New Zealand’s largest one-make car race category, the BMW Race Driver Series, has added a scholarship path to its growing line-up of entrants for the coming 2014/2015 season. Appealing to aspiring race drivers the winning applicant will receive a package including a race ready BMW E30 2.0L to contest the six round North Island based […]
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Ford revealed today the new Falcon XR8 performance sedan that blends the car’s iconic history with Ford’s new global design DNA to achieve the development team’s goal of creating the best Falcon ever. Also joining the new XR8 performance model is the first official image of the refreshed XR6 sedan. The Falcon XR6 and XR8 […]
Maserati Centenary celebrations in the UK continue Maserati is official featured ‘Celebration Marque’ at Silverstone Classic 2014 Celebratory cavalcade of 200+ past and present Maserati models on Sunday led by Sir Stirling Moss in the legendary F1 GP winning 250F Special guest Alfieri Maserati, son of Ernesto Maserati, in attendance Silverstone Classic 25th […]
Emma Gilmour’s race craft skills have been sharpened this weekend, with the talented Kiwi showing her claws and rubbing panels with the top guns at the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship’s (GRC) fourth round in New York. A confidence boost associated with some new-found speed in her Rhys Millen Racing Hyundai Veloster Turbo rallycross car […]
Thomasen survives ice challenge to dominate Nelson enduro Tauranga’s Ben Thomasen wasn’t keen on crashing through 10mm-thick ice in his Polaris RZR 1000, but he did what was required at the two-day 2014 Total Lubricants New Zealand Endurance Championship held at Dovedale over the weekend. The event is the toughest offroad race on the 2014 New Zealand competition calendar, and bitterly cold […]
Continental Cars back special Porsche shootout at CRC Speedshow A Porsche Cayman sporting the familiar and iconic Martini Racing livery will take centre stage in CRC Speedshow’s live action arena this weekend. In a fun challenge, five drivers will strive for their best lap time in the Porsche Cayman in the Continental Cars Supercar Challenge; […]
Paddon and Kennard show impressive pace in WRC Poland Hayden Paddon and John Kennard impressed many with their pace on the opening stage of day two of WRC Lotos Rally Poland. Piloting their Hyundai i20 WRC car in just their second event with the Hyundai Motorsport team, the Kiwis were second-quickest and just 0.7 seconds […]
As Invercargill racing driver Jamie Conroy completed his domination of the 2013/2014 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship at Taupo earlier this year the side of his Mygale Formula Ford carried the words ‘Racing For Wal & George’. The names referred to Wal Willmott, the engineer on Conroy’s all conquering Mygale, while George was George Begg, […]
Lining up against some of the biggest names in the business at the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship’s (GRC) first round in Barbados, Emma Gilmour did herself and New Zealand proud. She was not only the first woman to ever race in this testosterone-fuelled series, she hit jumps, battled for corners with the Ken Block, […]
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