Pause put on TCR New Zealand Championship
The TCR New Zealand Championship has been put on pause after economic and supply constraints ruled the scheduled January start dates out. “I am very disappointed to have to announce this,” commented Lindsay Dodd (TCR Category Manager). “I’m equally sorry for Geoff Short and the Speed...
Track Tec Racing have proven performance in TCR category
Competition in the New Zealand TCR Championship is expected to again be close as we head into a new three-round 2022 season. Highlands Motorsport Park based Track Tec Racing have a proven race and championship winning history and bring plenty of experience to the new...
“TCR offers huge benefits” M-Developments
Results on track are always the best proof and TCR category cars certainly showed what they are capable of in the recently completed four-round 2021 Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series. Two VW Golf GTi TCRs’ finished second and fourth overall in the Three-Hour...
NZ Formula Ford opener postponed
In a joint decision, North Island Formula Ford and South Island Formula Ford have postponed the opening round of the 2022 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship scheduled at Highlands Motorsport Park on January 12-14. Indecision and uncertainty from the government over covid protocols, boundaries etc. combined...
Pukekohe round of MotorSport New Zealand Race Championship postponed
Motorsport Promoter Speed Works has been left with little choice but to postpone its December Pukekohe race meeting and reschedule the classes racing there to other events on its calendar later in the season. Several non-championship classes will now race in the Waikato at Hampton Downs...
Castrol offers NZGP drive for aspiring young Kiwi racer
Opportunity knocks for those who chase it, and a seat on the grid in the 2022 New Zealand Grand Prix in a Castrol-backed Toyota FT-60 is up for grabs for one up and coming Kiwi racer. For over a century Castrol has accelerated the progress and...
Women on top with Track Tec Racing
Cromwell-based motorsport team Track Tec Racing has enjoyed more four-wheeled success at the weekend. Their all-female driver-engineer duo of Debbie Chapman and Carmen Doran took second place in the latest South Island Endurance Series round. Driver, Debbie Chapman, took second place in her Helius Therapeutics sponsored...
McCutcheon wins Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Shoot-out
A young speedway star, a top Formula Ford racer last season and now 18-year-old Matthew McCutcheon has won the inaugural Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Shoot-out. The teenager from Eastern Beach, Auckland has won $30,000 towards racing in the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship this summer. "It's...
Covid uncertainty sees Speed Works shift November dates
MotorSport New Zealand appointed Promoter Speed Works Events has today confirmed the postponement of its two November events at Hampton Downs due to current Covid-19 alert level restrictions and the lack of certainty around planning. Following discussions with the categories involved and MotorSport New Zealand, the...
Live coverage back for second South Island Endurance round at Levels
Motorsport fans who can’t make it Levels Raceway this Saturday for the South Island Endurance Series will be able to follow online through MotorSport New Zealand’s live commentary coverage. The event takes place on Saturday at Timaru’s Levels Raceway and marks round two of the South...