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Picture Bruce Jenkins Shane van Gisbergen continued his 100% record at the New Zealand Grand Prix meeting with victory in the second race of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series. It was no easy task for the V8 Supercar racer, however, as rival Chris van der Drift pressured him throughout. After starting from pole position, he made a much better getaway at the lights and beat fellow front row sitter Chris van der Drift in the drag race to the first turn. Second row sitter Ngatoa got a poor start and dropped back outside of the top five while Matthew continued his impressive rookie form with anothe...

Shane Van Gisbergen delivered the greatest performance in New Zealand Grand Prix history. Picture Tayler Burke In extraordinary times, an extraordinary driver produced an extraordinary drive to win the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix and put his name alongside the sport’s greatest drivers. Shane van Gisbergen left a sell-out crowd at Hampton Downs breathless after producing an historic performance that re-wrote the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and Grand Prix records. After setting the fire extinguisher off in his car before the start, Shane missed the pit lane window to exit and was forced to ...

“I'll have to sort my starts out,” van Gisbergen said following his victory. “I managed to get past him and took the only chance I got and it worked out really well. Twenty-eight laps tomorrow is going to be a long way. “We've been making a few tweaks and the car is almost there but there's a little more to come. It's going to be awesome tomorrow and qualifying in the morning is going to be really important." Van der Drift was philosophical with his second place and felt the car had lost a tiny percentage of its pace-setting speed from Friday, but he remained optimistic about his ...

Shane van Gisbergen put in a sensational final effort to top Castrol Toyota Racing Series qualifying. Picture Bruce Jenkins The Giz’s superb lap of 1 minute 30.231 puts him on pole position for Sunday’s morning race on Grand Prix day. Pole position for the first race on Saturday goes to Friday pace setter Chris van der Drift who’s second fastest time was quicker than the Bathurst 1000 champion’s. A second qualifying session on Sunday morning will decide the grid order for the Grand Prix itself. Friday pacesetter Chris van der Drift had set the pace throughout the session and looked s...

Press Release – NZ Formula 5000 Assn In their heyday in the 1970s the 5.0 litre stock block V8-powered Formula 5000 single-seater racing cars which contest New Zealand’s annual SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series were as quick as F1 cars. So most in the large crowd expected to descend on Taupō’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park this weekend for the Taupō Historic Grand Prix celebrating Ford meeting will know exactly what to expect, says NZ F5000 Association organising committee member Glenn Richards. “Speed, colour, excitement and action…..plus – of course – that...