Hedge ahead as Toyota 86 Championship hots up
The Toyota 86 Championship heads to Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend four Round 4 after three incredibly hard fought rounds - two at Pukekohe Park on different circuit configurations and last weekend at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell. Fans will recall young Callum Hedge for...
F5000 CELEBRATIONS TO CONTINUE AT TAUPO HISTORIC GP MEETING THIS WEEKEND
This weekend’s Taupō Historic GP motor racing meeting at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park will see New Zealand’s world-leading Formula 5000 Association continue the good work its members have been doing for the past year here, across the Tasman and in the United States celebrating the...
Kiwi young guns head the pack
The Castrol Toyota Racing Series got underway in style last weekend in Cromwell, with some spectacular racing from a grid of 15 high quality budding young international racers representing no fewer than ten countries. Sixteen year old New Zealander Liam Lawson - racing for M2 Competition...
BNT V8 podium for Lathrope at Highlands
Brad Lathrope was “over the moon” with his third place on the podium for the third round of the BNT V8s at Highlands Motorsport Park yesterday. Racing his Dayle ITM #73 Ford Falcon super tourer in the first of two South Island rounds, held over consecutive weekends,...
Ross Maintains Second Place in BNT V8s
Cambridge V8 driver Nick Ross has come away from round three of the BNT V8s Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park near Cromwell in second overall for the weekend. He also maintains second place in the Championship, though Australian driver Jack Smith has extended his points lead. Ross...
Connor Adam slips to fourth after Highlands
Mount Albert’s Connor Adam, 20, has slipped down to fourth place in the 2018/19 Toyota 86 Championship after getting caught up in another driver’s incident in the final of the three races at Highlands Motorsport Park. Adam’s weekend started with a strong qualifying, setting the fifth...
Second Wigram Cup win for Bethune at F1600 round
Auckland’s Josh Bethune has won the prestigious Wigram Cup for the second consecutive year with a dominant performance at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch over the weekend. The 12-lap feature race was part of the second round of the New Zealand Formula 1600...
Lawson leaves them standing
If Saturday's first race heralded the arrival of home favourite Liam Lawson in the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, then the 20 lap Sunday feature race marked him out as one of the championship favourites. Lawson not only won the wet race by ten seconds, he...
Clean Sweep for Smith at Highlands in BNT V8s
Australian driver Jack Smith has won the third round of the BNT V8s at Highlands Motorsport Park this weekend, taking wins in all three races. Race two of the weekend held this morning saw Brenton Grove finish second in his Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry with...
From pole to first: Hedge converts in Highlands
CareVets Scholarship winner Callum Hedge has converted pole position into victory in the opening Toyota 86 Championship race of the weekend at Highlands Motorsport Park. It wasn't a simple win for Hedge either, having lost a spot off the race start. But after emerging on top...