Four-way contest for Toyota 86 shoot-out
Four budding race car drivers will face off for a $37,500 cash prize this coming week in the Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Toyota 86 shoot-out. All four are committed to racing in the 2023/24 New Zealand Toyota 86 championship for the identical 86 sport coupes...
Route released for 2024 Otago Rally
Eight months ahead of next year’s event, organisers of the 2024 Otago Rally have released the final rally route. Locked in for April 12 and 13 next year, the rally will head south of Dunedin for 275 kilometres of fast gravel road stages – only 12km...
Hayden Paddon top seed entry for Manawatu’s Daybreaker Rally
Recently crowned FIA European Rally Champions Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard will start as first car for the 22-23 September Daybreaker Rally – powered by Brian Green Properties. The pair will lead a field of 100 cars, contesting 150km of the Manawatu and Rangitikei district...
Shane van Gisbergen confirms entry to September’s Daybreaker Rally 2023
Current Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen has entered for the 22-23 September Brian Green Properties Daybreaker Rally – a 150km competition across roads in the Manawatu and Rangitikei districts. The fourth and penultimate round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC),...
Horan triumphs in dramatic Rally South Canterbury
Raana Horan has taken a second career win in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship after a dramatic ending to the third round at South Canterbury. Horan inherited the lead in his Generator Rental Services Skoda Fabia Rally 2 when rally leader...
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand makes giant stride towards carbon neutral motorsport
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand will continue its journey towards a more sustainable motorsport future for its two categories in Aotearoa following a successful dyno test programme with carbon-neutral fuel in its Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship engine. TGRNZ sourced a small supply of...
Daybreaker Rally returns as 2023 NZRC calendar is set
A return of the Manawatu-based Daybreaker Rally has been confirmed as the now five-round Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship is set. With extreme weather events earlier this year forcing Rally Hawke’s Bay and Rally Coromandel off the 2023 calendar, championship organisers have been...
Ken Block Memorial trophy winner still beaming
Visibly stunned when announced as the inaugural recipient of the Ken Block Memorial trophy at the 2023 International Rally of Whangarei, Auckland’s Raana Horan shared insight into the moment. Awarded on Sunday 14 May in memory of the late Block for like-manship conduct, Horan let...
Paddon wins 2023 International Rally of Whangārei
Cromwell’s Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard have won the 2023 International Rally of Whangārei in their Hyundai i20N Rally 2 car, finishing 3min35 ahead of Ben Hunt and Tony Rawstorn (Skoda) while Rana Horan and Michael Connor finished third (Skoda). The fourth round of...
Last Stage Heartbreak for Young in Whangarei
Mike Young and co-driver Amy Hudson survived a dramatic Rally of Whangarei where less than half field finished but the event had it's own challenges for the Cusco Toyota C-HR team. On the third stage of the day Young clipped a tree on the outside of...