Following her breakthrough race win at round two of the BNT V8s at Taupo last month, Chelsea Herbert says the history making achievement in being the first female to win a New Zealand Touring Car race will give her a boost ahead of round three at Ruapuna this weekend.
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A last minute deal means Taylor Cockerton, the 2017 Formula Masters Champion, will contest the 2018 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. |
‘Difficult and unrewarding’ are the words Paul Radisich uses to describe his relationship with Bathurst. Two second-place finishes in the Bathurst 1000 and two horrific crashes were the highlights and lowlights of Radisich’s racing career around Mt Panorama.
A top field of 22 Formula 1600 drivers face two consecutive weekends of racing in the South Island as both the national and South Island Championships resume their season. This weekend the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch hosts the second round of the New Zealand Formula 1600 Championship, also doubling as the fourth round of the South Island Formula 1600 Championship. The category is part of the supporting classes for the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, the opening round of the 2018 Toyota Racing Series.
When round three of the BNT V8s gets underway at Ruapuna next week (January 13-14), local driver Justin Ashwell will be looking to get himself further up the grid by the end of the weekend.
Sitting fourth in class two points and the highest placed of the rookie drivers the 38-year old is pleased with his progress in the championship thus far.
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Peter Vodanovich joins the 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship with a mission. |
Current Formula Masters champion Taylor Cockerton heads to Malaysia for a test with the KCMG team at the Sepang International Circuit 16 January. The one-day test in an Audi R8 LMS Cup car is part of the prize for winning the 2017 drivers title which the Waikato University student clinched at the final round in China.
“I’m really excited,” commented Cockerton. “It should be a fantastic experience.”
It was almost becoming a regular occurrence - the sound of a Formula 1 racing car blasting around Teretonga Park near Invercargill on a Friday afternoon.
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