Knowles and Crosbie resume South Island F1600 title battle at Timaru this weekend
The battle resumes this weekend in Timaru for the 2022/23 Yokohama South Island Formula 1600 Championship title with a tight battle at the top between four contenders. Southland’s Alex Crosbie has a slender 9-point lead over Christchurch’s Blake Knowles with Daniel Brown and Dylan...
WORLD CHAMPION BMX STAR SARAH WALKER TO TAKE ON OTAGO RALLY
Olympic medallist and three-time World Champion BMX racer Sarah Walker will make her rallying debut at this year’s Otago Rally as guest driver. Walker, New Zealand's first Olympic BMX medallist, who won Silver in 2012 and is a long-standing member of the Athletes’ Commission of...
Callum Hedge to race FR Americas
After coming agonisingly close to winning the Formula Regional motor racing title in New Zealand recently, Callum Hedge is about to launch a bid to win the American based championship which starts next weekend in Louisiana. The 19-year-old Aucklander finished runner-up in the Castrol Toyota FR...
Paddon and Kennard take on European Rally Championship challenge
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard are taking on a new challenge for 2023 with their entry into 2023 FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) driving a Hyundai i20 N Rally 2 car. The ERC season gets underway in Fafe, Portugal on 11...
2023 Winmax Junior Drivers Announced
Winmax Brake Pads and Paddon Racing Group have joined forces for another year to support 6 up-and-coming Kiwi motorsport competitors through the Winmax Junior Driver programme. Founded in 2021, the Winmax Junior Driver Program is a collaboration between Winmax Brake Pads and Hayden Paddons’,...
Cyclone Gabrielle’s effects still being felt as F5000 field prepares for penultimate 2022/23 Series Round at Pukekohe this weekend
Before ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle cut a swathe from Northland and Auckland down through the East Coast of the North Island, as far south as Hawke’s Bay on Monday night and Tuesday morning a week ago now, the organisers of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000...
Top result for Brendon Leitch’s Leipert Motorsport in Asian Le Mans Series
Brendon Leitch and Leipert Motorsport have finished a credible fourth overall in the GT category of the 2023 Asian Le Mans Series after two top results in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. Driving a factory-supported Lamborghini Huracan GT3, Leitch, along with teammates - top...
Blackmun wins special race at Star Insure Classic SpeedFest
Todd Blackmun was the inaugural winner of the Brian Crosbie Memorial Trophy at the Star Insure Classic SpeedFest at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, this weekend. The trophy remembers one of Southland’s best saloon car drivers who passed away recently. It was donated by Brian’s family and...
Marco Giltrap to drive for Team Porsche New Zealand in 2023
Porsche New Zealand and Earl Bamber Motorsport have announced that Marco Giltrap is confirmed to drive for Team Porsche New Zealand (TPNZ) in the 2023 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia. With a strong background in the Toyota 86 (GR86) racing series, Giltrap was the rookie of...
Far North Rally postponed; NI Rally Series maintains five rounds
Organisers of the 2023 Far North Rally have announced that the event will not go ahead due to the road damage caused by the recent weather events. "The Organising Committee regret to advise that the Far North Rally scheduled for 27 May 2023 will not be...