Of the major series this summer, only the TRS has come up with worthwhile fields and this alone will make the series successful. the way the TRS people have gone about their job is a credit to them. Many of us will be able to remember the time when motor racing in New Zealand was […]
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The following is a press release from the V8 SuperTourers that effectively answers a lot our questions about the future of the NZV8s. An entirely new Board of directors has been overwhelmingly elected to NZ Vee Eight Entrants Group Ltd, the company representing the interests of NZV8 race car owners. The previous directors stood down […]
Subaru are not going to market the WRX or STi versions of the Impreza in several countries, including the UK. They cite falling demand and trouble meeting emissions requirements. Supporters of the cars will be quick to seize on the emissions issues as the Real Reason, but if the demand was there, they’d soon […]
WHY HIGHLANDS?: By now, it’s probably pretty well understood that Highlands Motorsport Park near Cromwell is not going to be just another motor racing circuit on the Ruapuna, Levels, Teretonga loop. While there will be motor racing meetings, these will be restricted under the terms of the resource consent and those meetings will not necessarily […]
Toyota New Zealand has announced a new model to the 86 line-up, adding a car that we all wanted them to have in the first place: the 86 RC, or “Race Competition” – a stripped-out entry-level model, ripe for customisation or conversion into a racing car! Toyota says the 86 RC “gives Kiwi sports car […]
I went to Cromwell yesterday for a meeting with Highlands owner Tony Quinn and manager Mike Sentch — the upshot of that meeting is that I have a contract to set up the museum that will be an integral part of this complex. I was first “approached” several weeks back but I didn’t think that […]
OVERSTEER profiles the five times Targa NZ winner and the man behind Highlands at Cromwell Who is Tony Quinn? Well, if you Google Tony Quinn you will get a few of them, but the one we want is Tony Quinn, VIP pet foods and that narrows it down to the man we’re after. I knew […]
McLaren have posted the entire BBC documentary “How to Build a Supercar” on their YouTube page. If you do not watch this then there is something wrong with you. It is fantastic, possibly more for showing the way Ron Dennis’ obsessive mind works than the actual car, but even that is fascinating!
Kimi Räikkönen has shown that old German bloke how a comeback should happen with his brilliant win at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Now he does that rarest of things and speaks of his win and how he plans to celebrate that win. Check out the last answer; he hopes to make it home at […]
The Highlands Motorsport Park project at Cromwell is the most exciting and innovative thing to have happened to New Zealand motorsport since the invention of the wheel. OVERSTEER has been for a look around the track and its facilities (Please hold cursor over photograph to read the captions) One of the construction marvels of New […]
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