A new supporters’ club has been launched to ensure young kiwi racing driver Brendon Leitch can race in the United States this year. Leitch, originally from Invercargill and now based in Cromwell, has for the last four years taken the challenge to the many international drivers who visit New Zealand to contest the Toyota Racing […]
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Southland racing driver Brendon Leitch has received a massive opportunity to further his motor racing career. The 20 year old has been invited to travel to America to spend two days testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the high profile Newman Wachs Racing team on the road course previously used for the F1 United […]
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Invercargill driver Vaughan Edie won the 2016 Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday in slippery conditions. Edie and co-driver Tony Johnston, the twentieth seeds, took their Mitsubishi EVO 8 into the lead after competitors’ encountered snow. They emerged from the second stage with a lead of almost a minute which extended to 1 minute 24 seconds […]
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Wellington driver Brock Cooley is the BNT NZ Touring Car Series Class 2 Champion! Cooley won the latest round of the series at Manfeild Park in Feilding at the weekend and with one round still remaining has an insurmountable lead over his rivals. Cooley admitted the Speedy Signs Falcon wasn’t the quickest car in the […]
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Brendon Leitch of Invercargill has finished third overall in the provisional final points of the 2016 Toyota Racing Series. A sensational win in the Sunday morning race of this weekend’s final round at Manfeild Park in Feilding propelled Leitch into third in the series points and confirmed his standing as the top kiwi. The race […]
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The Mobil 1 New Zealand team return to Bathurst from 5-7 February 2016 to compete in Australia’s iconic international endurance race driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S. The three driver team from NZ is spearheaded this year by Chris van der Drift. Chris got the late call up to join the team in 2015 […]
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Invercargill racing driver Jamie Conroy is looking forward to getting into the new FT-50 chassis which will be in use for his debut in the 2015 Toyota Racing Series (TRS) when it begins at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna near Christchurch this weekend. The new FT-50 chassis has been commssioned by the series to […]
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Winton based NZV8 Touring Car driver Nathan Pilcher heads to the second round of the NZV8 Touring Car Championship at Pukekohe Park Raceway, south of Auckland, this weekend sixth in the TL Championship points. After an impressive debut at the opening round four weeks ago Pilcher is hoping that some set up and tuning upgrades […]
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Canterbury motorsport identity Andrew Neale has announced that his highly successful motor racing team, Neale Motorsport, will be taking a new focus this season, developing and training drivers and team personnel while tackling both the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship and the South Island Formula Ford Race Series. Neale established Neale Motorsport just two seasons […]
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Invercargill racing drivers, brothers Damon and Brendon Leitch, have finished first and second respectively in the prestigious Wigram Cup race at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna in Christchurch. The race was held on Sunday and Damon led younger brother Brendon across the line to complete a family quinella on the feature race of the […]
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