Brendon Leitch joins Tigani Motorsport for Gulf 12 Hours
Tigani Motorsport has confirmed New Zealand’s Brendon Leitch will join its star-studded line-up for the Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours at the Yas Marina Circuit on December 12-14. Leitch will race the team’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the first time, adding the German marque to an impressive portfolio...
Jones back in final five in TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program
Kiwi rally star Zeal Jones is once again aiming to secure a place in Toyota’s world rally programme as a stepping stone to becoming one of the top-level competitors in the FIA World Rally Championship. Jones has made the final ‘cut’ of just five drivers...
Paddon and Kennard keep focus for ARC Adelaide rally
Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are staying focused on learning new stages and delivering the best result they can when they contest the Adelaide Hills Rally in their Hyundai i20 Rally 2 car. Running 3 to 5 October in South Australia, this...
Homegrown World Champion to compete at Teretonga
New Zealand has produced only a small number of world motor racing champions in various classes over the years and of that number Southland can count one. That driver, Brendon Leitch, is returning to his roots to race a Lamborghini Huracan EVO 1 in Round...
Pole, race win and lap record for Bewley at the Bend
Kiwi teenager Tom Bewley turned in another outstanding rookie performance in the Australian Porsche Sprint Challenge championship at The Bend last weekend, with another pole position, his third lap record of the season and a race win. After a devastating crash on the streets of Townsville...
Louis Sharp reflects on the positives as maiden FIA Formula 3 season concludes
Louis Sharp’s first FIA Formula 3 Championship season – run as part of the Formula 1 support programme – came to a frustrating end with an engine issue during the concluding round at Monza, staged ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. Sharp entered F3 full of...
Angus Fogg Mustang returns to Australia for double-header
One of New Zealand’s most recognisable muscle cars is heading back across the Tasman, as Angus Fogg and his iconic Black & Gold J. A. Russell Ltd 1970 Fastback Mustang return to compete in the Touring Car Masters (TCM) as a support category at two...
Bewley aims to close the gap at the penultimate round of the Porsche Sprint Challenge championship
Hawkes Bay teenager Tom Bewley aims to regain lost ground when the Australian Porsche Sprint Challenge championship heads to the Adelaide based circuit The Bend this weekend for a condensed two days of competition. Bewley held down second place in the series all season up until...
Matt McCutcheon: From Speedway to Supercars and Back Again
When the Tony Quinn Foundation launched in 2021, one of the very first drivers it backed wasn’t a karter-turned-circuit-racer, but a Speedway kid from Western Springs. Matt McCutcheon’s journey is anything but traditional - from his father’s Midget racing roots to a Formula Ford title,...
Third consecutive ARC win for Paddon and Kennard
Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard secured their third win in a row in the 2025 EROAD Australian Rally Championship (ARC) at the Gippsland Rally in eastern Victoria, which ran 22-24 August. The New Zealanders finished the 216.6 km of competition across two...