Marquez maintains unbeaten season - 19th May 14
Marc Marquez secured his fifth straight MotoGP win at todays Monster Energy Grand Prix de France at Le Mans with the Repsol Honda rider fighting his way through the pack before taking the lead ahead of Movistar Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi and taking the last step on the podium was GO&Fun; Honda Gresini’s Alvaro Bautista whose pace continued to improve throughout the race.. Read more >>
Australian rally champ signs up for - 19th May 14
Australian professional rally driver and champion Dean Herridge is the latest big name in Australasian motorsport to confirm he will be lining up for the first round of the Mahindra North Island Endurance Series - the Mahindra Pukekohe 6 hours - and he'll be doing it alongside Gary Morgan in a brand new supercharged Subaru BRZ built and run by legendary outfit Possum Bourne Motorsport.. Read more >>
Rally of Canterbury backed to provi - 19th May 14
The Lone Star Rally of Canterbury will bring the Brian Green Property Group NZ Rally Championship to Christchurch and North Canterbury on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June. With new backing from The Lone Star Café and Bar group, along with their sidekicks at Joes Garage, the rally promises top level action as New Zealand’s best Rally Teams tackle the first two Okuku Forest stages in the dark on Saturday night, then race along many of North Canterbury’s best gravel public roads on Sunday, finishing the high speed action with another run over the two forest stages Sunday afternoon.. Read more >>
Aussies Old and New for Silver Fern - 15th May 14
Five Australian crews have entered to date, three in the epay Silver Fern Rally, one in the Challenge and one in the Silver Frond. Aussie rally legend Ed Mulligan along with a two car team of father and son John and David Hills tackle the full rally while Michael Conway/Jenny Cole will tackle the Challenge while Tony Quinn of Highlands Motorsport Park fame will contest the shorter three day Silver Frond in conjunction with the rally. . Read more >>
Build an electric go kart, electric - 13th May 14
APEV (Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles) invites you to build an electric go kart, electric motor bike or electric car and bring your project to Ruapuna, Christchurch on November 30 for a fun day of competitions, electric vehicle events, demonstrations and test drives. Key components for your project are available through the EVolocity web site for those who want to get a running start. See http://evolocity.co.nz/ebuild/. Read more >>
Jari-Matti Latvala takes his second - 12th May 14
The Finn, driving a Polo R, headed team-mate Sébastien Ogier by 1min 26.9sec. It was Volkswagen’s ninth consecutive WRC victory, breaking the record held by Citroen. Kris Meeke claimed his second podium of the season in a Citroen DS3. The Frenchman completed the four-day event, round five of the FIA World Rally Championship, 5min 54.7sec behind Latvala in third.“Last year I finished on the podium but I couldn’t dream to win here, it’s something special,” said Latvala. “I crashed in Portugal and there was a risk my self-confidence was down. If Ogier won, there was a chance the championship could become boring, but now we keep it alive.” . Read more >>
Hamilton, Rosberg at Spansh F1 - 12th May 14
Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton finished the FIA Formula One 2014 Spanish Grand Prix in style by securing his maiden victory at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Hamilton’s success in Spain today means that the 2008 World Champion has also picked up his fourth consecutive race win of the season. The Englishman has now achieved his 26th career victory to date and taken over the lead of the Driver’s Championship from his team mate, Nico Rosberg.. Read more >>
Jeff Gordon has his first 2014 race - 11th May 14
Sprint Cup points leader Jeff Gordon has registered his first race win of the season with victory in Kansas. Gordon, who is celebrating the 20th anniversary since his first win at the Cup level, held off Kevin Harvick over the final laps to secure his 89th career victory taking the chequered flag in the 5-Hour Energy 400. It’s the four-time champion’s first win since Martinsville last autumn and it earned him a place in the record book as the first winner of a night race at the track. “I knew we had a fast race car. We’ve had a fast race car every single week. And that’s just given me so much confidence,” said Gordon. “Kevin was tough. He was so strong. I did not know if I could hold him off and I almost didn’t there at the end.. Read more >>
Bates masters Otago Rally for secon - 11th May 14
Australian driver Neal Bates has won the Stadium Cars / Ssangyong International Classic Rally of Otago for the second year in succession, driving his Toyota Celica RA40 to a victory of nearly two minutes. Despite nearly rolling his car on stage 10 of the 15 stage event, held to the south of Dunedin, Bates and co-driver, Coral Taylor, were clearly the class of the field, even beating New Zealand’s WRC star, Hayden Paddon, who crashed out of the lead on day one.. Read more >>
Mason and Hunt share honours - 11th May 14
Richard Mason and Ben Hunt in their Subaru WRX STIs each won a heat of the Otago Rally at the weekend, with Mason taking overall honours on the second round of the National Rally Championship. Masterton’s Mason led from start to finish on Saturday, winning by over 90 seconds from Chris West of Timaru, with home town driver Emma Gilmour, third.. Read more >>
Iconic Motorsport Adventures - May - 8th May 14
Prior to the Talladega tour, good friend Bill Russell joined me in checking out a few things. We spent the first day being hosted around Los Angeles by speedway racer Mick Quin who lives half the year in LA and the other half in NZ. Time in LA is not complete without a visit to the friendly team at Kiwi Shipping. There are still plenty of cars being shipped out of the states with Europe being the big buyers at the moment, but still plenty heading for NZ.. Read more >>
Southern Rally Series - 8th May 14
The first round of the 2014 Laird Motorsport & Models Southern Rally Series takes place in conjunction with the DriveSouth Rally Of Otago this weekend. Originally for drivers and co-drivers with a residential address from the Waitaki River south, the boundaries were extended in 2012 and now drivers and co-drivers who are members of a Motorsport New Zealand Car Club from and including South Canterbury south and who have a residential address in South Canterbury, Otago or Southland can contest the series.. Read more >>
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