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White The One They All Have To Beat In Taupo
3+ hour ago (609+ words) Lee Zeltwanger chases Chris White " the man they have to beat at Taupo. Picture Bruce Jenkins Five rounds have taken place since last November and in keeping with every season of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship " they have been fiercely contested. White…...
Paddon Returns To WRC At Rallye Monte-Carlo In First Start Since 2018
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (543+ words) Hayden Paddon will return to the FIA World Rally Championship this week, contesting the iconic Rallye Monte-Carlo for the Hyundai World Rally Team in his first WRC start since 2018. Since his last WRC appearance, Paddon has remained firmly at the…...
Hundredths The Difference As Bridgestone GR86 Field Limbers Up
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (533+ words) Ajay Giddy was strong all day at Teretonga. Picture: Joel Hanks In all three of today's sessions it wasn't just tenths of a second separating the field, near the top of the order it was just hundredths. Ajay Giddy topped…...
Motorsport Stars Skydive, Jump From Above Taupo Ahead Of Repco Next Gen NZ Round
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (383+ words) Greg Murphy, Riana Crehan, Will Davison, Ryan Wood, Wood's engineer Richard Harris, CTFROT star Louis Sharp and racer / broadcaster Ronan Murphy all took in some of the high octane, non-motorsport activities the region has to offer. That included Skydiving from…...
Woodville The "Field Of Dreams" For Motocross
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (920+ words) Perhaps New Zealand has its own Field Of Dreams and from the Hollywood film of that name came the phrase: "Build it and they will come. And that's just what Palmerston North's Tim Gibbes did more than 60 years ago when…...
White Makes It Five Winners From Six Races With Feature Win
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (897+ words) A gripping race for the podium places and top ten results was not of interest to Chris White as he put a weekend illness aside to race home to his first win of the season in the Bridgestone GR86 Championship. The…...
Flying Start For Sharp At Hampton Downs
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (900+ words) A great start for 18 year old Kiwi Louis Sharp was the foundation for an impressive debut win in the first race of the first round of the 2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy. It was Sharp who made the best…...
Barnes Resists Intense Pressure For Race 2 Win At Hampton Downs
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (866+ words) Cooper Barnes became the fourth driver in five races so far in this season's Bridgestone GR86 Championship after surviving a spirited attack from the championship's youngest driver to take the chequered flag. With the grid a reverse of the top eight…...
Sensational Start For Repco Next Gen NZ Championship Season Two
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (1119+ words) A SENSATIONAL start to the second season of the Repco Next Gen NZ Championship has kicked off the New Zealand racing summer in style. Basking in the bright sunshine of the northern Waikato region, the 2025 Alliance Services Hampton Downs International…...
Supercars Drives Boost For Taup" District
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (719+ words) The ITM Taup" Super 440 leg of the Repco Supercars Championship in April 2025 brought a multi-million dollar boost to the local economy. Taup" once again shone on the global stage with over 51, 000 fans in attendance at Taup" International Motorsport Park and…...