Paddon ready to headline Highlands Rush Hour
World championship rally winner Hayden Paddon has confirmed his entry for the Rush Hour race at Highlands Motorsport Park next month, in what will be his New Zealand circuit racing debut. With the introduction of the TCR class delayed, Paddon will be one of a pack...
Dylan Thomson announces new co-driver for 2020
Thomson announces new co-driver for 2020 Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson is pleased to announce he will work with co-driver Kieran Anstis for his 2020 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. Thomson has worked with partner Amy Hudson since making his rallying debut in 2016...
FIA increases Super Licence points for New Zealand’s TRS series
The Castrol Toyota Racing Series this week received a welcome upgrade to its world status with news that the FIA had decided to increase the Super Licence points available for the five round, all-New Zealand series that takes place each January and February. At the World...
Japan’s rising star Tsunoda heading to New Zealand
Japanese hot prospect Yuki Tsunoda will begin his 2020 racing season with a title challenge in New Zealand in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The 19-year-old 2018 Japanese F4 champion is – like Kiwi Liam Lawson who will defend his TRS title this coming season –...
Liam Lawson back to defend TRS title in 2020
A year racing on the Grand Prix circuits of Europe this year has given Liam Lawson the opportunity to race in two cars that were completely new to him, and now he's returned home to do it again. The defending Toyota Racing Series champion is home...
Paddon: ‘I’m not giving up’
New Zealand’s most successful rally driver Hayden Paddon has put a ‘rain-check’ on his WRC career and is taking a fresh focus on building his own New Zealand-based team to take into international competition by 2025. Keeping their minds open to various possibilities, Paddon and...
Noble-Adams wins round as Freeman takes over lead in South Island Formula 1600 Champs
Dunedin’s Cameron Freeman is the new leader of the 2019/20 South Island Formula 1600 Championship after the fourth round held at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, over the weekend. A strong performance from Christchurch’s Jack Noble-Adams has seen him take his first-round win in a championship...
Big fields make for great action at Teretonga Park
Large fields made for a top weekend of motor racing action presented by Downer at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, this weekend. Steve Ross of Dunedin in his Jaguar XK8 TraNZam was the standout in the OSCA Super Saloons winning three of the four races to top the...
Clark wraps up 2019 with FIA Awards
Conrad Clark, 17, of Taupo has wrapped up his best year yet attending the FIA Awards night in Paris. Clark has been busy since wrapping up the Chinese Formula 4 Championship in Shanghai. The teen has undertaken testing in the Asian Formula 3 series in preparation...
Karting sensation Emilien Denner to make circuit racing debut in New Zealand
French karting champion Emilien Denner will take his first steps in circuit racing in New Zealand in 2020 in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The 17 year old Strasbourg driver will head to the southern hemisphere series on the back of an impressive season in karting...