Paddon heads to Rome aiming for championship gains
As the defending FIA European Rally Champion, Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon heads to Rally di Roma Capitale in Italy this week with a clear goal: to protect and, ideally, extend his lead in this year’s championship. Paddon took the 2024 ERC lead at the...
Rally of Dargaville Tunatahi attracts top field for North Island Rally Series round
Ventia Rally of Dargaville Tunatahi attracts top field for North Island Rally Series round The 2024 Generator Rental Services North Island Rally Series (NIRS) roars back into action with the Ventia Rally of Dargaville Tunatahi this Saturday, 27 July 2024. The one-day event has attracted...
Livery revealed for Team MotorSport New Zealand Powered by Giltrap Group Motorsport
The striking new livery for Team MotorSport New Zealand Powered by Giltrap Group Motorsport has been unveiled ahead of the 2024 Tri-Nations Esport Cup. Longtime supporters of New Zealand motorsport, the Giltrap Group, have reaffirmed their commitment by backing the nation’s entry into this innovative event...
Louis Sharp vows to fight back after Dutch dramas
For the second time this season, Louis Sharp has lost the GB3 Championship lead as a result of another driver’s over-zealous errors. As happened last month in the reverse grid race in Belgium, the young New Zealander again was perfectly placed to increase his points...
Jacob Douglas tops Elite Motorsport Academy camp to win Bruce McLaren Trophy
Christchurch race driver Jacob Douglas, 19, has won the Bruce McLaren Trophy by topping the points table for the 2024 Elite Motorsport Academy of New Zealand camp. The Elite MotorSport Academy is an annual competitor development program put on by the MotorSport New Zealand Scholarship Trust...
Kiwi Young Gun Lands TCR Debut with 99motorsport
19-year-old Kiwi protege Ben Stewart will step aboard the 99motorsport Audi RS3 TCR for the upcoming round of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Queensland Raceway. After winning the inaugural TGRA86 Scholarship Shootout in 2023, Stewart took on the Trans-Tasman Challenge in TA2 machinery over...
Tri-Nations Esport Cup returns for 2024
Following a successful debut in 2023, the representative Tri-Nations Esport Cup series between New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom is returning for 2024. In a similar format to 2023, the series will pit the ten fastest qualifying drivers from each country against each other in...
Dates confirmed for 2025 Taupō Super400
Supercars is thrilled to announce that the dates for the 2025 ITM Taupō Super400 have been confirmed for 11-13 April. Following the resounding success of the inaugural event in 2024, which drew a sold-out crowd of 67,411 passionate spectators, the 2025 date coincides with the start...
Liam Macdonald wins eleventh SSCC Championship
Liam MacDonald of Invercargill was presented with the Southland Sports Car Club Champions Trophy for the eleventh time at the club’s 2023/2024 prizegiving at Teretonga Park on Monday night. MacDonald won his first Club Championship in 2013 and since then has won it every year apart...
Campbell extends lead in North Island Rally Series
Phil Campbell (Ford Fiesta AP4) has extended his lead in the 2024 Generator Rental Services North Island Rally Series (NIRS) after the second round was held on Sunday in and around the township of Stratford. Campbell beat home fellow NIRS competitor Quentin Palmer (Mitsubishi...