Scoles Confirms entry of New Ginetta G56 GT4 in GT New Zealand
Steve Scoles will enter a new Ginetta G56 GT4 is the upcoming GT New Zealand Championship. Due to arrive in late December, the G56 GT4 follows in the footsteps of the incredibly successful Ginetta G55 GT4 which of which Scoles has owned and campaigned...
Lola’s T332 again the F5000 to beat on NZ tracks
Lola’s iconic T332 is back in the winner’s circle at rounds of New Zealand’s world-reknowned SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series. This time it was at the opening round of the 20th anniversary series for the ever-popular stock-block V8-powered historic ‘wings &...
Plenty still to play for as North Island Formula Ford Series reaches halfway mark
The 2022 Giltrap Group North Island Formula Ford Series is back in action this weekend with overall points leader Liam Sceats looking to consolidate his lead. The Taupo International Motorsport Park in Taupo hosts the one-day meeting on Sunday as part of the Auckland...
From Off-roading to Circuit – McLaren GT4 for Richard Crabb
Richard Crabb will enter his McLaren 570S GT4 in the upcoming GT New Zealand Championship which gets underway at Highlands Motorsport Park at Cromwell in January. With a background in off-road racing in both New Zealand and Australia, it’s a change in direction for Crabb...
Race winner Pitt focussed on consistency in 2023
Toyota 86 race winner Dion Pitt is shrugging off the tag as one of the 2023 championship favourites and says it's a big step from winning a race to winning a title. The 25 year old transitioned to the class from success in domestic...
Callum Hedge wins TQF Toyota Racing Series shoot-out
Auckland driver Callum Hedge received his 'best birthday present ever' after he was announced the winner of the Tony Quinn Foundation shoot-out, and $70,000 towards his debut in next year's Toyota Racing Series. Hedge, who is about to turn 19, headed off two other finalists...
New Zealand Grand Prix back at Hampton Downs for 2023
MotorSport New Zealand has confirmed the 67th New Zealand Grand Prix will take place at Hampton Downs on February 5th with a full international field of drivers. The race will be the climax of the penultimate round of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and will be...
Ginetta GT4 and Sargeant Return for New Season
Allan Sargeant will line up for the new season of the GT New Zealand Championship in his Ginetta G55 GT4 which gets underway at Highlands Motorsport Park in January. Sargeant finished a credible sixth place in GT4 in 2022, and with a season under...
Sid Hirst claims 25th Tarata Cup
Sid Hirst claimed the 25th running of Sporting Trials NZ's Tarata Cup event. held the 25th Tarata Cup event at Tarata, 30kms east of Inglewood, Taranaki were it has always been held. Sporting Trials is a very inexpensive form of motorsport that involves driving purpose-built, lightweight...
Ingram gets his 2022/23 NZ F5000 Series off to a great start at Manfeild
Local ‘second-time-around’ racer Kevin Ingram (Lola T332)got his 2022/23 SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series campaign off to a great start with an absolutely dominant pole-to-chequered-flag win in the first race of the new season at the big MG Classic historic motor racing...