Chambers makes history – Wurz retakes series lead with one race to go
American racer Chloe Chambers made motorsport history in New Zealand today – winning the penultimate race in the 2023 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. In doing so she became the first woman to win a race in the 18 year history of the country’s...
Advantage Wurz as Formula Regional Oceania opens final day
Charlie Wurz put himself in the best possible position for the final race of the 2023 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship this morning, taking a sensational pole position at Taupo. Wurz’s lap – the fastest of the weekend - sets up a grandstand to finish...
Hedge fights off Foster for classy win and championship lead
Kiwi Callum Hedge won in style at the Taupo International Motorsport Park this afternoon, fighting off a charging Louis Foster and taking the lead of the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship with just two races to go. A Safety Car restart after a turn one...
Brad Kroef wins the V8 Utes season opener at Taupo.
The RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes championship kicked off in thrilling fashion at Taupo International Motorsport Park. Brad Kroef ended the day on a high, topping the morning’s Qualifying then going on to win Race One in the afternoon. Along the way, there were some tense...
Hedge has the edge after qualifying at Taupo
Championship contender Callum Hedge grabbed a sensational pole position for Race 1 at Taupo Motorsport Park today, getting his final weekend in the battle for the Castrol Toyota 2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship off to the perfect start. In a straight shoot-out between top Giles Motorsport...
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...