CareVets Scholarship’s eight hopefuls confirmed
The CareVets Scholarship – back again for the 2025 Toyota 86 Trophy Series – has confirmed its line-up of eight young drivers for next Monday’s finalist shootout day at Hampton Downs. All of the drivers shortlisted for the final – more than 30 applied – are...
Stokes’ brotherly love goes out the window in 2025
Brotherly love will go out the window this year with Jack Stokes joining older brother Robbie in the Open 4WD class of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. In a major off-season shake-up of the Stokes Motorsport Team, the two brothers will run...
Armstrong clinches the 2025 Porsche Endurance Trophy New Zealand Title
Rick Armstrong claimed the Porsche Endurance Trophy New Zealand GT3 Cup title in his 992 GT3 Cup Car at the last round at Hampton Downs after a season long battle with Luke Manson and 2024 winner Sam Fillmore. Armstrong entered the final round with a 90-point...
Armstrong goes back-to-back with GT New Zealand Championship – William Exton wins GT4 title
Rick Armstrong has defended his title winning the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship for the second consecutive year, beating Mercedes AMG GT2 driver Joel Giddy to the title by a narrow margin – just 13.5 points between the two drivers by the end of racing...
Perfect weekend for McCormack as Dowdall increases lead in NZ Formula Ford Championship
Toby McCormack was on-form at the penultimate round of the 2025 Napa Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship, qualifying fastest and winning all three races at Hampton Downs over the weekend. Series leader, Blake Dowdall had a mixture of results but was able...
Two titles remain up for grabs in Mazda Racing Series
Two titles remain up for grabs in the Nexen Tyre NZ Mazda Racing Series with both the New Zealand and North Island titles set to be decided over the next two weekends. This weekend competitors head to Taupō International Motorsport Park for the penultimate round...
Paddon’s Aussie adventure off to bumpy start
Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard worked hard to win the first day of the Rally of Canberra on 22 March in their Hyundai i20N Rally2 car. However, coming across a mob of kangaroo at high speed on the opening stage of day...
NextGen NZ Championship showdown at Hampton Downs
The NextGen New Zealand Championship, presented by Repco, delivered an entertaining weekend of racing at Hampton Downs, with six categories of cars battling it out at the circuit south of Auckland. The season-ending DAYLE ITM Hampton Downs Grand Finale saw great racing across all the categories;...
Third of the season for Bethune – championship too close to call
Josh Bethune delivered a clinical victory in the feature race at the penultimate round of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship and keeps his championship hopes alive, as the gap between series leader Hayden Bakkerus and Hugo Allan was reduced to just 11 points. Bethune passed team...
Hawkeswood wins second successive Popotunoa Rallysprint
Auckland driver Jack Hawkeswood, currently resident in Millers Flat in Central Otago, set a scorching time on the last run of the day to seal his second consecutive Eastern Southland Car Club Crossroads Clinton Popotunoa Rallysprint in South Otago on Saturday. Hawkeswood, in his Toyota...