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Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 11:17 am Multiple New Zealand Touring Car Champion, endurance winner and the current FIA Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series champ Simon Evans will become one of the series highest profile racers when he steps aboard a Toyota 86 for a shot at the 2021 Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship this coming season. Simon Evans is a proven talent and is keen to add the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship title to his resumé. Picture Bruce Jenkins.   Aucklander Evans was the national touri...

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...

Sunday, 17 January 2021, 6:46 pm Invercargills Cormac Buchanan (bike No.28), the leading rider in two separate classes after racing near Timaru at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The points tables do nothing to indicate the closeness of racing in this seasons New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK). The competition kicked off at Christchurch just over a week ago, while round two was staged at Levels International Raceways, near Timaru, on Saturday and Sunday, and both ...

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...

Tom Alexander and Damon Leitch are the latest two local racing stars to join the grid for the Toyota Racing Series season opener this month

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 ...