Murphy top at Elite MotorSport Academy camp
Young Hawke’s Bay motor racing competitor Ronan Murphy has topped the points-table following a week-long camp with MotorSport New Zealand’s Elite MotorSport Academy, which is run by the Otago Academy of Sport in Dunedin. The highly regarded Elite MotorSport Academy is a year-long programme administered by...
Vodanovich wins 2018 NZ Elite MotorSport Academy title
Young Auckland race driver Peter Vodanovich has topped the points-table of the 2018 New Zealand Elite MotorSport Academy to win the Ian Snellgrove trophy. The prestigious trophy, awarded in memory of long-time MotorSport New Zealand general manager and Academy programme trustee Ian Snellgrove, was presented to...
Eight young competitors selected for Elite MotorSport Academy
The 2019 intake of New Zealand’s highly regarded Elite MotorSport Academy programme have been named. The eight young competitors come from Auckland, New Plymouth, Taupo, Hawke’s Bay, Palmerston North and Upper Hutt and represent circuit racing, karting and rallying. The 2019 Elite MotorSport Academy participants are: · ...
Kaleb Ngatoa to test TRS car at Hampton Downs
Marton man Kaleb Ngatoa, 17, is preparing to further his motor racing career, signing up for an official test in a Toyota Racing Series car at Waikato’s Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on Tuesday. Following his breakthrough win in the tin-top Toyota 86 Championship at the same...
Kiwis fly on Oz debut
New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship racers Jaden Ransley and Peter Vodanovich turned more than a few heads at the first round of the Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series at Philip Island at the weekend, establishing themselves as contenders for race wins and championship placings as...
HUNTER MCELREA WINS AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP
After a dominating season of 13 Wins, 3 Poles, 9 fastest laps, 2 Lap Records, and a 100% Front Row qualifying record, 18 year old Hunter McElrea has acheived the one thing he set out for - the 2018 Australian Formula Ford Championship. The newly crowned Australian...
Baldwin back for championship challenge
Last season's Rookie of the Year Jordan Baldwin will be back for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship and the 20 year old has his eyes firmly on the overall title. The former ministock, stockcar, national level kart and BMW E30 racer made the podium on his...
A Different Journey
The journey to the starting line for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship might have been a different one - a very different one - for seventeen-year-old Peter Vodanovich, but the goal remains clear for the St Kentigern College racer - victory. Vodanovich doesn't have a background...
Hedge focuses on finding fractions in Toyota 86 Championship
Formula 1600 champion and CareVets Scholarship winner Callum Hedge is fired up for a title challenge in the Toyota 86 Championship next season - and is hoping to find an advantage over the field in data analysis and set-up. Hedge (14) is spending the off-season preparing...
Ngatoa targeting title challenge as career momentum builds
Multiple karting champion and championship runner-up in Formula First Kaleb Ngatoa is the latest young gun to sign up for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship, and the Rangitikei College 17 year old has put together a formidable team for an attack on the championship in...