Lawson receives grant from TQ Foundation
Formula 2 driver Liam Lawson is the first international driver to receive support from the Tony Quinn Foundation. Established to assist young Kiwi drivers on the global stage, the TQF is part of a family of supporting sponsors who are joining Red Bull and Rodin...
Scoles and Byers Take Wins in Action Packed Rodin Cars Super GT Series Round
It was action aplenty in the opening round of the Rodin Cars Super GT Series at Highlands Motorsport Park this weekend. It was a tough start to the weekend for the new series with Saturday afternoon’s race one abandoned after a lengthy red-flag period. Pole...
Simon Evans takes second win and early series lead
Simon Evans has won the final race and the round at Highlands Motorsport Park to take an early series lead in the 2022 Toyota 86 Championship. A sizeable hit to the wall with two laps to go for rookie Sam Cotterill, unfortunately, meant the final race...
Veteran Penny turns back the clock for Race 2 victory
Veteran John Penny - the oldest competitor in this season's Toyota 86 Championship - took his second ever victory in the category with a win in a shortened second race at the Highlands Motorsport Park today. Two race stoppages - the second a race ending red...
Evans strikes first with Highlands win
Pole position holder Simon Evans was unstoppable in the first race of the Toyota 86 Championship today, racing away from Justin Allen to win at Highlands Motorsport Park. Evans was untroubled throughout the race in his Wet & Forget car, building a lead of almost two...
Toyota 86 Championship ready for biggest ever season
It’s been a tough build up to the start of what will be the biggest ever Toyota 86 Championship, but there’s no doubt the long wait before the season finally gets underway will be worth it. A total of twenty two cars should take the start...
27-Strong Field Set for Opening Round of Rodin Cars Super GT Series
27 GT cars worth in excess of $15m will hit the Highlands Motorsport Park circuit at Cromwell this weekend, for the opening round of the new Rodin Cars Super GT Series. One of the biggest assemblies of GT machines in quite some time for New Zealand...
Scott Dixon named as finalist for 59th Halberg Awards
New Zealand motorsport star, Scott Dixon, has been named as a finalist in the ‘Sportsman of the Year’ category for the 59th Halberg Awards. Dixon won his sixth Indy Car Championship in 2020, putting him just one shy of the current all-time record of seven set...
MotorSport Online feedback sessions (South Island)
MotorSport New Zealand is currently looking at the next version of the current “Possum” online system. As part of that review we would like to get feedback from you around what works and doesn't work with the current system and additionally what, as users, you...
GT feature race to headline former NZGP event
Motorsport Promoter Speed Works Events has announced a new feature event for its Hampton Downs race meeting on February 12-13 following today's cancellation of the New Zealand Grand Prix race. A feature race for the country's fastest sports and GT cars will now headline the meeting,...