Allweld Manufacturing backing TCR New Zealand Championship
In just a few days’ time the winner-takes-all Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand Championship gets underway at Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell, 23-24 April. Joining the category in a support role is Allweld Manufacturing Pty Ltd, based in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. “It’s great to...
Paul Manuell wins V8 Utes Championship in Taupō thriller
Coming into the final round of the RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Racing championship, Paul Manuell had a big lead. Yet some rising stars and seasoned veterans who’d surfaced for the Taupo event were ready to pounce. The mayhem began with the reverse-grid Race 2 as the...
Rowan Shepherd is the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 champion
Rowan Shepherd has won the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship after a mesmerising final race at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupo. Shepherd needed to finish second behind race winner Simon Evans and did exactly that, despite Evans trying everything he could to force attacks...
Chris Symon completes NZ Formula First Championship win
Chris Symon has consummated his Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship win by winning the final race of the season at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. Symon won by a considerable margin after Liam Foster was swamped by Leo Scott and a bunch of rookies on...
Manuell snatches V8 Utes pole then Race 1 win
Championship leader Paul Manuell came out on top in Saturday morning’s qualifying, then backed it up with an impressive win in Race 1 of the RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Racing Series. But just behind him, a heady mix of spirited newcomers clashing with hardened veterans...
Leo Scott joins Track Tec Racing for NZ Formula Ford Festival
Leo Scott is making the step to a Class 1 Formula Ford for the upcoming NZ Formula Ford Festival to be held at Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna on 30 April-1 May. The 17-year-old driver from Whangarei has cut his teeth in single seaters with...
Spark – boomer vs millennial showdown will be ‘epic’
A new MOTUL Honda Cup champion will be crowned this weekend at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park – Taupo – and the final is all set to be a boomer vs millennial epic according to one of the protagonists. Greg Spark, who has raced at the...
Steven Scoles to compete for 2021 Super Production title in a Ginetta
Cromwell’s Steven Scoles hopes to have home track advantage when he lines up for the 2021 Super Production Championship winner-takes-all round to be held at Highlands Motorsport Park, 23-24 April 2021. Scoles is no stranger to the Central Otago track, having competed there in...
Shane Hodgson expects new Porsche to be quick in Super Production Series at Highlands
Aucklander Shane Hodgson is the latest driver to sign on for the 2021 Production Racing Championship winner-takes-all round to be held at Highlands Motorsport Park, 23-24 April 2021. Hodgson will pilot an ex-Patrick Dempsey Racing 2013 Porsche 997 Gen 2 Cup Car which has...
The race to become the first father and son champions
Not only is the 2020-21 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship up for grabs this weekend in Taupō, there's another serious bragging right on the line too. The race to become the first father and son championship winners in NZ Formula First history is on. The...