73rd AGM Brief
The 73rd MotorSport New Zealand AGM was due to take place on 22 August as a face to face event in Wellington. However, the office quickly arranged a plan B which was to move it to be a shortened AGM via video conference. A number...
Sale of MotorSport House
Last week, MotorSport New Zealand notified member clubs of the sale of MotorSport House in Wellington. Please see below for the full update. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Simon Baker or Elton Goonan. -- Dear Member Clubs, Many of you will be aware...
Alert Level 3 – Update from MotorSport New Zealand
Yesterday, the New Zealand Government announced the country would move into Alert Level 3 at 11.59pm on Monday 27 April. While this means some more freedom in some respects, it still does not allow for gatherings or events. This means our clubs will still be...
Rookie Denner turns heads with debut Castrol TRS win
Seventeen year old French racer and former karting champion Emilien Denner showed the motorsport world he means business with victory in only his fifth motor race in a classy international field at Teretonga. Starting from pole position, the former basketball player and karting star showed a...
Young gun Lyons takes up where he left off at Taupo Historic GP meeting
Visiting category and series young gun Michael Lyons (Lola T400) from the UK dominated the first SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 series race of the weekend at the annual Taupo Historic GP meeting this afternoon, setting a new category lap record on his way to a...
Supercars to run at Hampton Downs in 2020 The Virgin Australia Supercars
The Virgin Australia Supercars Championship will welcome a new circuit to the 2020 calendar, with Hampton Downs Motorsport Park confirmed as the host venue for this year’s ITM Auckland Super400. The 2020 event will relocate from its traditional home at Pukekohe as a result of changes...
Big guns eyeing up Rush Hour
Just days since live television coverage was confirmed for a 20 car Rush Hour field at two South and two North Island events, promoter Speed Works has already received a number of entries, with some of the fastest and coolest cars in New Zealand set...
Billy Frazer slices points gap as series leaders strike drama in the North Island Formula Ford Winter Series
It was a day of shakeups and mistakes during round three of the winter series held at Manfeild. The weekend was short-lived for Ronan Murphy, a miss-timed gear change during testing on Saturday left the Hawkes Bay local with a blown engine, forcing him to...
MCRAE RETURNS TO THE ROADS OF CATLINS
After taking four years out, Graham McRae of Invercargill will return to competitive rallying in this year’s Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday 10 August. McRae’s motorsport journey is an interesting one. “I was completely not into motorsport,” he said recently. ”I even got my driver’s licence...
Thomson ready for home rally challenge
Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson is ready to take on his home rally, the Lone Star Rally Canterbury, which runs this weekend as the third round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. Thomson and co-driver Amy Hudson have made large gains since stepping up...