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Conrad Clark will race in the weekend’s Grand Prix and completes the 16 driver line up. Picture TGRNZ Clark’s China campaign also saw him awarded Rookie of the Year and the MiTime Star award for outstanding performance. As well as his successful campaign in the Chinese Formula 4 championship where he secured no fewer than 12 race wins on his way to the title, Clark debuted internationally in the USA Formula 4 championship in 2018 where he learnt the foundations of international motorsport ...

Press Release – Toyota Racing New Zealand Reigning Best Bars Toyota 86 Champion Peter Vodanovich has today confirmed he will take part in the full nine race 2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. Peter Vodanovich is another champion Kiwi racer lined up for the Grand Prix and Castrol TRS championship . Picture TGRNZ. The 19 year old Aucklander will compete in his first single seater championship when he takes to the track for the first round in January, the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix on Hampton D...

Eight years after last racing in TRS Chris Vlok is back for 2021. Picture supplied. Vlok, 28, will compete in all three rounds of this year’s championship, the first time he has competed domestically for eight years. Before restrictions were imposed by the global pandemic, he was a frequent international traveller working closely with teams and technology companies in the sports and entertainment sector, setting up strategic deals and technology partnerships with some of the world’s most we...

Press Release – Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand Christchurch based racer and entrepreneur Chris Vlok is the latest driver to sign up for the full 2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. Eight years after last racing in TRS Chris Vlok is back for 2021. Picture supplied. Vlok, 28, will compete in all three rounds of this year’s championship, the first time he has competed domestically for eight years. Before restrictions were imposed by the global pandemic, he was a frequent international travelle...

Press Release – New Zealand Formula 5000 Association Rnd 1 21 SAS MSC F5000 R1 Tim Rush 20 McLaren M22 Toby Annabell 9A McLaren M10B. Photo credit: Fast Company/Matt Smith Photography. It seems entirely fitting that at the second round of this season’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at the annual Taupō Historic GP, this time celebrating Ford, at Taupō’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in less than a fortnight’s (Sat-Sun Jan 23/24) time, there will be a record numbe...

Monday, 11 January 2021, 6:13 pm Rnd 1 21 SAS MSC F5000 R1 Tim Rush 20 McLaren M22 Toby Annabell 9A McLaren M10B. Photo credit: Fast Company/Matt Smith Photography. It seems entirely fitting that at the second round of this season’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at the annual Taupō Historic GP, this time celebrating Ford, at Taupō’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in less than a fortnight’s (Sat-Sun Jan 23/24) time, there will be a record number of cars bearing the...

Picture TGRNZ. Kelly Racing V8 Supercar driver André Heimgartner is the latest racing ace to sign up for the 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix. Competing against generations of great drivers with a chance to put his name on the trophy is a bucket list item ticked for the 25 year old. Heimgartner will compete in a field of racers that represents the best of the past, the present and the future of New Zealand motorsport. Its a field which will also include the iconic Ken Smith, GT racer Chris van der ...

Andre Heimgartner will join the likes of Shane Van Gisbergen and Greg Murphy in this month's race.

The 1975 BMW 3.5 CSL is one of the most iconic racing cars of our times. This specific chassis #987 was driven by Swedish driver Ronnie Peterson and British driver Brian Redman with the number #25 on the door. This was the first CSL to win a Group 5 race in the world championships for BMW. According to BMW Motorsport, only five units were ever produced, but this month you will have the chance to own one of them. Stratas Auctions will be auctioning the BMW 3.5 CSL IMSA. The auction home says th...

Friday, 8 January 2021, 5:04 pm He’s back and Brendon Leitch will start as one of the GP favourites. Picture: Dayle ITM Racing. Invercargills Brendon Leitch will take the wheel of a Castrol Toyota Racing Series car one more time when he steps aboard to try and add his name to the New Zealand Grand Prix Trophy later this month. Twenty five year old Leitch is the most experienced TRS racer in the world having competed in TRS championships in the first generation FT40 car and the more recent F...