PREVIEW: FIA Motorsport Games
This weekend Kiwi drivers Flynn Mullany and Faine Kahia will represent New Zealand on the world stage at the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games. Hosted in Rome, the on-track action will take place at the nearby Vallelunga Circuit. The multi-disciplinary event has attracted entries from over 50...
Inkster & Winn set cracking pace on first day of 25th anniversary Targa NZ event
Catch us if you can – or you dare! That seemed to be the message defending - and five-time consecutive – Targa NZ winners Glenn Inkster and co-driver Spencer Winn (Mitsubishi Evo 8) were putting out to all-comers on the first day of competition on...
Force Motorsport secure second at APRC finale
Force Motorsport driver Andrew Hawkeswood has come home a strong runner up at the winner takes all final of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, the Longyou Rally in China, held over the weekend, a result that has spearheaded New Zealand’s victory in the FIA APRC Nations Cup. Force...
Black Beauty inspired livery for Gaunt and Cassidy in Asian Le Mans
Having made his Asian Le Mans Series debut last season, Nobu Yamanaka is returning to the series with Eurasia Motorsport for the 2019-20 campaign. Now with considerably more experience, Nobu will race a new look car to be entered into the LMP2 Pro category. Nobu is...
RYCO 24•7 takes title sponsorship of V8 Utes
Anytime, anywhere hydraulic hose repair and fitting service provider RYCO 24•7 has this week been confirmed as the title sponsor for the new-look New Zealand V8 Ute championship. The championship - entering its 13th season - will be known as the RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes Championship...
New Zealand’s finest set for endurance showdown
The best endurance racing drivers and cars from both the North Island and the South Island will come together to battle it out in one of the biggest long distance motorsport races the country has ever seen when the New Zealand Endurance Championship final is...
Manfeild Familiar To Ingram
THE thrill of driving the most powerful single seater racing cars in New Zealand tempered with recognition that the machines – and often their drivers – are irreplaceable legends of speed. An aspect of New Zealand’s world-leading SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series,...
Can Inkster & Winn set new Targa NZ record this year?
Will defending - and now five-time consecutive – event winners Glenn Inkster and co-driver Spencer Winn (Mitsubishi Evo 8) from Auckland win this year’s 25th anniversary Targa NZ tarmac motor rally, which starts in Taupo on Tuesday October 29 and finishes five days later in...
Flying Finn Mikko Hirvonen to contest Otago Rally
Finnish World Rally Championship legend, Mikko Hirvonen, will contest next year’s International Classic Otago Rally in a huge coup for the New Zealand event. The winner of 15 World Rally Championship (WRC) events, Hirvonen retired from the top level of rallying at the end of the...
Perfect start for Paterson in South Island Formula 1600 Championship
Christchurch’s Bailey Paterson (Van Diemen Stealth) had the perfect start to the seven-round 2019/20 South Island Formula 1600 Championship with fastest qualifying lap and three race wins. The Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch hosted the first round with 20 cars taking to the grid...