Muscle Cars to complement Super Trucks at Teretonga
The annual Southern Thunder motor race meeting at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend (18/19 March) is always a popular one with the feature categories being the NAPA Auto Parts NZ Super Trucks and the Mobil 1 Mainland Muscle Cars. One of the biggest field...
Porsche Cayman GT4 Debut for Rianna O’Meara-Hunt at Taupo
Wellington driver Rianna O’Meara-Hunt will line up in the Golden Homes GT NZ Championship in a Porsche Cayman GT4 at Taupo International Motorsport Park this weekend. The multiple NZ Karting Champion has made the switch to GT racing this year, having claimed a spot...
Home advantage for leader Alex Crosbie for penultimate NZ Formula Ford Championship round
Southland’s Alex Crosbie heads into the penultimate round of the 2023 NAPA Auto Parts NZ Formula Ford Championship (NZFF) with a healthy 99-point lead and home-circuit advantage this weekend at Teretonga Park in Invercargill. Crosbie proved unbeatable at the second of four-rounds in Taupo...
Big field of Trucks heading to Teretonga Park
A big field of NZ Super Trucks is part of the programme for the Southern Thunder race meeting at Teretonga Park in Invercargill over the weekend of 18/19 March. The NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Super Trucks will fight out Round 3 of their National...
New direction, new car, new sponsor for Ryan Wood
Wellington teenager Ryan Wood begins his journey to become a V8 Supercar driver this weekend when he lines up in the Super2 field on the streets of Newcastle with a new team, new car, new direction and a new sponsor. Wood looked destined to continue racing...
51 years on, McRae’s original MG1 finally gets the Pukekohe race wins/lap record
The Pukekohe motor racing circuit in general, and – in particular - the New Zealand Grand Prix meetings held at the storied South Auckland venue between 1970 & 1975 didn’t do late Kiwi racing great Graham McRae any favours…even when the legendary Wellington-born racing car...
Crosbie extends lead in South Island F1600 Series
Alex Crosbie has extended his lead in the 2022/23 Yokohama South Island Formula 1600 Series after round four at the Timaru International Raceway on Saturday. Two wins and a second place across three races gives him a 65-point lead over rival Blake Knowles with...
2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship dates and tracks confirmed
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has this week confirmed dates and tracks for the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. The early release of championship dates follows the completion of the championship’s hugely successful first full international season post-Covid and its debut as an...
Knowles and Crosbie resume South Island F1600 title battle at Timaru this weekend
The battle resumes this weekend in Timaru for the 2022/23 Yokohama South Island Formula 1600 Championship title with a tight battle at the top between four contenders. Southland’s Alex Crosbie has a slender 9-point lead over Christchurch’s Blake Knowles with Daniel Brown and Dylan...
Callum Hedge to race FR Americas
After coming agonisingly close to winning the Formula Regional motor racing title in New Zealand recently, Callum Hedge is about to launch a bid to win the American based championship which starts next weekend in Louisiana. The 19-year-old Aucklander finished runner-up in the Castrol Toyota FR...