McLaren’s new hypercar, the P1, has made its first public appearance, driven by none other than 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button. Button drove the new, still disguised P1 during a drive-through of several cars from McLaren’s history at the launch of the company’s MP4-28 F1 car. Although a very low-speed run, it was […]
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There are stories to come, but in the meantime here are pictures of all the action from the second weekend of the New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing Celebrating Denny Hulme. Enjoy! Feel free to download any of them for use as wallpaper. For any other purposes, feel free to use them too, but just […]
He may well be a grumpy old shit, but Terry Marshall is also one of the best motorsport photographers there is. He has sent us a collection of shots from the two first Toyota Racing Series and NZV8 rounds at Timaru and Invercargill and, quite frankly, they were just too damn good not to do […]
Sometime in the mid-nineties I was part of a small group of mainly Australian hacks who were in Germany for the launch of a new Mercedes-Benz. I forget which one it was — maybe the first “four headlamp” E-Class. Any, apart from cramming info into us about the new car and showering us with gifts, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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