Gilchrist stamps authority on Toyota 86 field with pole
Brock Gilchrist underlined his status as a favourite for the 2023 Toyota 86 Championship with a stunning performance in qualifying at the third round of the championship at the New Zealand Grand Prix meeting at Hampton Downs. The Matakana driver needed just one warm up...
Impressive Ngatoa tops Friday testing at NZ Grand Prix
Local boy Kaleb Ngatoa was the man who turned the most heads on an interrupted day of testing ahead of this weekend’s 67thNew Zealand Grand Prix – the penultimate round of the 2023 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Wild weather that had affected New...
Trophies on the line as NAPA Auto Parts 2023 NZ Formula Ford Championship set to go
The 2023 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship is set to get underway at Hampton Downs this weekend, with three trophies up for contention. The four-round title decider will see two meetings in the North and two in the South Island with a total of...
Golden Homes GT NZ Championship Ready to Resume at Hampton Downs
After an action packed opening round at Highlands Motorsport Park in January, the battle for the Golden Homes GT NZ Championship resumes this weekend at Hampton Downs with a 26 car field of GT machines set to tackle the North Waikato Circuit. In the GT4...
2023 NZ Hillclimb Championship confirmed with backing of WinmaX
The MotorSport New Zealand Gold Star Hillclimb Championship returns in 2023 with a unique, one-weekend shootout for the title taking place over the weekend of 18 and 19 March in Lawrence, Otago, thanks to the support of WinmaX Brakes. The NZ Hillclimb Championship is one of...
TR86 drivers all set for action-packed GP weekend
After a short break, the Toyota 86 Championship battle for 2023 resumes this weekend at the 67th New Zealand Grand Prix meeting at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. In its tenth anniversary season, the championship remains as exciting, and as competitive as it ever was and this...
Twenty cars confirmed for 67th New Zealand Grand Prix
Twenty drivers will line up this weekend on the international circuit at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park with each aiming to add their name to the list of motorsport legends who have won the New Zealand Grand Prix. The field will include two further New Zealand talents...
Callum Hedge to Drive for Team Porsche New Zealand in 2023
Porsche New Zealand and Earl Bamber Motorsport have announced that Callum Hedge is confirmed to drive for Team Porsche New Zealand for another Carrera Cup Australia season in 2023. Hedge took the top Rookie honours and second place in the Michelin Junior Drivers' standings for...
ALL CHANGE AS WILLIS NOT MARTIN WINS TAUPO HISTORIC GRAND PRIX
‘To the winner go the spoils, ‘as the old sporting adage goes, and there were certainly spoils aplenty awaiting the winner of this year’s Taupō Historic Grand Prix race, Rotorua’s Brett Willis, (Lola T332) at the now Tony Quinn-owned Taupo International Motorsport Park circuit on...
Van Hoepen joins Castrol Toyota FR Oceania for final two rounds
Seventeen year old Dutch racing star Laurens van Hoepen will join the 2023 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship for the final two rounds. He’ll compete for M2 Competition and will take to the track this Thursday at the Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park for the...