Bawden first in NIRS at the Rally of Dargaville Tunatahi as Palmer inherits overall lead
Todd Bawden/Dave Neil (Ford Fiesta R5 MkII) have finished second overall and first North Island Rally Series North Island Rally Series car home in the Ventia Rally of Dargaville Tunatahi. The event attracted some of the top competitors from the NZ Rally Championship which saw...
Paddon still heads ERC points after Rome
New Zealand rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard gave it everything they could at Rally di Roma Capitale over the weekend in a very close-fought competition with fast local drivers. While they’d have loved to finish higher than the sixth place they earned in...
Louis Sharp retakes GB3 Championship lead after double podium at Silverstone
Louis Sharp is back in pole position to become the first young driver in history to win back-to-back British Formula 4 and GB3 Championship titles. Tipped by many as a future Grand Prix star, the hugely-talented 17-year-old Kiwi produced three superb performances at a sunny...
World class rating for NZ’s Toyota 86 Championship drivers
Matt Howson – vastly experienced Team Manager of the KCMG team that will run Tom Bewley and William Exton in the GR Supra GT4 EVO at the forthcoming GT4 Germany Nürburgring weekend – says drivers coming out of NZ’s domestic TR86 Championship are proving to...
Leading Teams Joins Forces in Trans-Tasman Alliance
Two of Australia and New Zealand’s leading motorsport teams will join forces in a Trans-Tasman alliance aimed at nurturing a pathway for aspiring drivers through both countries. Forming the Australian side of the partnership is leading Toyota 86 and Porsche squad TekworkX Motorsport. Owned by...
Real benefit in motorsport sponsorship
The Yuasa Battery brand has had a long association with Eastern Southland Car Club events and are a major supporter of this year’s MLT Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally scheduled for Saturday 10 August. Century Yuasa Batteries have been in the New Zealand market for close...
Crosbie ready for New Jersey round of F4 US Championship
Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie tackles Round 3 of the F4 US Championship at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville New Jersey this weekend. Crosbie returns to the United States fresh from his first podium in the series last time out at Mid-Ohio in June. The goal...
Local garage continues long rally association in 2024
When the inaugural MLT Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally was held in 2023 no one was more excited than Maurice (Minnie) Turner, proprietor of Marshall’s Garage in Wyndham, alongside his wife Maxine. The garage had a long association with previous Wyndham Rally’s through the 1970’s...
Will Kitching advances in Nexen Tyre Mazda Racing Series and Elite Motorsport Academy
It has been a big year for eighteen-year-old Timaru apprentice mechanic Will Kitching following his debut in the Nexen Tyre NZ Mazda Racing Series last summer. After a very successful rookie season in the category, Kitching recently attended the Elite Motorsport Academy camp run by MotorSport...
Hunter Robb ready for Sprint Challenge testing in Australia
Fresh from successfully completing the 2024 Elite Motorsport Academy week in Dunedin, Aucklander Hunter Robb is heading to Australia to test a Porsche Michelin Sprint Championship car as he prepares for the next step in his career. “The Elite Motorsport Academy was a great experience,” commented...