Paddon heads to Rome aiming for championship gains
As the defending FIA European Rally Champion, Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon heads to Rally di Roma Capitale in Italy this week with a clear goal: to protect and, ideally, extend his lead in this year’s championship. Paddon took the 2024 ERC lead at the...
Louis Sharp vows to fight back after Dutch dramas
For the second time this season, Louis Sharp has lost the GB3 Championship lead as a result of another driver’s over-zealous errors. As happened last month in the reverse grid race in Belgium, the young New Zealander again was perfectly placed to increase his points...
Kiwi Young Gun Lands TCR Debut with 99motorsport
19-year-old Kiwi protege Ben Stewart will step aboard the 99motorsport Audi RS3 TCR for the upcoming round of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Queensland Raceway. After winning the inaugural TGRA86 Scholarship Shootout in 2023, Stewart took on the Trans-Tasman Challenge in TA2 machinery over...
Paddon leads ERC after Estonia
Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard now top the points-table of the 2024 FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) following a challenging weekend in wet conditions at Rally Estonia, which took place 5 to 7 July. Once again, the New Zealanders knuckled down and...
Matt Payne claims Supercars victory in Townsville
Penrite Racing rising star Matt Payne has returned to winning ways, with the Kiwi victorious in a strategy-fuelled 250km race at the NTI Townsville 500. Payne, who broke through at the VAILO Adelaide 500 last November, put a three-stop strategy to great effect in an 88-lap...
Points at ERC Estonia Paddon’s goal
The high speed roads of Rally Estonia, running 5 to 7 July, are the next challenge for New Zealand rally pairing Hayden Paddon and John Kennard where they’re aiming to finish strongly among the points. As current co-leaders of the 2024 FIA European Rally Championship...
Leitch to compete at 24 Hrs of Spa with Earl Bamber Motorsport this weekend
Brendon Leitch will return to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium this weekend (27-30 June 2024) for the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. It’s the third time competing in the world’s biggest GT3 endurance race for the Southlander and his first time competing in...
Alex Crosbie takes first US Formula 4 podium
Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie has taken his first podium in America at Round 2 of the F4 US Championship at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio this weekend. Crosbie crossed the line in third place after an extremely eventful opening race on Saturday...
Louis Sharp retakes GB3 Championship lead with stellar show in Hungary
Louis Sharp, one of the motor sport’s most promising young talents, has reclaimed the lead of the GB3 Championship after a sensational race victory at the Hungaroring, scene of next month’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The 17-year-old rising star arrived in Hungary eager to regain the top...
Alex Crosbie heads to second round of F4 US Championship
Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie returns to America this week to tackle Round 2 of the F4 US Championship at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio from 20-23 June. The two-time New Zealand Formula Ford Champion showed plenty of speed as he collected two...