Sid Hirst claims 25th Tarata Cup
Sid Hirst claimed the 25th running of Sporting Trials NZ's Tarata Cup event. held the 25th Tarata Cup event at Tarata, 30kms east of Inglewood, Taranaki were it has always been held. Sporting Trials is a very inexpensive form of motorsport that involves driving purpose-built, lightweight...
FROM UKRAINE TO ISRAEL TO TERETONGA PARK
Maks Butensko is new to the Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship at Teretonga Park this season and he has embarked on quite a journey to get there. Maks was born in Ukraine but moved to Israel when just 11-years-old. After spending time in...
Sporting Trials New Zealand celebrates 25th Anniversary of TARATA CUP
Sporting Trials New Zealand is holding the 25th Anniversary of the coveted TARATA CUP event on the 12th November this year, after having to postpone it twice due to covid. Sporting Trials is an event where drivers drive purpose built 2WD vehicals up seemingly impossable grassy...
Paddon wins Ashley Forest Rallysprint in all-electric Hyundai Kona
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon piloted the Hyundai Kona EV rally car to its second victory at the Ashley Forest Rallysprint, 1.7km gravel hillclimb which took place north of Christchurch on 17 and 18 September. At just its second event, the all-electric Hyundai Kona developed...
Hayden Paddon ready to electrify Ashley Forest Rallysprint
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon is taking the Hyundai Kona EV rally car into competition for just the second time at the Ashley Forest Rallysprint taking place over the weekend of 17 and 18 September. Paddon won the short, intense 1.7 km gravel hillclimb near Rangiora...
Welcoming, affordable and fun ClubSport at Teretonga Park
A new season of entry-level ClubSport is underway at Teretonga Park in Invercargill and there has never been a better time to give grassroots motorsport a go. The Southland Sports Car Club run a six-round championship sponsored by Evolution Motorsport each year with each round consisting...
Youth shining at ClubSport in Southland
Drivers as young as twelve years old can compete in entry level motorsport and once again this season several youngsters have demonstrated extraordinary talent during the Evolution Motorsport ClubSport season at Teretonga Park. The latest was Nieko Scoles who competed in the recent ClubSport Triathlon at...
Kings grass autocross returns
Grass roots motorsport in the wide, open spaces of a farm paddock. That is the recipe when the Southland Sports Car Club, in association with Evolution Motorsport, hold their annual Kings Grass Autocross 2022 at the King family farm at 136 King Road, Rakahouka on...
Southland Sports Car Club’s ClubSport Championship resumes
CLUBSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP RESUMES The Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship resumes at Teretonga Park on Sunday (30 January) when the fifth and penultimate round of the championship takes place. The championship involves entry level motorsport with cars setting their best times over set courses and each round consists...
Ladies & Youth Autocross great way to get involved
The Eastern Southland Car Club will hold another of their popular Ladies and Under 18 Youth Promotions on Saturday 13 November at 292 Paterson Road, Waimumu. The day gives ladies and youngsters an opportunity to have a go at grassroots motorsport in the form of a...