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Friday, 12 February 2021, 9:58 am FEBRUARY 12, 2021: MotoFest 2021 is coming up and legendary former Kiwi international Aaron Slight is one man who simply can't wait for it to begin. It will no doubt be another classic weekend at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, when the popular north Waikato race track hosts the fourth annual Mike Pero MotoFest on the weekend of March 6-7, world-renowned Masterton personality Slight looking forward to having another opportunity to ride the rare Proton KR3 bike during the "Legends Parade" segment of the jam-packed weekend. The programme for MotoFest 2021 will ...

Championship leader Simon Evans and up and coming star Ryan Wood have had it all their own way so far in the first two rounds of the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship, but it could all change this weekend at Manfeild for round three. <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2102/75722bd57e5cac83fcd4.jpeg' ...

Never enough time with it We still can’t afford one A V12 and a Ferrari are a match made in horsepower heaven, and throw in a modern folding hardtop roof, and there’s potentially the best of all worlds. The 812GTS recently landed in NZ, as the open-top version of the comically titled 812 Superfast, and though only slightly less super fast, the GTS is certainly special in all the right ways. Patience. It just requires a moment of patience, as we round the final turn of Hampton Downs onto the main straight. The foot wants to just bury the throttle, but the brain decides that other overridin...

Press Release – New Zealand Formula 5000 Association Legendary Kiwi racing driver & car builder Graham McRae delivering his driving master class at Wigram in 1972 in his then new Leda GM1 001. The year 1972 will go down in the annals of New Zealand’s motor racing history as the year driver/engineer Graham McRae came of age – in a car – the garish fluro pink Leda LT27/GM1 – of his own design. This weekend, at the 31st annual Skope Classic historic motor racing meeting in Christchurch, the legacy of this great Kiwi and the very same car will be brought back to life in the SAS Autopart...

Thursday, 4 February 2021, 8:15 am Legendary Kiwi racing driver & car builder Graham McRae delivering his driving master class at Wigram in 1972 in his then new Leda GM1 001. The year 1972 will go down in the annals of New Zealand’s motor racing history as the year driver/engineer Graham McRae came of age – in a car – the garish fluro pink Leda LT27/GM1 – of his own design. This weekend, at the 31st annual Skope Classic historic motor racing meeting in Christchurch, the legacy of this great Kiwi and the very same car will be brought back to life in the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tas...