Seventeen-year-old Inglewood student Matt Podjursky will make his touring car debut when he joins the BNT NZ Touring Car Championship for round one in November at Pukekohe.

Podjursky will line up in class two of the championship in a recently purchased Ford Falcon – previously campaigned by Brad Lauder.

Kiwi racing driver Taylor Cockerton this week heads to the Zhuhai International Circuit in China with high expectations for the third round of the 2017 Formula Masters Series.  Located at Jin Ding town, Zhuhai City, in the Guangdong Province, drivers and teams will face three races over the weekend as the series reaches the half way mark for the season.

“My goal is to win this round,” commented Cockerton.  “I think we can take the challenge to the three drivers in front of me.  They are all in good form at the moment, but that’s the target we need to set.”

Six co-drivers from around the country have been selected to attend the inaugural Rally New Zealand co-drivers Academy in August.

The Rally New Zealand Co-Drivers Academy to be held from 1st-3rd August is aimed at developing Kiwi co-driving talent to compete at the top level of the sport. Over the three days of the Academy the participants will receive coaching on all aspects of the co-driver’s role including practical pace note writing exercises, event planning, fitness training and media promotional activities.  

The six attendees are:

MRF Tyres New Zealand distributor Palmside NZ Ltd are delighted to announce drivers running their tyres have experienced massive success at the weekend’s Lone Star Rally Canterbury.

The event doubled as round three of both the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and the Stadium Finance Mainland Rally Series and was held in the most challenging conditions seen this season to date.