Back-to-back Bethune arrives in championship hunt
Josh Bethune made it two from two today at Highlands, putting him back in the chase for the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship. Starting from pole position, the Right Karts by M2 Competition driver made a clean getaway and led into the first turn with championship...
Johnson avoids Race 2 drama to take first win in NZ
American Nikita Johnson avoided a chaotic start to the second race at Highlands Motorsport Park today to take his first win of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Nicholas Monteiro and Shawn Rashid finished second and third respectively for mtec Motorsport in the...
Bethune races away to first GR86 win at Highlands
Josh Bethune put the frustrations of previous rounds behind him to dominate the second race of the weekend at Highlands at the fourth round of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship. Bethune has been a pacesetter all season so far but the win that had eluded him...
Bull fighter Heuzenroeder wins – but Lindblad secures title
Australian Patrick Heuzenroeder beat a trio of Red Bull superstars to claim his first victory in the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship today at Highlands Motorsport Park. A great start by the youngster – who will race GB3 this year as his single seater...
Kitching takes another Mazda Racing Series Win
Will Kitching of Timaru raced to his third win in a row as Round 2 of the Nexen Tyre NZ Mazda Racing New Zealand Series began at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell today. Kitching won the final two races at Teretonga Park in Invercargill last...
Allan resists the pressure to win
Hugo Allan led from lights to flag – but only just – to take his first win on the road this season in the Bridgestone GR86 Championship and move to second place in the title chase. Starting from pole position he and championship leader Hayden...
Allan back on form and pole position
Bridgestone GR86 Championship contender Hugo Allan put a challenging weekend at Teretonga behind him with a faultless performance in qualifying for the fourth round of the championship at Highlands Motorsport Park this morning. After a solid two days of testing and set up work, Allan...
History beckons at 69th New Zealand Grand Prix at Highlands
History beckons at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell this weekend, where the 69th Running of the New Zealand Grand Prix headlines Round 6 of the NextGen New Zealand Championship, presented by Repco. Six classes will take to the track over the weekend at the 4.1km international-standard...
Change of focus at Teretonga Park next weekend
Last weekend Teretonga Park in Invercargill reverberated to the sound of engines propelling some of the world’s most promising young racing drivers around the circuit but the contrast could not be more stark when next weekend (14-16 February) the racing machinery of days gone by...
Second young Aussie driver joins NZ Formula Ford grid at Highlands this weekend
A second young Australian driver is on his way across the Tasman to join the grid of the 2024 Napa Auto Parts NZ Formula Ford Championship at Highlands Park in Cromwell this weekend. Sixteen-year-old Diesel Thomas will make his single seater debut at the...