GT success in Sydney for Brendon Leitch and Tim Miles
Dayle ITM’s Brendon Leitch and Tim Miles claimed third in a thrilling three-hour Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS race at Sydney Motorsport Park. Leitch topped his Pro-only qualifying sessions on Saturday in the Melbourne Performance Centre-run Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II by...
15-stage Central Machine Hire Otago Rally route set for 2025
The draft route for the 2025 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally has been released, offering competitors nearly 280 kilometres of gravel stages. As the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the rally will be based out of Dunedin on the...
Broughan sets the Nexen Tyre Nz Mazda Racing Series pace
Arthur Broughan of Tuamarina near Blenheim showed his undoubted speed on the opening day of the first round of Nexen Tyre NZ Mazda Racing North Island Series at the OctoberFAST event at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding on Saturday. Broughan who is only contesting...
Richie Stanaway to join PremiAir Nulon Racing from 2025
PremiAir Nulon Racing is pleased to announce that Richie Stanaway will join its team as a full-time driver alongside Jimmy Golding for the 2025 season. Stanaway will replace incumbent driver Tim Slade, who announced his retirement from full-time competition recently. Team boss Peter Xiberras said...
FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship Final selection
The FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) regulations provide generally that to be eligible to compete in the APRC Final in Whangarei, a competitor should also have competed in an additional round of the APRC. MotorSport New Zealand announces, however, that the regulations also provide that MotorSport...
Hill switches to circuit racing and aims to win in GR86
Still a student at the Kristin School in Albany, 17-year-old Cameron Hill will make the step into circuit racing with the Bridgestone GR86 Championship next season. It’s a significant step up for the kart racer but he’s had plenty of support to ensure he will be...
NextGen New Zealand Championship details announced
The New Zealand summer of motorsport is about to have a green light with the National Racing Group Promotions introducing the NextGen New Zealand Championship. For generations, Motorsport New Zealand’s Premier Race Championship lead by the Toyota Racing Series (now Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Series)...
Leitch keen to continue Barcelona success in Sydney day-night GT race
Fresh off two wins in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe in Barcelona, Brendon Leitch is focused on continuing that success in Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS. The Invercargill-born driver will have his first hitout at Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend alongside Tim Miles in...
Jacob Begg launches 2024/2025 Motor Racing Campaign
Young Southland racing driver, Jacob Begg, launched his 2024/2025 motor racing campaign at the George Begg Bunker at Classic Motorcycle Mecca in Invercargill on Tuesday evening. It was a very appropriate venue for Begg to announce his plans and unveil his car for this season,...
Mallard relishing challenge to be GR86 front runner
Seventeen year old Aucklander Thomas Mallard is back for a third season in New Zealand’s leading one make one model championship and will be aiming to pick up his first season in the Toyota GR86 where he finished last season – as one of the...