Abel tops Highlands testing, Hedge a major dark horse
INDY NXT racer Jacob Abel – in New Zealand for just the final two rounds of the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship – topped the final day’s testing with a fine lap on record-breaking pace. Callum Hedge was talk of the venue, and was...
Historic first as Cromwell hosts first ever New Zealand Grand Prix and V8 challenge
The 68th New Zealand Grand Prix will be contested alongside the trans-Tasman V8 decider this weekend at Cromwell’s Highlands International Motorsport Park 16-18 February 2024. A first for the region, the scenic town of Cromwell welcomes a large international contingent contesting the sixth round of...
Callum Hedge a last minute addition to New Zealand Grand Prix
Rising New Zealand motorsport star Callum Hedge is set to take part in the 68th New Zealand Grand Prix meeting, despite only arriving from Finland today (Friday). It really will be a last minute drive for the popular young Kiwi, who arrives at the track...
Woods-Toth gets to grips with Highlands as countdown to NZ Grand Prix begins
Patrick Woods-Toth was first to show form as the build-up to the 68th New Zealand Grand Prix at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell gets underway. Woods-Toth completed a great day with second fastest and fastest overall from the two sessions as he got to grips...
Neale on top of NZ Formula Ford title fight
Christchurch’s Will Neale has come out on top after a three-race battle at the second round of the NAPA Auto Parts 2024 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship in Christchurch last weekend. While the result of Race 3 and the overall points standings are provisional...
New face joins Mazda Racing Series grid at Highlands
Aucklander Scott Mills is a new face on the Nexen Tyre NZ Mazda Racing Series grid as it heads to Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell this weekend. Mills has been racing for “five or six seasons” in the ex-Garry Bradburn Pro 7 Mazda RX7 known as...
Intense Toyota 86 championship heads to Highlands
If the last round at the Euromarque Motorsport Park in Christchurch is anything to go by, fans attending this weekend’s big New Zealand Grand Prix meeting in Cromwell are in for more than a few thrills. A strong front half of the field could all win...
GT New Zealand Championship battle resumes at Cromwell
Heading into the second event of the South Island double header, round four of the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship gets underway this weekend at Highlands Motorsport Park at Cromwell. Following racing at Ruapuna last weekend, Rick Armstrong took the round win in the Open Class,...
Classic motor racing takes centre stage at Teretonga Park
Classic motor racing takes centre stage at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend with two full days of action as the Ascot Park Hotel Classic SpeedFest takes place at an appropriate venue, the country’s oldest motor racing circuit. Five classes of historic racing cars – Pre...
Victory and podium for Leitch’s Leipert Motorsport team at Asian Le Mans finale
Brendon Leitch and his Leipert Motorsport team are in celebration mode after first finishing second in the penultimate round and then winning the final round of the 2023/24 Asian Le Mans Series held in Abu Dhabi. Having struggled in the first three rounds, Leitch...