Lester Completes First FIA WTCR Laps With Alfa Romeo Giulietta In Italy
Rome, Italy. Kiwi Jono Lester traded GT for touring cars last weekend with an FIA WTCR test with Alfa Romeo Team Mulsanne, at the wheel of a Giulietta TCR at Italy's Vallelunga circuit. It was the first taste of front-wheel-drive FR machinery for 29-year old Lester,...
Johnson looking forward to Legends of Bathurst
Dick Johnson has had many memorable moments around Mount Panorama and the Australian legend is looking forward to reliving some of them at the Legends of Bathurst festival at Hampton Downs from January 12-13. The 73-year-old will join some of the greats of the Australian Touring...
Castrol Toyota Racing Series welcomes youngest gun
Sydney racer Jackson Walls will begin his second season in single seaters with a trip to New Zealand as the youngest driver in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and he's so young he'll have to wait until the second round of the championship to see...
Australian F4 Champion tests FT-50
2018 CAMS PAYCE Australian F4 Champion Jayden Ojeda got his first taste of a Castrol Toyota Racing Series FT-50 when he tested at Hampton Downs this week. The test was a joint initiative between Toyota Racing New Zealand and CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motorsport) to build...
Hendl-Cox tops chaotic NZ Formula First round at Pukekohe
Whakatane driver Reece Hendl-Cox, 19, has walked away from the second round of the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship with the largest points haul of the field. Hendl-Cox scored a podium finish and a race win in what was a chaotic weekend. Saturday morning’s...
Williams set to begin 2019 European challenge with NZ warm up
Perth-based Euroformula Open Championship racer Calan Williams will continue his eye-catching rise through the junior formulae by beginning the 2019 season with the Castrol Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. Williams captured the attention of many in Europe last season, running rounds of the Euroformula Open...
Ross Salvages Podium Finish in BNT V8s
Nick Ross has finished round two of the BNT V8s Championship at Pukekohe in third place overall for the weekend. Going into the weekend as the Championship leader with a narrow points lead over Australian driver Jack Smith, Ross qualified his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima in...
Annual rally rankings announced
The Grey Roots Group today published their 13th annual rankings of the nation’s fastest rally drivers. However, in a break from previous years, they have included overseas drivers who have competed on New Zealand soil during 2018. Group spokesperson Tracy Spark explains the reason for the change. “We...
Hedge secures round after dramatic third race
Fifteen year old Callum Hedge took his first round win in the Toyota 86 Championship season with an outstanding victory in one of the best races ever seen in the category at Pukekohe Park. For much of the final fifteen lap race on the iconic, original...
Jack Smith Takes Round Win and Championship Lead in BNT V8s
Australian driver Jack Smith has taken the lead of the BNT V8s Championship at Pukekohe this weekend, by notching up two wins and a second placing in his SCT Logistics/Supercheap Auto Holden Commodore. Smith qualfied on pole in Class One of the Championship and backed up...