Cyclone Gabrielle’s effects still being felt as F5000 field prepares for penultimate 2022/23 Series Round at Pukekohe this weekend
Before ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle cut a swathe from Northland and Auckland down through the East Coast of the North Island, as far south as Hawke’s Bay on Monday night and Tuesday morning a week ago now, the organisers of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000...
Blackmun wins special race at Star Insure Classic SpeedFest
Todd Blackmun was the inaugural winner of the Brian Crosbie Memorial Trophy at the Star Insure Classic SpeedFest at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, this weekend. The trophy remembers one of Southland’s best saloon car drivers who passed away recently. It was donated by Brian’s family and...
LOCAL F5000 CARS/DRIVERS SWEEP THE FLOOR AT SKOPE CLASSIC MEETING IN CHRISTCHURCH OVER THE WEEKEND.
They came, they saw, and at the 33rd Skope Classic motor racing meeting at Christchurch’s freshly re-named Euromarque (nee Mike Pero) Motorsport Park (Ruapuna) over the weekend, local driver Michael Collins (Leda GM1 001) and fellow Mainlander Steve Ross (McRae GM1 009) conquered, sweeping all...
ALL CHANGE AS WILLIS NOT MARTIN WINS TAUPO HISTORIC GRAND PRIX
‘To the winner go the spoils, ‘as the old sporting adage goes, and there were certainly spoils aplenty awaiting the winner of this year’s Taupō Historic Grand Prix race, Rotorua’s Brett Willis, (Lola T332) at the now Tony Quinn-owned Taupo International Motorsport Park circuit on...
‘The Feilding Flier’ is back and looking for more wins at Taupo this month
It was definitely ‘a long time between drinks’ for the fastest qualifier and winner of the first SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race of the weekend, Feilding man Kevin Ingram (Lola T332), at the third and final round of the 2021/22...
Greg Murphy & Paul Radisich to start at George Begg Festival 2023
They’re two of the biggest names in modern-day motorsport here in New Zealand: and Greg Murphy and Paul Radisich are set to start at Invercargill’s George Begg Festival. The retro motorsport event will be held at the city’s Teretonga Park from 30 March – 2 April,...
Tickets to George Begg Festival 2023 on sale now!
It’s already one of the most hotly-anticipated retro racing events of the year: and now tickets to the George Begg Festival 2023 are on sale. The event, set to be held at Invercargill’s Teretonga Park from 30 March – 2 April, is billed as ‘racing like...
Lola’s T332 again the F5000 to beat on NZ tracks
Lola’s iconic T332 is back in the winner’s circle at rounds of New Zealand’s world-reknowned SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series. This time it was at the opening round of the 20th anniversary series for the ever-popular stock-block V8-powered historic ‘wings &...
Ingram gets his 2022/23 NZ F5000 Series off to a great start at Manfeild
Local ‘second-time-around’ racer Kevin Ingram (Lola T332)got his 2022/23 SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series campaign off to a great start with an absolutely dominant pole-to-chequered-flag win in the first race of the new season at the big MG Classic historic motor racing...
NZ based F5000 Motor Racing Series ‘Just seems to get better with age’
Like a world-class New Zealand wine, the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series, which kicks off it’s 20th anniversary season at the big MG Classic motor racing meeting at Feilding’s Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon this weekend, just seems to get better...