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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 name of the NZ motor racing great lined up on the grid. Though best known for the F1 team which sti...

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. It's a field which will also include the iconic Ken Smith, GT racer Chris van der Drift as well as a host of up and coming young

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 that when current owner Henry Schmitt purchased the car, its full racing history was yet to be discove...

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. Invercargill's 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 FT50. He has also tested the current FT60 car and has extensive experience in the Tatuus chassis hav...