South Island return confirmed for 2022 Toyota Racing Series
Plans are taking shape for the 18th season of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ has this week confirmed the championship will begin mid-January and will include a return to the South Island. The 67th New Zealand Grand Prix will also once...
Paddon masters South Canterbury in drama-filled day
Hayden Paddon has won the Stadium Finance Rally South Canterbury and in doing so put one hand on the 2021 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. The Hyundai New Zealand driver blitzed the field again in what proved yet another drama-filled and chaotic event...
NZ Formula Ford Championship management statement
MotorSport New Zealand has confirmed that the North Island Formula Ford and South Island Formula Ford clubs will jointly manage the NZ Formula Ford Championship for the next three seasons. A long-term agreement between the two clubs and MotorSport New Zealand has been signed. The agreement...
TGRNZ confirms more Toyota FT60 test dates
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has confirmed an extensive list of test dates at Hampton Downs with its current Toyota FT60 TRS car over the coming months as it continues its programme ahead of the 2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. TGRNZ has already run a successful...
Paddon wins Rally Whangarei despite late puncture
Even a final stage puncture couldn’t prevent Hayden Paddon from winning the International Rally of Whangarei presented by Mark Cromie Motor Group on Sunday. The former WRC star cruised to victory by four minutes and nine seconds despite dropping three minutes on the final stage to...
Thomson excited by Whangarei return
Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson will return to the northernmost round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Mark Cromie Motor Group International Rally of Whangarei, excited to get back on the spectacular cambered roads after a COVID-enforced lay off in 2020. Not only...
Paddon looks to hold off chasing bunch at Whangarei
The country’s leading rally drivers descend on the roads of Northland this week for the International Rally of Whangarei brought to you by Mark Cromie Motor Group. Two years after they were last used, the highly cambered and challenging gravel roads north and south-west of the...
FT60 leaves drivers wanting more after Ruapuna test
The Castrol Toyota Racing Series made a giant step back to normality this week when it welcomed its first international driver since the pandemic for an official test of its FT60 car – and a successful day left all eager for more track time. Aussie young...
Ruapuna and TR86 a winning formula for test day drivers
A dozen of the country's top young racers enjoyed their first taste of the Toyota 86 at Ruapuna today and all left impressed and in no doubt why the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship remains one of the most hotly-contested in the Southern hemisphere. The field...
Douglas looks forward to TRS test after strong final NZ Formula Ford round
Christchurch’s Jacob Douglas will take the next step in his motor racing career this week with a one-day test in a Toyota Racing Series FT60. This opportunity comes on the back of a strong final New Zealand Formula Ford championship round at the Mike...