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Motofest revving up for another classic weekend 31 Jan, 2021 09:29 PM 6 minutes to read Dunedin's Kevin Goddard (Yamaha TZ250 No.148), seen here leading the way at Hampton Downs last year, sure to be among the frontrunners in the Shoei Classic Two-stroke races. Photo / Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com MotoFest is just around the corner and, as final preparations are made, the revs are already starting to build ahead of what will no doubt be another classic weekend at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. Ready to mark its fourth anniversary at the popular north Waikato race track on the weekend of Mar...

Lexus has unleashed the new IS on New Zealand roads, so we headed out onto those roads to check the new range out.

 Matthew Payne topped qualifying at Hampton Downs for the second TRS round. Picture Bruce Jenkins The seven remaining cars in the championship were covered by just seven tenths of a second – ensuring both of the races on Saturday are likely to be closely fought affairs. With just fifteen minutes available to clock a fast time and with only a few tenths separating the seven drivers in Friday practice, it was all to play for in the morning qualifying session on Hampton Downs’ national circuit. It was Conrad Clark who was into his stride earliest and he topped the timesheets for the first ...

Matthew Payne raced to his first win in TRS at Hampton Downs and took the series lead. Rookie racer Matthew Payne made it two from two at the second round of the Toyota Racing Series at Hampton Downs, storming home in Saturday's second race to claim the Dorothy Smith Memorial Cup. The youngster – who took three third-place finishes in last weekend’s New Zealand Grand Prix – won the day's first race by holding out fellow rookie Peter Vodanovich, then did the double in style. After 30 laps of the national circuit at the North Waikato track, Payne had carved out an emphatic 14-second vic...

Shane van Gisbergen showed once again that he can seemingly drive anything, anywhere at the top level on Sunday by winning the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix - after starting at the back of the grid from pit lane. Van Gisbergen accidentally set the fire extinguisher off in his car as the field set out on the formation lap prior to the fans' grid walk. That meant a hasty return to the pits to clean out the car, his overalls, his boots and a replacement extinguisher. When the race got under way he had to start from pit lane, at the back of the field.