Altherm JCR Yamaha’s three riders made a decent start to the four-round Fox-sponsored New Zealand Motocross Championships yesterday and have some more fight to find moving forward. Defending New Zealand champion, Australian Kirk Gibbs and Kayne Lamont raced to second and third in the MX1 category respectively, while MX2 rider Maximus Purvis also finished on […]
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Scottish-born Alister McRae has upheld his family’s legendary driving status and made it a three-peat at the Leadfoot Festival – notching up a new record time in the mighty Vantage Subaru WRX STI. McRae had to give it absolutely everything to drop the winning time into the 47-second bracket for the first time in the […]
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Despite the wild weather lashing the New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at the famous Woodville circuit yesterday, the expanded three-rider Altherm JCR Yamaha team managed to each finish a race on the podium and avoid injury in the treacherous conditions. The Manawatu-Orion Motorcycle Club Inc. (MOMCC) hosted the 58th annual two-day meeting, which was once […]
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Whakatane driver Reece Hendl-Cox, 18, has clean swept round three of the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship at Hampton Downs. After qualifying on pole, Hendl-Cox took all three races and subsequently the championship lead from Palmerston North’s Chris Symon, 28. Saturday morning’s 15-minute qualifying session was closely contested as expected in Formula First, […]
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Charly Lamm, a long-time BMW Team Schnitzer team boss, has died unexpectedly at the age of 63, just two months after retiring from the family team. Lamm worked as the Team Manager for the successful race team, guiding the team to success in the European Touring Car Championship in the 1980s. He oversaw yet more […]
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Auckland’s Darren Kelly has taken out the first round of the 2019 D1NZ Drifting Championship Series in Tauranga despite technical issues with his brake lights during practice and qualifying. Driving the Nissan R35 GTR, the 2015 New Zealand champion battled through a poor qualifying performance to reach the final, defeating Daynom Templeman at the custom […]
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Jerome D’Ambrosio sprinted to victory in a dramatic last lap dash to the finish in Marrakesh, after a late safety car bunched up the pack following a collision between BMW i Andretti Motorsport pairing Antonio Felix da Costa and Alexander Sims. Despite picking up his third victory in Formula E, it’s the first time D’Ambrosio […]
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Kiwi Jono Lester traded GT for touring cars this weekend with an FIA WTCR test with Alfa Romeo Team Mulsanne, at the wheel of a Giulietta TCR at Italy’s Vallelunga circuit. It was the first taste of front-wheel-drive FR machinery for 29-year old Lester, who has successfully established himself as a professional GT driver in […]
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Whakatane driver Reece Hendl-Cox, 19, has walked away from the second round of the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship with the largest points haul of the field. Hendl-Cox scored a podium finish and a race win in what was a chaotic weekend. Saturday morning’s 15-minute qualifying session saw a slightly larger field of […]
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Jaxon Evans will join Julien Andlauer as a Porsche Junior next year, with the German manufacturer confirming the drivers for its sponsorship initiative for the 2019 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. Evans, a graduate of Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, will step up to a full-season program in the highly competitive international single-make series alongside Andlauer, who […]
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