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31/01/2024

31/01/2024

The Mickey Thompson New Zealand Stadium Offroad Championship Season kicks off Sunday 25 February at Colin Dale Park, Manukau with the First Round of the CT CIVIL New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship 2024.
EARLY-BIRD ENTRIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME!
Enter before 16 February and you will get a cheaper entry fee.
Enter both of the Mickey Thompson New Zealand Stadium Offroad Championship Season events (25 Feb & 24 March) before 16 February and save even more on each entry.
Early-Bird Entries will also get gridded for the first Heat as the entries arrive. First to enter gets Pole Position etc.
Early Birds are guaranteed online exposure and a place in the programme.
ENTER NOW!!

14/12/2023

EV zealots think we should pay them to drive electric appliances.

Cute.

New research has emerged showing incentive programmes that don't necessarily involve a 'ute tax' are necessary to keep transport emissions down.

08/12/2023

Ken Block's flying farewell. So proving there's at least ONE non-boring EV in the world.

In November of 2022, Ken Block and the Hoonigan team headed to Mexico City, MX to film the next installment of the Electrikhana series with the Audi S1 Hooni...

05/10/2022

Formula Ford is regaining its relevance.

05/10/2022

Paddon update in Autofile. I'm happy with that. Was a bit tricky to write given how much he is doing, had to 'write forward' because I had to file before the Rally NZ!

09/07/2022

Nailed it!

https://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=123918

Armstrong wins but Lawson is DNF - mixed fortunes for ‘our boys’ in FIA F2 Marcus Armstrong was in a league of his own from start to finish at his favourite race circuit in mid-July, dominating the field to race from pole start to the flag.

03/06/2022

Here we go...Autofile's motorsport DPS for June.

05/05/2022

Autofile May

24/04/2022

Nice work at Imola by Marcus Armstrong. A win, and points scored at every round. Now seventh overall in the standings.

05/04/2022

Autofile motorsport content for April. Great spread for Ben HUNT Motorsport and his new Skoda R5

20/01/2022

Kiwi Formula 2 driver Marcus Armstrong has announced he will drive for the successful Hitech GP team in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship.

17/01/2022

January Autofile. Big Marcus Armstrong story to finish out 2021. A brief news piece on the new Tarmac Championship as well.

15/01/2022

Nice piece on Marcus from Eric Thompson for the Herald.

12/01/2022

Apocalypse now(ish)?

Kiwi drivers look offshore as New Zealand Grand Prix canned New Zealand race drivers are looking to race overseas following the news that the New Zealand Grand Prix has been cancelled.

12/01/2022

A last-race tangle, suspension damage and team orders from rival marque Mercedes have combined to deny rising Kiwi race star Liam Lawson a historic rookie title win. Going into the final round of the high-stakes Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) in early October, Lawson was looking good for t...

12/01/2022

Dunedin’s Emma Gilmour is celebrating her new challenge: a full Extreme E season with debutante team McLaren Racing. The announcement marks a number of ‘firsts’ – the Dunedin Suzuki dealer is the first-ever female driver to be signed by McLaren and the first Kiwi to get a full season drive i...

07/01/2022

The annual. My fourth issue of NZ4WD. Proud like any editor. Great team.

The great big NZ4WD annual is out now and on the shelves in service stations, book shops and more. Great summer reading and a guide to every proper 4WD for sale in New Zealand.

07/12/2021

A great result for Marcus Rick Armstrong
https://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=123108

With a fast, clean start, Marcus Armstrong swept past fellow New Zealander Liam Lawson at the new Jeddah circuit to take his first win in FIA Formula 2.

07/12/2021

Profiling Emma Gilmour as her offroad racing career goes international

04/08/2021

Profiling Ben Hunt, two-times NZ rally champion, for Autofile.
Feature article theme: loyalty.

A very good bloke.

20/05/2021

A big weekend coming up.

New Zealand driver Marcus Armstrong says he is ready to tackle the trickiest circuit on the 2021 FIA Formula 2 calendar.

20/05/2021

Top bloke. Top mission.

Michael Clark has been named the latest independent trustee of the Kiwi Driver Fund, joining mate Bob McMurray and others.

04/05/2021

Autofile motorsport DPS on Mad Mike with a news story from Otago rally. Nice.

13/04/2021

The Kiwi Driver Fund, established in 2015, may well be the most important motorsport organisation you've never heard of. Why?

A charitable trust that provides essential support for rising New Zealand race drivers is seeking wider support from the motorsport and busi...

13/04/2021

Big air from northern truck class leader Andrew Hawkeswood. Image by Darren Stanley The 2021 New Zealand o ffroad racing championship is a t...

19/03/2021

Chang stuff. Some context and perspective for those with short memories.

19/03/2021

Two pages of action from the stadium offroad racing championship, a page of Muddy Wheels chat. Good stuff.

10/03/2021

Marcus Armstrong - a dominant return

New Zealand driver Marcus Armstrong has gone fastest at the FIA Formula 2 pre-season test in Dubai. Driving with his new DAMS team in the th...

04/03/2021

Autofile motorsport pages
Profilers this month on Brendon Leitch and on the cancellation of Hayden Paddon's Aussie rally plans. Brendon may have some further news for us shortly.

Images of Brendon by myself (NZGP head and shoulders) Bruce Jenkins and Terry Marshall.

Paddon pic from official Aussie media comms.
Nice work chaps.