Flying cars are about to step out of fantasy into reality, with the new Airspeeder race series making its public debut at this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the United Kingdom. Billed as the evolution; Read More
Fresh from winning the South Canterbury Rally by more than six minutes, Hayden Paddon is swapping his Cromwell base for the Circuit d’Essay in France. The former World Rally Championship driver will be making his debut in the new FIA-affil; Read More
David Thomson and Richard Bosselman were recently invited to the Chatham Islands to test drive a variety of Holden vehicles on the island’s roads and tracks. When Holden NZ Corporate Affairs boss Ed Finn set on the bold sc; Read More
The Catlins Coast Rally is getting a makeover this year, with the introduction of new stages on roads that have not been used before, as the event approaches its 20th anniversary. Organising committee chairman Roger Laird, who has extra du; Read More
As far as dream motorsport weekends go, Invercargill’s Brendon Leitch takes the cake for having the ultimate double drive duty today and tomorrow. He will be driving a Huracan in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia as well as driving in the ; Read More
Highlands Motorsport Park and Hampton Downs owner Tony Quinn has drifter ‘‘Mad Mike’’ Whiddett to thank for his invitation to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed from July 4-7. Whiddett has been one of the stars of t; Read More
Supercars driver Scott McLaughlin had the ultimate 12-month zero-to-hero career trajectory, when he missed out on the 2017 Australian championship, before winning it a year later. The Kiwi star is about to embark on a t; Read More
Dunedin's Chris Henderson has found the perfect way to get a little circuit racing practice before the South Island Endurance Series (SIES) gets under way — drive in the North Island equivalent of the series. After Henderson held off Chris; Read More
Trying to wrestle a rally car with an injured thumb is less than ideal, although that was the situation Queenstown’s Mike Sheehan was faced with last Sunday. Determined to minimise the damage to his class lead in the FIA Group N 2WD catego; Read More
Highly successful, United Kingdom-based, Dunedin-born motorsport team principal Dick Bennetts was inducted to MotorSport New Zealand’s wall of fame at the annual awards night last weekend. Bennetts (72) founded West Surrey Racing (WSR) in ; Read More
