Podium for Sharp at NZ Formula First Championship finale
Rookie Louis Sharp has finished the Hi-Q Components 2020/21 NZ Formula First Championship on a high with four top-five results at the eighth and final round held at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo. Having qualified fifth fastest, the Christchurch teenager went on...
Pettigrew Breaks Record On Debut
Young stars Ari Pettigrew (22) and Samantha Gray (26) had a strong debut in their BMW 318Ti at the New Zealand Rally Championships opening round, Otago Rally, in category 3 (open 2wd). The pairing were untouchable on the Saturday with just under a 1:30 on competitors....
Second Ginetta to line up at Highlands this weekend in Super Production
A second Ginetta will join the grid for this weekend’s 2021 Super Production Championship winner-takes-all round to be held at Highlands Motorsport Park, 23-24 April 2021. Local Garry ‘Pricey’ Price is keen to give his G50 3.5 litre V6 a run at his home track...
Ronan Murphy joins Track Tec Racing for NZ Formula Ford Festival
Ronan Murphy will compete in the NZ Formula Ford Festival with Track Tec Racing at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna on 30 April - 1 May. Murphy joins the team alongside Leo Scott in the brand new Ray GR20 and is excited about the opportunity...
TCR ‘Young Guns’ confident of being competitive at Highlands
They might be up against drivers that have made international careers in tin-top racing and have full trophy cabinets but when the lights go green at the Highlands Motorsport Park for the TCR New Zealand Championship 23-24 April, this will matter little to several of...
Allweld Manufacturing backing TCR New Zealand Championship
In just a few days’ time the winner-takes-all Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand Championship gets underway at Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell, 23-24 April. Joining the category in a support role is Allweld Manufacturing Pty Ltd, based in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. “It’s great to...
Paul Manuell wins V8 Utes Championship in Taupō thriller
Coming into the final round of the RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Racing championship, Paul Manuell had a big lead. Yet some rising stars and seasoned veterans who’d surfaced for the Taupo event were ready to pounce. The mayhem began with the reverse-grid Race 2 as the...
Paddon survives carnage to win Otago
International star Hayden Paddon won the Winmax Otago Rally on Sunday and took round honours in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship opener. Paddon largely avoided the carnage that befell the majority of the field as the two-day event on fast, flowing roads...
Rowan Shepherd is the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 champion
Rowan Shepherd has won the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship after a mesmerising final race at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupo. Shepherd needed to finish second behind race winner Simon Evans and did exactly that, despite Evans trying everything he could to force attacks...
Chris Symon completes NZ Formula First Championship win
Chris Symon has consummated his Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship win by winning the final race of the season at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. Symon won by a considerable margin after Liam Foster was swamped by Leo Scott and a bunch of rookies on...