Time for the Classics at Teretonga Park
Variety is one of the keynotes of motor racing competition at Teretonga Park and after a weekend featuring a more modern form of the sport – drifting – the next meeting at the circuit will feature classic motor racing with many rare and precious machines...
Four race wins for Greg Murphy/#6 DJR Ford Sierra in Archibalds Historic Touring Cars at Skope Classic
Greg Murphy has led from the front at the 2021 Skope Classic over the weekend, winning four-out-of-four races in the Archibalds Historic Touring Car Series at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch. The nearly thirty strong field gave the large attending crowd plenty...
First TTV8 Camaro Sold
The Trans Tasman V8s Series (TTV8) have confirmed the sale of car number one for the new series. Waikato racer John Roberts will race a Camaro bodied car when the series gets underway. The two-seater car is currently in build at Howe Racing Enterprises in...
Collins’ winning NZ F5000 series streak continues
Kiwi F5000 category pace-setter Michael Collins’ (Leda GM1) winning streak in New Zealand’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series continued in the first race of the weekend at the third round of the 2020/21 season at the annual Skope Classic historic motor...
Legendary kiwi Graham Mcrae’s ’72 Wigram master-class to be celebrated at Skope Classic this weekend
The year 1972 will go down in the annals of New Zealand’s motor racing history as the year driver/engineer Graham McRae came of age – in a car – the garish fluro pink Leda LT27/GM1 – of his own design. This weekend, at the 31st...
Toyota 86 Championship set to be another tight tussle
Simon Evans left the second round of the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship with the series lead, but the 2021 season already looks to have the makings of a classic. Evans has a slight lead over Ryan Wood, who has won three races as Evans has...
Largest Historic Touring Car field to take on Skope Classic
The annual Skope Classic historic race car meeting, this weekend, will see the biggest field of Archibalds Historic Touring Cars (HTC) assembled for the four-race event. The series boasts that largest collection of racing Supertourers in the world and spectators are in for a...
Kaleb Ngatoa scores first podium in Toyota Racing Series
Marton’s Kaleb Ngatoa, 19, has backed up his stellar Toyota Racing Series debut with a podium finish in the latest Toyota Racing Series round. The Toyota Racing Series, commonly referred to as ‘TRS’, is just the start of Ngatoa's 2021 racing plans. The series is...
Unbeatable Penrose has one hand on South Island F1600 Series title
Canterbury’s James Penrose continued his, so far, unbeatable run of race wins at the penultimate round of the 2020/21 South Island Formula 1600 Series at Timaru International Raceway over the weekend. With just three races remaining and a maximum of 302-points left to play for,...
Consistency rewarded as confidence grows for Jacob Douglas
Rookie single seater driver Jacob Douglas continued to make gains and grow in confidence at his third outing in the 2020/21 South Island Formula 1600 Series over the weekend. A sixth and two fifth placings were ample reward for the Christchurch in front of a...