Clock ticking for Ryco 24•7 V8 Utes showdown
The countdown is on to the final of the RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes Championship and with one round of four to go, the field of 14 plus drivers are raring to go at Hampton Downs in September. The spectacular big machines are back in action...
2021 New Zealand Rally Championship calendar taking shape
The first four events of the 2021 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship have been confirmed and will be a replica of what was planned for the 2020 season. The season will start with the Otago Rally on April 16-18 before heading north to...
New Zealand Hillclimb Championship adds new Cross Car Championship
Cross Cars will be an exciting addition to the MotorSport New Zealand Hillclimb Championship when it gets underway in September this year. Cross Car competitors will have the chance to vie for the New Zealand Cross Car Championship in the introduction year and the overall...
Chelsea Herbert: “Breaking my back was only a hurdle, not a road block”
New Zealand racing driver Chelsea Herbert has been putting the last few months to good use and is now '95%' healed after her Castrol TRS crash at Teretonga Park back in January. The popular racer (21) is now itching to get back behind the wheel and...
McGovern finally wins Porsche Championship
After five consecutive years of Championship runner-up placings in the Pirelli Porsche NZ Championship, Auckland’s Brian McGovern finally claimed the elusive Motorsport Porsche Championship at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo. In a unique event attended by the Pirelli Porsche Race Series and a large number...
Toyota 86 Championship decider confirmed
The 2019-20 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship season will conclude on the track, not off it. The championship, one of the most closely fought over the past New Zealand racing season, was all set for a grandstand finish with both Kiwi Peter Vodanovich and Australian Jaylyn...
BNT V8s Declare Championship – Heimgartner Takes Title Number Two
Due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the postponement and cancellation of the last two Rounds, the BNT V8s in consultation with Motorsport New Zealand have decided to declare under ‘Force Majure’ the 2019/20 Championship, announcing Andre Heimgartner as the champion for the season. Heimgartner...
Road to Indy continues links to Castrol TRS
The Road to Indy series will enjoy enhanced scholarship prizes as the sport in the USA starts its post-Covid 19 journey - and that will include the continuation of the series' links with the Castrol Toyota Racing Series as well as the potential to test...
Porsche power for Connor Adam at Taupo
February 16th Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon was the last time that Connor Adam was in a race car for ‘real’ before the arrival of the COVID-19 Virus in New Zealand and the halt to the planned final event for the Toyota 86 Season. Nearly four months...
Rally New Zealand look towards the future after WRC event cancelled
Rally New Zealand organisers today confirmed that the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship event in and around Auckland in September has been cancelled due to the ongoing challenges with the Covid-19 pandemic. With three months until the planned return of the WRC event, but with...