Entries open for MotorSport New Zealand Hillclimb Championship opener
Entries are open for the first round of the 2020-21 MotorSport New Zealand Hillclimb Championship. Along with the traditional classes, the championship will see the exciting addition of the Cross Car Hillclimb Championship being awarded alongside those national championships. The Marlborough Car Club hosts the championship’s...
Orr-West move to Toyota 86 sets challenge for young guns
One of the country's best ever female racers will make her Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship debut at the season finale at Hampton Downs, ahead of a full campaign in the category next season. Christina Orr-West will race the ex-Jordan Baldwin machine for Dayle ITM Racing...
Strong interest for the 2020/21 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand is seeing unprecedented interest in its 2020-2021 Best Bars Championship from a wide range of motorsports. The Toyota 86 series in New Zealand has been acknowledged for several seasons now as the premier domestic saloon car category for drivers to test...
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand statement about the Toyota Racing Series
Yesterday it was reported by Velocity News that the Toyota Racing Series would not be travelling to the South Island for the 2021 season. This commentary was made by Speed Works Events, who is the summer motorsport series promoter, and does not represent the opinion...
Busy testing week for NZ TRS hopefuls
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ (TGRNZ) had a busy two days of testing this week at Hampton Downs as some of New Zealand's best young drivers got to grips with the championship's previous series car, the Toyota FT50. Experienced racer Tayler Cockerton, meanwhile, ran both days of...
Clock ticking for Ryco 24•7 V8 Utes showdown
The countdown is on to the final of the RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes Championship and with one round of four to go, the field of 14 plus drivers are raring to go at Hampton Downs in September. The spectacular big machines are back in action...
2021 New Zealand Rally Championship calendar taking shape
The first four events of the 2021 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship have been confirmed and will be a replica of what was planned for the 2020 season. The season will start with the Otago Rally on April 16-18 before heading north to...
New Zealand Hillclimb Championship adds new Cross Car Championship
Cross Cars will be an exciting addition to the MotorSport New Zealand Hillclimb Championship when it gets underway in September this year. Cross Car competitors will have the chance to vie for the New Zealand Cross Car Championship in the introduction year and the overall...
Chelsea Herbert: “Breaking my back was only a hurdle, not a road block”
New Zealand racing driver Chelsea Herbert has been putting the last few months to good use and is now '95%' healed after her Castrol TRS crash at Teretonga Park back in January. The popular racer (21) is now itching to get back behind the wheel and...
McGovern finally wins Porsche Championship
After five consecutive years of Championship runner-up placings in the Pirelli Porsche NZ Championship, Auckland’s Brian McGovern finally claimed the elusive Motorsport Porsche Championship at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo. In a unique event attended by the Pirelli Porsche Race Series and a large number...