MotorSport New Zealand to again select Asia Pacific Rally Championship finalists for 2022
MotorSport New Zealand again will nominate five competitors to participate in the 2022 Asia Pacific Rally Championship final at Coffs Habour, Australia, on 18-20 November this year. The process will be the same as used in 2021 when border closures prevented international competitors from competing in...
Final call for Elite MotorSport Academy Applications
Organisers are putting out a final call for applications to the 2022 Elite MotorSport Academy of New Zealand, with entries closing in just over a fortnight on March 18th. Applications for its 2022 program are now open for all aspiring motorsport competitors from Race, Rally, ClubSport...
MotorSport Online feedback sessions
MotorSport New Zealand is currently looking at the next version of the current “Possum” online system. As part of that review we would like to get feedback from you around what works and doesn't work with the current system and additionally what, as users, you...
Speed Works confirms February Hampton Downs meeting
Motorsport championship promoter Speed Works Events has confirmed its meeting at Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park next month will go ahead. Organisers have worked through the red light setting requirements and will run the Hampton Downs meeting as planned over the weekend of February 12-13 –...
MotorSport New Zealand farewells Terry Carkeek
MotorSport New Zealand will bid farewell to long-time staff member Terry Carkeek who will retire from his Technical Manager position in March. Carkeek has held multiple roles within MotorSport New Zealand since 2012. Terry’s involvement in motorsport dates back to the 1960s when he was a...
Speed Works cancels forthcoming event at Taupo International Motorsport Park
Following the Government announcement yesterday of the shift to the red setting of New Zealand’s COVID-19 management framework, Speed Works Events has today cancelled the coming weekend’s meeting at Taupo International Motorsport Park. “We have been left with little time to make the substantial changes required...
RED Traffic Light Change
The New Zealand government has announced that the entire country will move into the ‘RED’ setting of the COVID-19 Protection Framework at midnight tonight, 23 January. All motorsport events can continue to take place under the RED setting of the COVID-19 Protection Framework with the use of...
Scott Dixon named as finalist for 59th Halberg Awards
New Zealand motorsport star, Scott Dixon, has been named as a finalist in the ‘Sportsman of the Year’ category for the 59th Halberg Awards. Dixon won his sixth Indy Car Championship in 2020, putting him just one shy of the current all-time record of seven set...
MotorSport Online feedback sessions (South Island)
MotorSport New Zealand is currently looking at the next version of the current “Possum” online system. As part of that review we would like to get feedback from you around what works and doesn't work with the current system and additionally what, as users, you...
Border control force 2022 NZGP cancellation
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand, MotorSport New Zealand and promoter SpeedWorks Events have today confirmed that the 2022 New Zealand Grand Prix has been cancelled. TGRNZ was due to run its field of Toyota FT-60 cars for a one-off weekend including the 67th Grand Prix next...