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At the bottom of each island, the nation’s top karting talent made the trek to KartSport Wellington and KartSport Southland for the North & South Island Karting Championships respectively. Held on Labour Weekend annually, the two events ...
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Success in the final round of KartSport New Zealand’s KartStars Series in Rotorua this weekend could be life-changing for the winners. The fifth and final round of the series, sponsored by Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy, has attracted over 150 ...
Champion Matthew Payne with the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. Picture Bruce Jenkins In the process he added his name to an impressive list of former TRS champions. An impressive 25% of the current F1 field are TRS graduates and the FIA F2 and F3 championships are also bristling with racers who’ve competed and won in TRS. Matthew Payne could well be another significant graduate and champion in years to come based on his dominance in 2021. Payne has won five TRS races since Shane van Gisbergen’s famous New Zealand Grand Prix victory at Hampton Downs and is the most dominant champion in sever...
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 1:01 pm Sixteen of New Zealand’s top racing drivers are all set to race in the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix this weekend and there’s huge interest in what is being billed as an historic Race of Champions. Igor Fraga takes the Grand Prix chequered flag in 2020. Which Kiwi will win it this weekend and add their name to an illustrious list? Picture Bruce Jenkins With the pandemic travel restrictions accounting for the usual international entrants, it’s turned into an all-Kiwi affair. It is arguably the most interesting field in a New Zealand Grand Prix for a gene...