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...
SPRATT SEALS TITLE WITH CHAMPION’S DRIVE
Matthew Spratt put in his best drive of the season in the second race at Hampton Downs to seal the 2018-2019 V8 Utes title in winning style. Spratt - starting from fifth on the grid - scythed his way to the front before unleashing a series...
Lawson storms to Manfeild pole position
The close fight for the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series carried on in qualifying with series leader Liam Lawson setting a stunning pole position time to edge out title rival Marcus Armstrong by just under a quarter of a second. Lawson and Armstrong traded fastest times...
Jordan Baldwin defies wet weather chaos to claim first win
Last season's Toyota 86 Championship Rookie of the Year, Jordan Baldwin, has claimed his first race win in the series. The Auckland-based driver led from start to finish, surviving difficult conditions, an early red-flag and a lengthy challenge from pole position holder Jaden Ransley. Baldwin's result...