Whangarei win gives Paddon second FIA championship for 2024
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon secured his ninth win at the International Rally of Whangarei, with Christchurch co-driver Jared Hudson in the Hyundai NZ i20N Rally2 car, to also win the 2024 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. This is the second time Paddon has won...
Brendon Leitch in awe of Australia’s “mini Nurburgring”
Brendon Leitch will close out his first Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS campaign at one of the world’s most iconic circuits, Mount Panorama. The New Zealander is set to race at the famed circuit for the first time on November 8-10 at the Supercheap...
Dominant win ends Crosbie’s F4 US Championship campaign
Seventeen-year-old Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie scored a dominant win in the final race of the F4 US Championship at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas on Saturday morning (US time) to put the icing on his campaign. Crosbie started from pole position...
Hayden Paddon confirmed for first ever Team NZ entry to Race of Champions
New Zealand’s most successful rally driver, Hayden Paddon, has been confirmed as one of the stars of next year’s Race Of Champions (ROC) event, set to take place at Sydney’s Accor Stadium in Olympic Park from March 7-8, 2025. Following his landmark achievement as the...
Alex Crosbie prepared for Circuit of the Americas challenge
Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie was more interested than most while watching television coverage of the recent Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit Of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. That is because the 17-year-old Southlander will be racing at the iconic...
Louis Sharp proud of his performance in quest for coveted accolade
As one the four finalists in this year’s Silverstone Autosport BRDC Award, rising star Louis Sharp has just savoured a stellar shoot-out for one of the most prestigious prizes in junior motorsport. Underlining its importance, previous winners of this highly-prized 'Young Driver of the Year'...
A weekend of growth for Jaxon Evans at ‘home’ on the Gold Coast
Jaxon Evans has hailed improvement of confidence and car development following the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, his ‘home’ event. Evans is a long-time resident of the Gold Coast and continued his improvement as demonstrated by finishing 15th in Sunday’s 250km test. Although a short layout, its...
Podium for Bray at FIA Kartsport Champs as Kiwi drivers shine in the rain
Kiwi kartsport driver Daniel Bray has finished within a whisker of winning the KZ2 Masters world title, finishing second at the FIA Karting Championship KZ2 Masters World Championship in Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal. Bray crossed the line just 0.489 seconds behind winner Anthony Abbasse...
Kiwi teen Jacob Douglas Shines in USF Pro 2000 Test at IMS
Kiwi teenager Jacob Douglas made a statement of intent in the USF Pro Championships Fall Combine over the weekend, featuring near the top of the time sheets in each of his five sessions. Douglas joined Pabst Racing for the USF Pro 2000 test and completed 94...
Jaxon Evans eager to keep momentum up on the Gold Coast
The penultimate round for the Repco Supercars Championship on the Gold Coast brings happy memories for SCT Motorsport’s Jaxon Evans. Evans’ current home base, the Gold Coast, was the scene of his Porsche Carrera Cup Australia title win in 2018, which set him up for a...