Experienced Supercar driver Steve Owen is rejoining the BNT V8 SuperTourers for the big ITM 500 meeting at Pukekohe over Anzac weekend.
The Queensland-based driver, 39, will race Wayne Anderson’s Holden Commodore, the car formerly driven by Andy Booth, at the final round of the 2014 championship, where the Kiwi cars are the top support act for the V8 Supercars.
Matt Summerfield's sizzling performance over the final special stage of the International Rally of Whangarei secured the Cantabrian second place for New Zealand championship drivers and put his bid for the 2014 Junior title on target by securing maximum points.
At the end of the first day of competition, Summerfield had equalled his best-ever national result from last season by bringing his Subaru Impreza to the overnight halt in Whangarei last Saturday in third place.
Michael Young’s 2014 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) campaign got off to a great start by scoring a podium place in the two-wheel-drive class, and the Production Cup, on top of gaining valuable drivers’ championship points at the first round held at the International Rally of Whangarei over the weekend.
As the only registered New Zealander in the APRC, Young had a big task ahead of him to defend his two-wheel-drive title, especially with the introduction of Australian, Tom Wilde, in a more powerful Renault Clio G2.
Looking back five years ago, Mt Maunganui rally driver David Holder could be found watching some of his New Zealand rally heroes in awe…. Now he is challenging those same heroes for the rally lead.
Zero-to-hero driver Angus Fogg is looking for more glory when the BNT V8 SuperTourers race at Pukekohe’s V8 Supercar meeting over Anzac Weekend.
The Aucklander became the only driver to beat champion Greg Murphy so far this year when he decisively won race two at the TR Group 250 meeting at Pukekohe last month.
That ended a long period of frustration for the popular “Foggy”, a fan favourite for his flamboyant driving and quick wit. A former champion in the old NZV8 class, his results over the first two seasons were below what he and his fans were expecting.
Concept Motorsport are proud to announce the arrival of the first ever Nissan Altima TLX race car into the NZV8 Touring Cars Championship.
In celebration of Nick Ross piloting the Nissan in the up coming season of 2014-15, Concept Motorsport will exhibit the soon to be completed Altima in the NZV8 Touring Cars pit area at the final round of the series held at Pukekohe Park Raceway over ANZAC weekend 25-27th April.
Kiwi grabs chance at GP3 drive two years after crash
Richie Stanaway showed good pace in GP3 testing at Jerez, Spain, over the weekend. The Kiwi was sixth in only his second outing in a single-seater since 2012.
Two weeks ago Stanaway was sitting at home in England looking forward to the opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Silverstone this weekend as an Aston Martin works driver. The phone rang and he was quickly racing down a motorway to catch a plane heading to Estoril, Portugal, for the first test weekend of the GP3 season.
Tauranga’s Phil Campbell has made an impressive debut in The Roofing Store Mitsubishi Evo 9 at the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship driven by VINZ over the weekend, where only a mechanical problem robbed him over an almost certain podium finish.
Campbell came into the event realistic in his expectations for a result in a new car, especially one down on power against his rivals, with a plan just to drive down the middle of the road and learn more by completing mileage.
RCK Contractors Rally Team driver Clint Cunningham’s hopes of a reliable start to the season were unfortunately dashed at the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship driven by VINZ, Rally Whangarei, held over the weekend.
The team spent the off season fully rebuilding the car in the hopes of ending a horrific run of DNF’s from 2013 and on the opening stage Cunningham and co-driver Greg Ruka were able to set the 12th fastest time, mixing it with some far more modern machinery than their older RCK Contractors Mitsubishi Evo 4.
Kaiapoi’s Marcus van Klink has made the perfect start to his 2014 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship driven by VINZ campaign after scoring a full haul of points at the opening round, Rally Whangarei, over the weekend.
After a season dogged by mechanical problems last year, a full rebuild over the off-season saw van Klink and co-driver Dave Neill confident of a strong result and after three stage wins from three prior to service, the pair had opened up a lead of 50 seconds in the Historic category.
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