Otago Rally ‘intention to enter’ now available
Five months from the start of the 2023 Otago Rally, competitors can now submit their 'intention to enter' forms. As round one of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, entries are expected to fill quickly for the first major rally of the year. After...
Porsche Switch for Marco Giltrap
Marco Giltrap will take the step from a Toyota TR86 and slot into a Porsche 991 Cup Car in the Open Class of the upcoming 2023 GT New Zealand Championship. Giltrap finished the 2022 Toyota TR86 Championship in third spot, just behind Giltrap Racing...
McFarlane and AMG GT4 Confirm Entry for GT New Zealand Championship
Jono McFarlane will race his Mercedes-Benz AMG GT4 in the upcoming season of the NZ GT Championship. Relatively new to motorsport, McFarlane was a late starter to last season’s GT4 Championship with the late arrival of his Mercedes AMG into the country in January, but...
Downs and Colville fight for South Island Historic Formula Ford honours at Wigram Revival meeting
Current South Island Historic Formula Ford champion Andy Downs has taken the initial lead in the 2022/23 season after winning the opening round at the Wigram Revival Race meeting in Christchurch. While Wayne Colville (Van Diemen RF81C) won the first two races at the...
Alex Crosbie wins Wigram Cup
Current NZ Formula Ford champion Alex Crosbie has added the Wigram Cup to his collection after winning the 12-lap feature race at the opening round of the 2022/23 South Island Formula 1600 Series in Christchurch. The first of six-rounds was part of the Wigram...
Fillmore & Reid take the title in Three-Hour NZ Endurance Championship
Sam Fillmore and Jonny Reid have won the 2022 Three-Hour New Zealand Endurance Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell on Saturday (29 October 2022) after both their rivals and the weather did their utmost to stymie their charge. Second home was the Glenn Smith/Damon...
Finalists chosen for Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Shoot-out
The Hampton Downs New Zealand Racing Academy (NDNZRA) has chosen the three finalists that will race off for this year's Toyota 86 Championship prize package in a one-day shoot-out on November 9th. The successful winner will receive a cash prize of $37,500 towards a season...
South Island Historic Formula Ford series gets underway at Wigram Revival meeting in Christchurch
The four-round 2022/23 South Island Historic Formula Ford Series gets underway at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch as part of the Wigram Revival Race meeting this weekend. Last season’s series winner, Andy Downs (Lola 642E), returns to the grid as does Duncan...
Sporting Trials New Zealand celebrates 25th Anniversary of TARATA CUP
Sporting Trials New Zealand is holding the 25th Anniversary of the coveted TARATA CUP event on the 12th November this year, after having to postpone it twice due to covid. Sporting Trials is an event where drivers drive purpose built 2WD vehicals up seemingly impossable grassy...
Orr-West poised for best season yet in Toyota 86
Whakatane’s Christina Orr-West is hoping to make it third time lucky in the chase for one of New Zealand motorsport's most closely contested series, the Toyota 86 Championship. After two solid seasons in the Toyota 86 Championship where she grabbed the occasional eye-catching result, Christina is...