Rally Bay of Plenty becomes NZRC finale
October’s Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty has replaced Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel as the final round of the 2021 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. New Zealand’s leading rally drivers will tackle some iconic stages – like Manawahe - made famous by...
MotorSport New Zealand begins tender process for Premier Race Championship Series promoter
MotorSport New Zealand has begun the tender process for the rights to promote and organise the MotorSport New Zealand Premier Race Championship Series for 2022-23 season onwards. The current promoter agreement expires at the conclusion of the upcoming 2021-22 season and as such the formal tender...
COVID-19 forces Rally Coromandel cancelation; replacement being sought
The latest COVID-19 outbreak has forced the cancellation of next month’s Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel. The country will remain in Level 4 lockdown until Friday at the earliest, while Auckland is set to stay under the highest Alert Level until Tuesday next week. Dayle ITM...
Redefined eligibility for Super Production as second season confirmed
Interest in the 2022 NZ Production Racing Championship title is gaining momentum as the category looks to race on the same grid as the TCR Championship this summer. Referred to as the Super Production Championship and class, it is expected to run a three-round series...
Preparations well underway for three-round TCR New Zealand and Super Production Championships
Following the highly successful inaugural winner-takes-all title decider at Highlands Motorsport Park in April, a three-round series to decide the 2022 TCR New Zealand and Super Production Championships will take place this summer. Both the New Zealand Touring Car (TCR) and NZ Production Car Championship...
Tony Quinn Foundation puts up $60,000 for NZ Formula Ford
The Tony Quinn Foundation is putting weight behind Formula Ford racing in New Zealand with the announcement of the biggest and most extensive prize package in the category's 50 years of history. The single-seater Formula Ford cars are seen as the most important national racing category...
Hayden Paddon seals fifth NZRC title with Rally Hawkes Bay win
Hayden Paddon claimed the 2021 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship by winning the Kennedy Park Resort Napier Rally Hawke’s Bay on Saturday in comprehensive fashion. The WRC rally winner joins Richard Mason as the most successful driver in the history of the championship...
TGRNZ welcomes Supercars test prize for Best Bars Toyota 86 champion
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has welcomed the news that the next Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship winner will also win a Supercar test with the ultra-successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team. The prize is being made available to the championship winner by the Tony Quinn...
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...