MotorSport New Zealand’s club championship decided
The premier Gold Star title at the 2018 New Zealand ClubSport Championship, held in Christchurch on 17 and March, was won by Cameron Morison, a Christchurch-based pilot in his twenties. Invercargill’s Rachel Lawrie, a 33-year-old accountant and mother from Invercargill, took out the Women in...
Chandler’s contribution to NZ motorsport recognised at Halberg Awards
Aucklander Morrie Chandler, ONZM, was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the 55th Halberg Awards ceremony on 8 February. Formerly the President of MotorSport New Zealand (MSNZ) from 1977 to 1998 and chairman of Rally New Zealand Ltd from 1978 to 2006 while also an...
New Zealand retains strong representation at the FIA
President of MotorSport New Zealand (MSNZ) Wayne Christie (pictured left), of Christchurch, has been elected president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Rally Commission, following the 2017 annual general assembly of the world governing body of motorsport last week. Christie follows two highly-regarded New Zealanders,...
MotorSport New Zealand focuses on volunteer welfare
As International Volunteer Day is recognised on 5 December, MotorSport New Zealand is working to develop a set of volunteer welfare guidelines for motorsport event organisers. Every weekend in New Zealand, hundreds of motorsport volunteers head to race circuits and closed road events such as rallies...
Paddon’s social media vision recognised by WRC peers
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon was presented with the WRC.com Social Media Star of the Year award at the WRC Gala awards in Sydney on Monday 20 November. Paddon, the only New Zealander competing in the FIA World Rally Championship, has built a strong social media...
Hartley creating history for New Zealand motorsport
Kiwi racing star Brendon Hartley continues to make New Zealand motorsport history with confirmation that he will continue to drive for Formula 1 team Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2018 season. Having made his F1 debut with the team in the United States just over one...
Stellar year for Kiwi stars Hartley and Bamber
Kiwi racing stars Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber, with Porsche team-mate Timo Bernhard, secured the 2017 FIA World Endurance Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship at the penultimate round in Shanghai over the weekend. The result adds to a stellar year for Hartley and Bamber, from Palmerston North...
50 years since Denny Hulme’s F1 Championship title
Sunday 22 October marks the 50th anniversary of Kiwi racing legend Denny Hulme winning the 1967 Formula 1 World Championship in Mexico. Hulme made history as the first – and only – New Zealander to have ever won the most prestigious motor racing championship in...
MotorSport New Zealand revs past 70 years
On 18 October 1947 a meeting was held in Wellington to form a national body to govern the coordination of motor sports in New Zealand. The Association of New Zealand Car Clubs was duly established with an initial group of seven regional car clubs represented, namely...
Hartley’s F1 news sensational for NZ motorsport
The announcement that Kiwi racing driver Brendon Hartley will race for Formula 1 team Scuderia Toro Rosso in America next weekend is a yet another major milestone in Hartley’s stellar career and for New Zealand motorsport as a whole. Hartley’s debut F1 race, the United States...