Sam has the Wright stuff for a Championship challenge
Up and coming racer Sam Wright is putting the final touches to his preparations for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship and focussing firmly on having a successful season. Wright launched his campaign at the TR86 category pre-season media and test day at Hampton Downs this week,...
Chelsea Herbert takes Class One step in BNT V8s
Chelsea Herbert will graduate to class one of the BNT V8s this season when the championship gets underway at Pukekohe in November. Herbert competed in class two during the 2017/18 season, the 19-year-old becoming the first female to win a V8 Touring Car race in New...
Two from two for Foster/Reid Audi in Southern endurance battle
A second win in the Carter’s Tyres South Island Endurance Series Three Hour race for the Neil Foster/Jonny Reid Audi R8 was the result of a hard-fought battle at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park just outside of Christchurch on Saturday. Taking the win was never...
Whittaker dominates One Hour SI Endurance race in Christchurch
A five-second penalty was not enough to make a dent in the win by Mark Whittaker at the second round of the One Hour Carter’s Tyres South Island Endurance Series. Adjudged to have followed an incorrect restart procedure, Whittaker still won comfortably by 17 seconds...
Toyota 86 Championship welcomes youngest ever competitor
Cambridge youngster Connor Davison is the latest up and coming motorsport talent to confirm his entry for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship and it’s the start of what he hopes will be a productive period in the category as he transitions from karts to cars. His...
Major change to Otago Rally seeding order for 2019
The Otago Rally will go ‘back to the future’ next year with a seeding order not used since the early 2000s, and that will further enhance the excitement of the event. Rally organisers have been wanting to find a way to manage the three different rallies...
Hughes launches circuit racing career in Toyota 86 Championship
Hamilton racer Mitch Hughes is the latest driver to sign up for the Toyota 86 Championship, and he'll be in it for the long haul as preparation for following in the tyre tracks of his racing father. Mitch is the son of BNT V8's racer Lance...
Carters Tyres SI Endurance Series invades Ruapuna this weekend
The Carters Tyres SI Endurance Series hits Christchurch’s Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna this Saturday with nearly all of the top teams, drivers and cars in NZ Endurance racing set to battle it out in the annual SIERDC 3 hour endurance race. At the...
New Zealand’s F1 factory into top gear for 2019
New Zealand's 'F1 driver factory' - the Castrol Toyota Racing Series - is set to go up a gear next season when the top five finishers in the series will all gain points towards a Formula One FIA Super Licence. With Artem Markelov making his practice...
Brenton Grove crosses ditch to compete in BNT V8s
Australian V8 driver Brenton Grove will compete in the BNT V8s Championship this season, making his debut in the series at Pukekohe’s Round One – November 2-4. Grove (21) will line up in class one of the championship aboard a Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry. The...