Byers next major talent to confirm GR86 campaign
Sixteen year old Caleb Byers – another of the country’s hottest young motorsport prospects – will compete in the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship which begins at Taupo Motorsport Park next month. Byers, from Christchurch, will run with James Marshall Motorsport in the new championship, which will...
15-stage Central Machine Hire Otago Rally route set for 2025
The draft route for the 2025 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally has been released, offering competitors nearly 280 kilometres of gravel stages. As the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the rally will be based out of Dunedin on the...
Hill switches to circuit racing and aims to win in GR86
Still a student at the Kristin School in Albany, 17-year-old Cameron Hill will make the step into circuit racing with the Bridgestone GR86 Championship next season. It’s a significant step up for the kart racer but he’s had plenty of support to ensure he will be...
NextGen New Zealand Championship details announced
The New Zealand summer of motorsport is about to have a green light with the National Racing Group Promotions introducing the NextGen New Zealand Championship. For generations, Motorsport New Zealand’s Premier Race Championship lead by the Toyota Racing Series (now Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Series)...
Mallard relishing challenge to be GR86 front runner
Seventeen year old Aucklander Thomas Mallard is back for a third season in New Zealand’s leading one make one model championship and will be aiming to pick up his first season in the Toyota GR86 where he finished last season – as one of the...
Simon Hunter aiming for big first season in Bridgestone GR86 Championship
Versatile Christchurch racer Simon Hunter is the first master class racer to be confirmed for the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship, and the former Formula Ford racer is aiming to be the first to finish in the top three overall. Hunter – 38 – has a huge...
Bridgestone GR86 Championship biggest test so far for White
Winning the Tony Quinn Foundation Toyota GR86 shoot out recently could help 17 year old Christchurch Boys College racer Chris White get one step closer to his dream of racing in Supercars. Thanks to his win in the shoot-out White is making the step up to...
RaceLab to run two factory-supported GR Supra GT4 EVOs
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has confirmed a partnership with racing team RaceLab to field its two GR Supra GT4 EVO chassis in next season’s GT New Zealand Championship. This year RaceLab celebrates ten years in NZ motorsport and during that time has been actively...
Morton and iMac aiming to turn heads in fourth season together
Will Morton is the latest driver to confirm a full campaign in the forthcoming Bridgestone GR86 Championship and the 22 year old Auckland racer is aiming big in his fourth season of racing. Three seasons of the Toyota 86 Championship saw Morton start from basics...
Podium Finish for Young at Rally Bay of Plenty
Driving a Toyota Yaris AP4 supported by Dunlop Tyres, Mike Young and co-driver Amy Hudson finished second and first in class at last weekend's Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty. Young started conservatively, building his pace through the day and moving from 5th to 3rd, then...