Callum Hedge has the provisional lead in the New Zealand Formula 1600 Championship as this weekend it heads to Teretonga Park in Southland for the third of five rounds. It is a provisional lead, as the result of the final race at the previous round last weekend in Christchurch will now be decided through an appeal process, and not on the track.
Entries for the 2018 Taupō Historic GP this weekend at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park have closed with a line-up of 99 cars and 43 motorcycles.
Taylor Cockerton is a man on a mission and heads to the second round of the 2018 Castrol Toyota Racing Series with confidence of finishing on the podium and moving up the points table. It has been a hectic week for the Kiwi driver having to fit in a quick trip to Malaysia for a one-day Audi R8 LMS Cup test before returning home to continue racing.
New Zealand was one of the first countries outside the United States to embrace the Formula 5000 motor racing class. So it is entirely appropriate that at the second annual Taupo Historic Grand Prix meeting this weekend, drivers contesting the third round of the SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series will be the first in the world to actively mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic stock-block V8 single-seater category.
The Archibalds Historic Touring Car Series heads to Taupo this weekend and if the response from race-goers there is anything like that at the 4 Guys Autobarn Legends of Bathurst meeting at the Hampton Downs last weekend the future of the country’s latest retro racing category is assured.
As the BNT V8s head to Teretonga this weekend for round four of the Championship, Andre Heimgartner will be looking to continue his fast form in what could be another weather affected race weekend.
The second round of the New Zealand Formula 1600 Championship turned out to be an early birthday present for Aucklander Josh Bethune. Turning 15 on Tuesday, Bethune (Mygale) won two of three races at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park just outside of Christchurch over the weekend and finished runner up in the third. This was enough for him to win the Wigram Cup and take a four-point lead in the national championship over Callum Hedge (Mygale) with Bailey Paterson (Van Diemen Stealth) in third.
Cambridge’s Nick Ross has come away from the third round of the BNT V8s at Ruapuna near Christchurch second for the weekend.
Qualifying third on Saturday, Ross went on to race in the searing heat taking his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima to two second placings and a third in the weekend’s three races.
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