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...
Nick Cassidy to join Liam Lawson for DTM finale
New Zealand motorsport star Nick Cassidy will join the DTM field this weekend when he stands in for Alex Albon at the wheel of the #23 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 in the colours of Red Bull’s premium fashion brand AlphaTauri. Albon will instead attend the...
SENZ to broadcast South Island Endurance Series opener at Highlands
SENZ announced today they will broadcast live audio Round 1 of the South Island Endurance Series on Saturday 2nd October at Highlands, Cromwell. This event kicks off the Highlands 2021 – 2022 race season and sees competitors from around NZ beginning their campaign for the South...
Green light given for Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series next weekend
The 2021 Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series opening round is good-to-go at the Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell next Saturday 2 October. With Covid-19 level 2 restrictions in place in the South Island, the four-round series will get underway albeit with appropriate restrictions. “The...
M Developments land three Renault Clio Cup cars in time for the Super Production Series
Three new-to-New Zealand Renault Clio Cup cars have just landed in time for the summer of Super Production racing. Queenstown based M Developments, known for running both VW Golf Cup and TCR cars in endurance racing as well as the TCR and Super Production Championships,...