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DTM heartache for Kiwi racer
Friday, 29 October 2021
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.
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OBITUARY - Vale Graham Peter McRae 
Wednesday, 08 September 2021
The best engineer/driver – this side of Bruce McLaren...
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Triple Eight Supercar Test for Toyota 86 champion
Wednesday, 04 August 2021
Supercars powerhouse and championship leaders Triple Eight Race Engineering have joined with the Tony Quinn Foundation to provide the next champion of New Zealand’s Toyota 86 series with a Super
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Motor Equipment News July 2021
Darren Kelly is D1NZ ‘Drift King’ for a third time
Monday, 05 July 2021
In the pantheon that is the D1NZ New Zealand Drifting Championship ‘roll of honour’ several names stand out. Aucklander Darren Kelly’s is the latest.
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Motor Equipment News June 2021
Paddon & Kennard back to their winning best in Dunedin
Monday, 31 May 2021
Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard took another commanding win together at this year’s Rally of Otago in the Paddon Rallysport-prepared Hyundai i20 AP4.
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Horan gets a golden start to 2021!
Horan gets a golden start to 2021
Monday, 03 May 2021
Thundertruck racer Raana Horan took his shiny gold Nissan Titan V8 to outright victory in the inaugural Mickey Thompson New Zealand Stadium Off-road Racing Championship, held at Manukau in Auckland
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Collins & Windelburn share F5000 class race wins at Skope Classic
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Local ace Michael Collins (Leda GM1) got within 0.168 of a second of claiming a qualifying/race win/quickest race lap clean sweep at the penultimate round of this season’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F500
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Big crowds salute Ford at Taupo Historic GP
Tuesday, 09 March 2021
Just over 15,000 people enjoyed two days of close, exciting historic car racing and associated displays and activities at the Taupō Historic GP celebrating Ford over the January 23-24 weekend.
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NAPA Auto parts is the new name behind Meremere Dragway
Tuesday, 09 March 2021
New and significant player on the automotive and industrial parts scene, NAPA Auto Parts, is now the name behind New Zealand’s leading drag racing facility, the Meremere Dragway south of Auckland.<
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Getting some track time in a radical SR3XX!
Getting some track time in a radical SR3XX!
Monday, 08 February 2021
Most of the time my ‘work days’ roll one-into-the other as I sit in front of a computer screen arranging words and pictures into some sort of coherent order.
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NAPA sponsors Central Muscle Cars
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
NAPA has a long history of supporting racing around the world including NASCAR, NHRA and Indycar so we are proud to announce our support of this iconic NZ race series by becoming the naming rights
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Holden’s competition heritage celebrated at Bathurst this year
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
This year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was a bitter-sweet occasion for emotional fans of iconic marque Holden when the official factory team was officially farewelled from the Virgin Australia S
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Debut win Debut win for Riberas/Kelly & Aston Martin at Teretongafor Riberas/Kelly & Aston Martin at Teretonga
Wednesday, 07 October 2020
The Heart of Racing-backed Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by Spaniard Alex Riberas and two-time D1NZ Drift champion Darren Kelly from Auckland took an enthralling victory over the winners of the r
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What’s better than winning Bathurst – Winning the Supercars Championship and that’s what Repco has done!
Friday, 11 September 2020
  Australasia’s premiere racing series has a new partner, with Repco announcing a five-year deal to bring fans the Repco Supercars Championship from 2021.
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Engine Mis-Management
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
In the previous article “When in doubt – scan it” we discussed engine management and other warning check lights that may not stay illuminated for driver distraction considerations.
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All-Electric Mustang Mach-E 1400 prototype takes Racing to new levels
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
We want peak horsepower of 1,400 – and make it electric. 
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‘Live’ motorsport is back – and so is Targa event specialist Leigh Hopper
Thursday, 13 August 2020
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City of Auckland Rally and Battle of Jack’s Ridge announced
Monday, 06 July 2020
In the wake of the decision forced on them by the Covid-19 pandemic to cancel the NZ round of the WRC in September, Rally New Zealand organisers have announced two new events, the City of Auckland
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Rodin Cars upgrades South Island test track
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
As a story it has all the hallmarks of the sort of fantasy beloved of film directors; complete with reclusive multi-millionaire and his grandiose plan to build the world’s fastest track-day car fro
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New George Begg ‘Bunker’ a fitting tribute to pioneer Kiwi race car builder
Thursday, 14 May 2020
If – like most ordinary, average, Kiwis today – the name ‘George Begg’ means little to you, then the latest addition to Invercargill’s world-class line-up of motoring-related museums, the George Be
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