NZ Formula Ford title battle heats up at Hampton Downs this weekend
With two rounds remaining in the 2025 Napa Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship there are just 73-points covering the top four competitors. Heading to the penultimate round at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park this weekend, Palmerston North's Blake Dowdall has a 38-point advantage...
Titles to be decided at Hampton Downs in Summerset GT New Zealand Finale
Four rounds down, four different circuits, 12 races won – the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship will be decided this weekend at Hampton Downs for the final round of the 2024/25 season. At the top of the Open Class points table the title looks like it...
Bridgestone GR86 battle set to resume at Hampton Downs
Battle resumes for championship honours in the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship this weekend around the Hampton Downs National Circuit – and it’s a crucial weekend with just two rounds to go. The impressive Hayden Bakkerus is playing the classic Toyota 86 Championship strategy well and leads...
Colin Clark returns to the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally
Internationally renowned rally journalist and presenter, Colin Clark, will return as a special guest of the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally in April. Known the world over as ‘The Voice of Rally’, the Scotsman has a large fan base on various forms of social media, and...
Two winners of 2025 Otago Rally scholarship
An influx of quality applications has seen the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally award scholarships go to two up-and-coming young rally drivers. Choosing a single winner from the 15 applications wasn’t an easy task, and eventually, Cromwell’s Terri Taylor and North Canterbury’s Harri Silcock were chosen...
Dowdall extends lead in NZ Formula Ford Championship at Highlands
Blake Dowdall has increased his lead in the 2025 Napa Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship after the second round held at the NZ Grand Prix weekend in Cromwell. Two wins and a fourth placing has given the Palmerston North teenager a 38-point lead...
Champion crowned and history made at 69th Running of the New Zealand Grand Prix
History was made, and a champion crowned as the 69th Running of the New Zealand Grand Prix took centre stage at Round 6 of the NextGen New Zealand Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park. Supercars champion Will Brown became the first Australian to win the New Zealand...
Armstrong retakes GT New Zealand Championship lead at Highlands – Exton in control in GT4
Rick Armstrong has re-taken the lead of the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park this weekend. McLaren driver William Exton put on another dominate display taking two wins and second placing across the weekend’s three races in the GT4 Class. While Marco Giltrap took...
Brown unstoppable in New Zealand Grand Prix
Australian Will Brown put his name in the record books with a fine victory in the 69th New Zealand Grand Prix this afternoon. He became the first Australian since Warwick Brown in 1975 to win, steering his Giles Motorsport Toyota FT60 to a two...
Back-to-back Bethune arrives in championship hunt
Josh Bethune made it two from two today at Highlands, putting him back in the chase for the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship. Starting from pole position, the Right Karts by M2 Competition driver made a clean getaway and led into the first turn with championship...