Four-way contest for Toyota 86 shoot-out
Four budding race car drivers will face off for a $37,500 cash prize this coming week in the Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Toyota 86 shoot-out. All four are committed to racing in the 2023/24 New Zealand Toyota 86 championship for the identical 86 sport coupes...
Ryan Wood graduates to Supercars main game for 2024
Walkinshaw Andretti United (WAU) has today announced Ryan Wood will graduate to the 2024 Supercars Championship, driving the WAU No. 2 Ford Mustang GT on a multi-year deal. Wood, a 19-year-old from Wellington, New Zealand, joined Walkinshaw Andretti United at the start of 2023 for his...
Fogg’s Mustang returns to compete in Australia
The ever-popular Black & Gold J. A. Russell Ltd 1970 Fastback Mustang is returning to compete in Australia in the hands of its Kiwi owner Angus Fogg. Having last raced across the ditch at Mount Panorama in 2019, Fogg is keen to compete again,...
Value of competing in NZ F5000 driven home with results in Rolex Motorsport Reunion Meetings in the US
The value of regular competition in the New Zealand and Australia-based SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series was driven home – with some gusto, it must be said - at both rounds of this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion...
No luck for Leitch in Le Mans Cup round at Aragon
The fourth round of the 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup (LMC) proved to be dramatic and unlucky for Brendon Leitch and Leipert Motorsport teammate Gerhard Watzinger at the Motorland Aragón in Spain. The pairing had to retire their #70 Crowdstrike Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2...
TGRNZ dream of finding next Kiwi World Champion one step closer
Kiwi Liam Lawson made his long-awaited F1 debut over the weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix and in the process helped TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand take one step closer towards one of its great ambitions. Helping to find New Zealand’s next world champion has...
Emily Robb chosen as BMW Race Driver Series Scholarship recipient
Emily Robb has been chosen as the BMW Race Driver Series Scholarship recipient for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Held as part of their annual Pre-Season Shakedown on Saturday at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, it gave the drivers a chance to blow out the cobwebs as...
Louis Sharp retakes British F4 Championship lead
Louis Sharp secured a place in the ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA record books with victory as the series visited the full Donington Park Grand Prix circuit for the first time, retaiking a slender lead in the race for the coveted title with...
Solid F1 debut for Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson made a solid Formula 1 debut after his late call-up to replace the injured Daniel Ricciardo in the Dutch Grand Prix when he finished 13th and the best of the Scuderia AlphaTauri drivers. The race was red-flagged seven laps from the end and then...
Highlands’ unique endurance race start returns
Highlands Motorsport Park will make a significant nod to motorsport’s rich history with the 21st Century equivalent of the traditional “Le Mans’ start for its forthcoming 10th Anniversary 6 Hour Enduro. The format for the start which Highlands will use for the race on November 5th...