NZ’s best descend on Highlands for Three Hour NZ Endurance title contest
A wealth of talent and machinery will be at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell this Saturday as teams fight it out for the overall and Class titles at the 2020 Three Hour New Zealand Endurance Championship. Over thirty entries will take to the grid after...
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The race is on to find the next racing superstar for the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand confirming that this year's Toyota 86 Scholarship competition is all set for Hampton Downs on November 23rd. This year's scholarship winner will secure...
New Rules, New Formats! BNT NZV8s Ready to Launch New Season
There will be new technical regulations, new rules and new race formats when the BNT NZV8s season gets underway in December. Category Management and the NZ Touring Car Board have mapped out a strategy for establishing two categories under the New Zealand Touring car banner, NZV8s...
Pack to pursue Penrose as South Island Formula 1600 heads to Timaru
Canterbury’s James Penrose heads to the second round of the 2020/21 South Island Formula 1600 Series as favourite after having the perfect opener last weekend in Christchurch. Timaru International Raceway hosts a grid of nearly of 30 entries and could prove quite a contrast...
Hot entry list for NZ Endurance Championship One Hour race at Highlands
A large grid of over thirty entries will line up at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell for a winner-takes-all One Hour NZ Endurance Championship race on Saturday. Overall and Class titles are on the line with a competitive mix of cars having qualified in the...
Liam Lawson to make saloon car debut
Young Kiwi single-seater star Liam Lawson will make his saloon car racing debut this weekend at Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell in the New Zealand 3-Hour Endurance Championship. Lawson has been named alongside Invercargill's Scott O'Donnell in the Track Tec Racing run Audi R8 in...
‘Close to home’ call popular with local F5000 series’ drivers & fans alike
With travel for competition outside New Zealand’s borders virtually impossible now and into next year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, you’d think that there’d be some long faces as members of the local Formula 5000 Association prepare for a truncated and wholly NZ-based 2020/21 season. ...
Perfect Penrose wins Wigram Cup for second consecutive time
Canterbury’s James Penrose has won the prestigious Wigram Cup for the second consecutive time as the 2020/21 South Island Formula 1600 Series got underway at the Wigram Revival meeting in Christchurch. It was the perfect way for Penrose (Van Diemen RF93) to start his...
Cameraman turns Endurance Racer
With only a week to prepare, Adam Jones has been promoted to the other side of pit wall for this year’s New Zealand 3-hour Endurance Championships at Highlands Motorsport Park. Jones, who has long supported NZ’s popular endurance scene with his work behind the lens...
Giant killers reflect on outstanding SIES campaign
Never bring a knife to a gun fight. It's an old adage and one which could easily apply to many racing scenarios when you pit an older car against younger and more refined machinery. Dayle ITM director and one of motorsport's most enthusiastic servants, Deborah...