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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 touring car champion in 2015, 2016 and 2017 aboard his Holden V8 racer and a winner in endurance racing ...

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 and has continued to capitalise on that experience since. Clark has raced internationally more than ...

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 Downs’ long circuit. Vodanovich doesn’t have a background in karting as so many racing drivers of...

Sunday, 17 January 2021, 6:46 pm Invercargill's 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 season's 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 weekends featured ferociously-close racing in all the various bike categories. The four-round seri...

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 well-known properties. These include the Boston Red Sox, Williams Racing and Racing Point Formula One ...