Sceats tops Taupo test ahead of final FR Oceania weekend
New Zealander Liam Sceats clocked the fastest time of the day in testing ahead of the final weekend of the 2023 Castrol Toyota Regional Formula Oceania Championship. Championship contenders Charlie Wurz and Callum Hedge were second and fourth in the faster third half hour test session...
Close fight to continue in NAPA Auto Parts NZ Formula Ford Championship at Taupo this weekend
Current national Formula Ford champion Alex Crosbie heads into the second of four 2023 NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship rounds with a narrow one-point lead over rival Dylan Grant. Just another six-points behind lingers Daniel Brown with Mason Potter, Jack Noble-Adams...
Austrian versus Kiwi in championship decider at Taupō this weekend
This weekend is the fifth consecutive weekend of Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand championship racing and will decide the 2023 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Champion at Taupō’s Motorsport Park. Headed by 17-year-old Austrian Charlie Wurz, he has 19-year-old Kiwi Callum Hedge ten points behind...
Brenssell gets second chance at Otago Rally prize drive
The 2023 Otago Rally Scholarship has been awarded to Jonty Brenssell – who also won the award for the aborted 2020 event. Brenssell was once again chosen from a high quality list of applicants for the award, and receives free entry into the rally, as well...
LOCAL F5000 CARS/DRIVERS SWEEP THE FLOOR AT SKOPE CLASSIC MEETING IN CHRISTCHURCH OVER THE WEEKEND.
They came, they saw, and at the 33rd Skope Classic motor racing meeting at Christchurch’s freshly re-named Euromarque (nee Mike Pero) Motorsport Park (Ruapuna) over the weekend, local driver Michael Collins (Leda GM1 001) and fellow Mainlander Steve Ross (McRae GM1 009) conquered, sweeping all...
Drama sees Crosbie with narrow lead in NZ Formula Ford Championship
Current NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford champion, Alex Crosbie has gained a narrow lead after the opening round at Hampton Downs over the weekend in support of the NZ Grand Prix meeting. One-point separates the Southlander from Dylan Grant while Daniel Brown...
Brendon Leitch heads to Asian Le Mans Series buoyed by NZ Grand Prix competition
Fresh from competing in the 67th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, Brendon Leitch is heading to Dubai set to compete in the 2023 Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) in a factory-supported Lamborghini Huracan GT3. Leitch is excited about competing in the four...
Kiwi-Led Team Scores Bathurst 12 Hour Class Win
New Zealand drivers Daniel Gaunt and Andrew Fawcet, along with their Australian co-driver Dylan O’Keeffe, have notched up a comprehensive win in the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Silver Class today, aboard their My Land Partners Audi R8 run by the Kiwi-based International Motorsport crew in...
No van Hoepen for rivals as Flying Dutchman dominates NZ Grand Prix
With barely a week in New Zealand under his belt, rising Dutch star Laurens van Hoepen left his rivals in his tracks as he dominated the 67th New Zealand Grand Prix – race 12 in the 2023 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship – at...
Manson and Cremer/Liefting share round wins in GT New Zealand
Luke Manson has taken the round win in the Open Class of the Golden Homes GT NZ Championship, while the McLaren duo of David Cremer and Jason Liefting have taken the round win in the GT4 class. In Open Class, the weekend round podium was rounded...