Ten Kiwis add to Phillip Island F5000 trans-Tasman event
Of the 21 Formula 5000 cars competing at Australia’s Phillip Island Classic this weekend (8-10 March 2024) will be ten from the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series. The fourth event on the 2023/24 calendar it is one of multiple off-shore adventures the...
Dunedin’s Ross wins first F5000 race at SKOPE weekend
Saturday 3 February: The first of three races at the 2024 SKOPE Classic weekend at Christchurch’s Euromarque Motorsport Park was won by Steve Ross in the car originally campaigned by US based Quicksilver Racing. Contesting the third round of the 2023/2024 season the field of...
F5000s race to the South Island for the Skope Classic this weekend
The thundering SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series touches down in Christchurch for this weekend (2-4 February) running of the Skope Classic at the Euromarque Motorsport Park. Two weeks on from their showing at the Historic GP at Taupō the journey to...
Historic GP title won by Steve Ross
It was the 50-year-old McRae GM-1 of Dunedin’s Steve Ross that triumphed at today’s Historic GP title – contested by the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series. The final of three races held at the Taupō International Motorsport Park, today’s 10-lap race...
Rain spoils F5000 party at Taupō International Motorsport Park
Today’s eight-lap race for the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series sat under a rain cloud, as the opening round of the 2024 season began at the Taupō International Motorsport Park. Just as the grid of 10 cars took to the circuit...
Historic marvels at Taupō’s Super Sprint MotorSport NZ Championship event
Taupō roars to life this weekend (19-21 January) as host of the annual Historic GP in conjunction with the Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship premiere series. The second of seven for the 2024 season, this weekend combines two worlds with the historic era alongside the...
Formula 5000 winner to claim 2024 Historic GP title at Taupō
The return of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series for the 2024 season includes the Historic GP title – being awarded this weekend at the Taupō International Motorsport Park 19-21 January. Akin to a Grand Prix, the Historic GP is an...
Banks the victor following bruising F5000 racing at Manfeild
Sunday’s two races for the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series was far from plain sailing for the 10-strong field – except for Auckland’s David Banks, taking a win and a second. The first of four rounds on the 2023-2024 calendar, the...
F5000 season opening race starts in style at Manfeild
It was a fighting finish at today’s opening race of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series, with the Talon MR1A of Grant Martin taking the chequered flag 0.6sec ahead of the Lola T332 of Kevin Ingram. The afternoon six-lap race opens...
Fogg’s Mustang returns to compete in Australia
The ever-popular Black & Gold J. A. Russell Ltd 1970 Fastback Mustang is returning to compete in Australia in the hands of its Kiwi owner Angus Fogg. Having last raced across the ditch at Mount Panorama in 2019, Fogg is keen to compete again,...