John Bowe is the latest Australian racing legend confirmed for the NZ Festival of Motor Racing at Hamptons Downs from January 13-14. The 4Guys Autobarn Legends of Bathurst will celebrate all things Bathurst and Bowe, a two-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, will be reunited with the #44 Volvo 240 GT car he raced around Mt Panorama in 1986.
ANOTHER regional motorsport hero has been permanently honoured by the Manawatu facility where his circuit racing career began.
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Christchurch driver Ryan Yardley has become the fourth New Zealander to enter the 2018 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. |
Team NZ Motorsport is pleased to announce that we will be getting our 2018 racing season off to a bright and early start by joining Asian Le Mans Series 2017/18 at Chang International Circuit, Buriram, in three weeks’ time (11-13 January), for the penultimate round of the pan-Asia sportscar championship.
This time it’s to win: Marcus Armstrong says he has a singular focus for the coming Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
Just back in New Zealand with the Italian Formula 4 title on his trophy shelf, Armstrong (17) is shrugging off jet lag. A year in the full-time Ferrari Driver Academy has armed him with maturity and experience in equal measure.
Bathurst conqueror and V8 Supercar hero Jim Richards will be the focus on and off the track at the Hampton Downs’ annual Festival of Motorsport being held at the North Waikato circuit over the weekend of January 13/14.
The Red Bull Holden Racing Team is excited to announce that Earl Bamber will join Shane van Gisbergen as co-driver in the no. 97 Commodore for the 2018 season of endurance.
David Holder’s entry in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship has been confirmed by championship co-ordinators M-Sport Poland.
The 28-year-old, originally from Invercargill and now living in Tauranga, recently outlined his plans to take his rallying career international, but needed to await official confirmation that he’d been selected to content the five-round JWRC.
Strong performances in international competitions in Australia and America this year has showcased the talent of young Kiwi racer Liam Lawson and led to numerous inquiries from overseas race teams and management personnel.
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