NZ Women in Motorsport ambassador scheme launched
MotorSport New Zealand, through its Women in Motorsport Advisory Commission, has revealed an ambassador scheme designed to raise the visibility of women in New Zealand motorsport. New Zealand’s Women in Motorsport Commission stems from a similar initiative at global level when the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile...
MotorSport NZ secures contract to bring TCR to New Zealand
MotorSport New Zealand has reached an agreement with WSC Ltd, the global rights holders of Touring Car Racing (TCR), to introduce a national TCR series in New Zealand in 2020. The TCR concept was developed by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti in 2014 as a cost-effective...
MotorSport NZ completes race strategy review
MotorSport New Zealand has recently completed a comprehensive review of its strategy for top-level saloon car race categories in New Zealand. “The review sets in place a strategic direction for top-level circuit racing for the immediate and medium future,” says MotorSport NZ President Wayne Christie, who has just announced that...
Wairarapa hosts MotorSport NZ ClubSport Championship
The Wairarapa Car Club is hosting MotorSport New Zealand’s ClubSport Championship over the weekend of 16 and 17 March. The NZ ClubSport Championship incorporates three very popular grassroots motorsport disciplines which form the basis of many New Zealand motorsport club events: · Motorkhana – an entry level...
Canterbury hosts NZ Hillclimb Championship final
Two Christchurch-based car clubs are jointly hosting the final round of the 2018-19 MotorSport NZ Hillclimb Championship over the weekend of 9-10 February. Ratec Motorsport Inc hosts the first day of competition on the Saturday with a tarmac road hillclimb at Little River, Banks Peninsula. The...
Toyota Racing NZ management decision understandable
MotorSport New Zealand President Wayne Christie says the decision by Toyota Racing New Zealand to cancel the remaining qualifying sessions and races scheduled for the second round of the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series at Teretonga Park today (Sunday) is understandable given the forecast high...
Dixon and McLaughlin champion motorsport in Halberg Awards
Two New Zealand motorsport stars – five-time IndyCars champion Scott Dixon and the 2018 Australian Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin – have been selected as finalists for the Sportsman of the Year title in the 56th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards. The prestigious awards celebrate and honour sporting...
MotorSport New Zealand appoints new Competitions Manager
MotorSport New Zealand has appointed Elton Goonan as the organisation’s Competitions Manager. The Competitions Manager is a new role within the small MotorSport NZ team, and expands the regulatory and administrative responsibilities previously covered by the Sporting Manager. Among other tasks, the Competitions Manager is tasked...
Volunteers vital to New Zealand motorsport
The contributions of hundreds of volunteers at motorsport events across the country every weekend are being recognised by MotorSport New Zealand today, 5 December, for International Volunteer Day. “Our volunteers are the lifeblood of New Zealand motorsport,” says Wayne Christie, President of MotorSport New Zealand. “They...
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...