI. McRae had to give it absolutely everything to drop the winning time into...
F5000 CLEAN SWEEP FOR COLLINS AT SKOPE CLASSIC
They say that the first win is the hardest and that after it subsequent ones come more easily. That would certainly appear the case for SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series driver Michael Collins (McRae GM1). The 22-year-old from Christchurch claimed his first...
Armstrong win sends title showdown to Manfeild
Marcus Armstrong ended a challenging weekend with a dominant performance in the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy race in Taupo on Sunday afternoon, narrowing the gap to series leader Liam Lawson to just five points with it all to play for at the 64th New Zealand...
Revenge for Muth as Belgian grabs first win
Belgium's Esteban Muth took a fine victory on Sunday morning at Taupo, resisting immense pressure from New Zealander Brendon Leitch and series leader Liam Lawson to take a well-deserved first victory in the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. With the grid based on the finishing order...
Auer on pole for Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy race
Lucas Auer has maintained the form he showed in winning Saturday’s second race at Taupo by claiming pole position for the big feature race of the fourth weekend of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series – the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The four TRS teams sent their...
QUICK COLLINS TAKES F5000 BATTLE TO SMITH – AND WINS
With pole position in qualifying this morning, and a breakthrough win over long-time SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series pace-setter Ken Smith (Lola T332) in the afternoon, category young gun Michael Collins (McRae GM1) came of age at the annual Skope Classic...
Auer takes timely win in Taupo
Austrian Lucas Auer grabbed his first win in the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, fighting off Liam Lawson for the win as championship leader Marcus Armstrong suffered a suspension failure which left him five laps behind and out of the points. The latest twist in an...