Expat Kiwi Dick Bennetts’ prestigious motorsport award
New Zealander Dick Bennetts and the UK-based race team he founded have been recognised with an award from European motorsport industry publication and expo, Professional Motorsport World. Originally from Dunedin, Bennetts came to prominence as a championship-winning race engineer for Niki Lauda and Stefan Johansson as...
Wairarapa female motorsport volunteer selected for trans-Tasman exchange
Masterton’s Tracey Stringer has been selected as the New Zealand participant in a trans-Tasman exchange for female motorsport officials. Now in its third year, the exchange is organised by the Women in Motorsport advisory commission (WIMNZ) of MotorSport New Zealand with their Australian counterparts, the Women...
Dixon a hero of New Zealand motorsport
Scott Dixon’s fifth IndyCar Series championship adds another layer to his hero status in New Zealand motorsport. The race driver originally from Manurewa ran a steady, mistake-free race to finish second in the IndyCar season finale, the Grand Prix of Sonoma, to race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay....
Statement from MotorSport New Zealand
A photographer has died following an incident at the Royce Watson Memorial Hanmer Rally on Saturday 1 September. The photographer was struck by a car competing in the rally, the car having travelled a considerable distance off the rally route. The competitors in the car were...
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...