Whittaker dominates One Hour SI Endurance race in Christchurch
A five-second penalty was not enough to make a dent in the win by Mark Whittaker at the second round of the One Hour Carter’s Tyres South Island Endurance Series. Adjudged to have followed an incorrect restart procedure, Whittaker still won comfortably by 17 seconds...
Toyota 86 Championship welcomes youngest ever competitor
Cambridge youngster Connor Davison is the latest up and coming motorsport talent to confirm his entry for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship and it’s the start of what he hopes will be a productive period in the category as he transitions from karts to cars. His...
Wairarapa female motorsport volunteer selected for trans-Tasman exchange
Masterton’s Tracey Stringer has been selected as the New Zealand participant in a trans-Tasman exchange for female motorsport officials. Now in its third year, the exchange is organised by the Women in Motorsport advisory commission (WIMNZ) of MotorSport New Zealand with their Australian counterparts, the Women...
Tony Quinn backs Waikato motorsport prospect
Hampton Downs and Highlands owner Tony Quinn is looking forward to following the career of Connor Davison who’s been handpicked as the first driver to benefit from a new motorsport foundation. The 13-year-old from Cambridge makes his debut in the Toyota 86 Series in November...
Manfeild grandstands removed
The ease of demolition of three Manfeild Park buildings is a powerful reminder why their time had come. Grandstands bordering Brendon Hartley Drive, the main access into the venue from Feilding’s South St, have now been toppled. The buildings’ fate was sealed through abject inability to meet...
DEFEAT MEANS DISHES DUTY
A small wager between an Invercargill couple contesting their first Clubsport event at Teretonga Park last Sunday means Matt McQuoid will be doing the dishes for a week! McQuoid and partner, Melissa Wilson, are both car enthusiasts but they had never contemplated competing in a motorsport...
Major change to Otago Rally seeding order for 2019
The Otago Rally will go ‘back to the future’ next year with a seeding order not used since the early 2000s, and that will further enhance the excitement of the event. Rally organisers have been wanting to find a way to manage the three different rallies...
KIWI DRIFT COUPLE HAVE BIG PLANS FOR ‘HONEYMOON YEAR’
Newly married Kiwi drift couple Drew and Jodie Donovan have big plans for their ‘honeymoon year’. Major upgrades to their matching Cryptopia-sponsored Toyota Supras are underway now – and the pair are hard at work on an ambitious schedule which will see them compete here over...
Hughes launches circuit racing career in Toyota 86 Championship
Hamilton racer Mitch Hughes is the latest driver to sign up for the Toyota 86 Championship, and he'll be in it for the long haul as preparation for following in the tyre tracks of his racing father. Mitch is the son of BNT V8's racer Lance...
TOP DRIVER FOR RANKLEBURN RALLY
One of New Zealand’s top rally aces, Josh Marston of Christchurch, has entered the Eastern Southland Car Club’s Rankleburn Rally in West Otago on Saturday 6 October. Marston, currently third in the NZ Rally Championship driver standings with one round remaining, will bring his Holden Barina...