M Developments goes all in for endurance series

A Queenstown company has expanded to fielding a stable of three TCR racers in this year’s South Island Endurance Series (SIES), which begins on Saturday at Invercargill’s Teretonga Park. The M Developments team will run two Volkswagen Golf; Read More

Racer given shakedown

Two South Island tracks will be the first to host the new Toyota Gazoo Racing New Zealand’s FT-60 open-wheelers when the five-round 2020 Toyota Racing Series (TRS) roars into life in January. The 280 horsepower, high-downforce state-of-the; Read More

Paddon chasing rallysprint title

Hayden Paddon's team has been hard at work in their Cromwell workshop converting his Hyundai i20AP4 from rally to hill climb specification for this weekend’s Ashley Forest Rallysprint. They have installed a purpose-built 2.4L engine and ne; Read More

Fans lapping it up

Every third Sunday of the month for the past 25 months, Allen and Lucy Mill have made the 420km round-trip from Mosgiel to Highlands Motorsport Park for the Track Laps Breakfast. They have not missed a session of the pace-controlled, two l; Read More

Plenty of off-road thrills

Kurow is hosting the Off Road Association of New Zealand’s third South Island round this weekend and the event host promises some ‘‘very loud’’ buggies and trucks sailing over ‘‘huge big jumps’’.  Today’s short-course pr; Read More

Auckland SuperSprint moved

The recently announced 2020 Supercars Championship calendar has revealed the Australian series will now touch down in Auckland for the SuperSprint over Anzac weekend.  The April 24-26 race at Pukekohe Park Raceway will c; Read More

Ready to flex some muscle

The ultimate reward for a race-car builder is seeing your engineering project come to life and successfully take to the track. For Mosgiel’s Colin Wallace there’s been a couple of extra bonuses. Firstly, he has been able to get behind the ; Read More

When life gives you lemons ...

The Pulled Up In A Lemon crew of four Kiwi women are continuing their adventures on the Mongol Rally as they travel from Prague to Ulan Ude, Russia, over an eight-week period in a 998cc Toyota Yaris. They are now about 40 days into their e; Read More

Partnership driven by trust

As a rally driver, Hayden Paddon is used to working in partnership; most obviously with his co-driver, who sits alongside him during all events and is a crucial ingredient of success. Writing a book requires a new kind of partnership, and ; Read More

Soaking up Cappadocia

The Pulled Up In A Lemon crew of four Kiwi women continue their adventures on the Mongol Rally as they travel from Prague to in Ulan Ude, Russia over eight weeks in a Toyota Yaris. As we drive through the rough Turkmenista; Read More

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