New Zealand Motorsport News

MotorSport New Zealand has now completed the new Back in Motion guidelines which have been completely reworked to meet the COVID-19 Protection Framework which takes effect on Friday 3 December 2021. The new document can be viewed by clicking here. The new Back in Motion guidelines detail all three stages of the CPF and detail how the government is requiring the use..

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Competition in the New Zealand TCR Championship is expected to again be close as we head into a new three-round 2022 season. Highlands Motorsport Park based Track Tec Racing have a proven race and championship winning history and bring plenty of experience to the new season. Current NZ TCR champion, Chris van der Drift, won the 2021 title driving a..

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At the end of 2020, the Board appointed a group to look at the future of rallying in New Zealand. Named the 'Rally Futures Group', it consisted of six leading figures in the New Zealand rally community who worked with the CRO to understand and create a proposed path forward for rallying in New Zealand. This was presented to the Member Clubs at..

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Rally New Zealand in Auckland will comprise rounds five and six of the 2022 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and set the calendar in stone. Organisers confirmed the six-round championship today, which will finish with a stunning double-header in Auckland on some of the most iconic roads on the planet while the rallying world looks on. The..

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The NZ Government has announced that the COVID-19 Protection Framework will be implemented from Friday 3 December. This will mean a number of events will need to comply with the new regulations set by the government in the COVID-19 Protection Framework. MotorSport New Zealand released its initial guidance and understanding of how the COVID-19 Protection Framework will effect motorsport events..

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Results on track are always the best proof and TCR category cars certainly showed what they are capable of in the recently completed four-round 2021 Carter’s Tyre Service South Island Endurance Series. Two VW Golf GTi TCRs’ finished second and fourth overall in the Three-Hour competition while TCR cars filled the top four places in the Class A & B..

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As we draw closer to the implementation of the COVID-19 Protection Framework, we have been fielding an increasing number of calls from Member Clubs, Competitors and Volunteers who are seeking some guidance on how the COVID-19 Protection Framework will affect motorsport events in the future. This document is designed to provide some guidance on our understanding of the framework however..

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In a joint decision, North Island Formula Ford and South Island Formula Ford have postponed the opening round of the 2022 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship scheduled at Highlands Motorsport Park on January 12-14. Indecision and uncertainty from the government over covid protocols, boundaries etc. combined with the lack of any form of testing and race mileage by NIFF competitors..

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Motorsport Promoter Speed Works has been left with little choice but to postpone its December Pukekohe race meeting and reschedule the classes racing there to other events on its calendar later in the season. Several non-championship classes will now race in the Waikato at Hampton Downs over the weekend of December 17-19 - a new date - while other categories..

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Tony Quinn has acquired Taupo Motorsport Park following a Special General Meeting where outgoing shareholders voted to accept Quinn's $9.8m offer to buy the circuit's land and assets. Taupo Motorsport Park joins Hampton Downs and Highlands Motorsport Parks in Quinn's New Zealand portfolio of race circuits alongside Queensland Raceway which Quinn recently purchased in Australia. "Third time lucky," said Tony..

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