Porsche Switch for Marco Giltrap
Marco Giltrap will take the step from a Toyota TR86 and slot into a Porsche 991 Cup Car in the Open Class of the upcoming 2023 GT New Zealand Championship. Giltrap finished the 2022 Toyota TR86 Championship in third spot, just behind Giltrap Racing...
McFarlane and AMG GT4 Confirm Entry for GT New Zealand Championship
Jono McFarlane will race his Mercedes-Benz AMG GT4 in the upcoming season of the NZ GT Championship. Relatively new to motorsport, McFarlane was a late starter to last season’s GT4 Championship with the late arrival of his Mercedes AMG into the country in January, but...
Fillmore & Reid take the title in Three-Hour NZ Endurance Championship
Sam Fillmore and Jonny Reid have won the 2022 Three-Hour New Zealand Endurance Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell on Saturday (29 October 2022) after both their rivals and the weather did their utmost to stymie their charge. Second home was the Glenn Smith/Damon...
Finalists chosen for Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Shoot-out
The Hampton Downs New Zealand Racing Academy (NDNZRA) has chosen the three finalists that will race off for this year's Toyota 86 Championship prize package in a one-day shoot-out on November 9th. The successful winner will receive a cash prize of $37,500 towards a season...
Orr-West poised for best season yet in Toyota 86
Whakatane’s Christina Orr-West is hoping to make it third time lucky in the chase for one of New Zealand motorsport's most closely contested series, the Toyota 86 Championship. After two solid seasons in the Toyota 86 Championship where she grabbed the occasional eye-catching result, Christina is...
Cromie Returns to Defend GT4 Title
Reigning GT4 Champion, Nigel Cromie is eager to strap back into his McLaren 570S when the GT New Zealand Championship gets underway at Cromwell’s Highlands Motorsport Park in January. Cromie was somewhat a revelation in 2022, with minimal circuit racing experience, he managed to clinch...
2023 NZ Rally Championship calendar locked in
The Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship will return to Coromandel and Bay of Plenty in 2023 with the calendar now confirmed. After a couple of seasons disrupted by COVID-19 and a 2022 season that featured a double-round at Repco Rally New Zealand, the...
Biggest ever screen audience likely for Toyota’s 2023 NZ championships
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ is hoping both its first post Covid pandemic international Castrol TRS championship and its Toyota 86 series will reach more global viewers than ever before. The 2023 TRS championship, which is already attracting some of the top names in junior formulae motorsport...
F4 star Shehan to step up to Castrol TRS for 2023
Multiple United States Formula 4 race winner and championship contender Ryan Shehan is the latest high quality rising star to be confirmed for the 2023 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The 17 year old driver from Austin currently sits fourth in the championship chase, having had a...
Landmark live TV deal confirmed as 2023 Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship takes shape
The 2023 Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship is quickly taking shape as the summer of racing approaches, with an exciting new live TV deal confirmed. “Super Sprint” has also been confirmed as the new name for the Motorsport New Zealand Premier Race Championship, with...