Over 60 entries for Formula Ford Festival
A huge entry list of nearly 70 drivers and cars will take part in the Formula Ford Festival celebrating both the 40th anniversary of the South Island Formula Ford Club and the 50th anniversary of Formula Ford racing in New Zealand. Entries have...
Paddon wins thriller; van der Drift clinches championship
Hayden Paddon has won a thrilling final race of the Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park. Paddon may have won the battle but it was van der Drift who won the war, clinching the inaugural TCR New Zealand Championship. The drama started...
van der Drift takes back-to-back TCR New Zealand wins
Chris van der Drift has taken back-to-back race wins in the Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park. Two race wins now leaves van der Drift, racing a Track Tec Audi RS3, the favourite heading into the final race of the championship...
Chris van der Drift wins opening TCR New Zealand race
Chris van der Drift has won the opening Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand race at Highlands Motorsport Park. After starting from sixth on the grid, van der Drift quickly made his way through the field, taking the lead halfway through the 30-minute race. The drama started...
Hayden Paddon claims the first-ever TCR New Zealand pole position
Hayden Paddon, driving a Hyundai i30N, has seemingly made a smooth transition from the gravel he won on at Rally Otago last weekend to the tarmac of Highlands Motorsport Park. The rally star has claimed the first-ever Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand pole position after...
TCR & Super Production titles on the line at Highlands this weekend
The Super Production Series, incorporating both the Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand d and Production Racing Championships’ on the same grid, gets underway on Friday at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell. On the line are the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, for the TCR category,...
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...