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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
The 2012 V8 Supercar event around the streets of Hamilton in New Zealand will be the last. In another blow to the categories dreams of global expansion, Hamilton now joins Shanghai and Bahrain in failed overseas jaunts by the championship. According to the local Waikato Times newspaper, many local businesses are happy to see the back of the visitors from across the Tasman. "It has been a waste of time and money," Evelyn Booth, owner of the Bag Factory Shop told the paper. "We lose money when it's on, customers too, and we are going to be paying for it for a very long time." The council had "completely and utterly" let down the town, she said. The move to axe the race came at the request of V8 Supercars Australia after they took over the running of the event when the original promoter went broke. Acting V8 Supercars Australia chief executive Shane Howard met with the Hamilton City Council last Wednesday night, offering the council $1.2 million dollars to end the contract early. Local ratepayers had paid around $31.4m for the event including $9m worth of race infrastructure. These are now owned by V8 Supercars as a part of their deal for taking over the race.
Continue reading...TEENAGER WINS NZ GRAND PRIX
Monday, February 14, 2011
Auckland racer Mitch Evans, 16, has won the 2011 New Zealand Grand Prix, becoming the youngest driver to ever win the prestigious title. Today’s win is believed to put him in the history books as the youngest person to ever win an FIA-recognised Grand Prix. Evans put in a dominant performance to control the 30-lap race from [...]
Continue reading...RAIN RUINS HAMPTON DOWNS AMON CELEBRATION
Sunday, January 23, 2011
TORRENTIAL RAIN FORCES EARLY END TO FIRST NZ FESTIVAL OF MOTOR RACING MEETING Torrential rain has forced event officials to postpone Sunday’s programme at the first NZ Festival of Motor Racing - Chris Amon - meeting at Hampton Downs today. Racing yesterday was compromised by the monsoon-like conditions and officials decided this morning to call an early [...]
Continue reading...EVANS FIGHTS BACK TO WIN TERATONGA TOYOTA ROUND
Monday, January 17, 2011
Three winners in three races. That was the result of the opening weekend of the Toyota Racing Series at New Zealand's Teratonga circuit. Australia's Scott Pye started the weekend in fine form edging out local hero Mitch Evens to take the opening race. But Evans recovered to take a a great come from behind victory in he 20 lap feature race. Evans led home team mate and fellow Kiwi Nick Cassidy with another local youngster in Damon Leitch making it a 1-2-3 for the New Zealanders. Pye was a steady fourth, just 4.3s off the lead while Nick Foster finished back in ninth. England's Alex Lynn became the third different race winner of the weekend, leading from start to finish in the wet 12-lap finale at Teretonga.
Continue reading...TRANS TASMAN BATTLE FOR TOYOTA CROWN
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
As Australian Motorsport goes into a bizarre Summer hibernation across the Tasman the New Zealand scene is already in full swing. A highlight of the season is the annual Toyota Racing Series. This year the battle will be between the young hot shots of New Zealand and a group of slightly older Aussies making the step up from Formula Ford. Initial interest will centre round 2010 Champion and Australian Formula 3 runner up, local driver Mitch Evans. The 16-year-old New Zealander will again be racing for Stephen Giles Auckland-based team alongside yet another talented young Kiwi in 16 year old Nick Cassidy from Auckland’s North Shore. Evans will compete for the first time in an identical car against 20 year old Aussie Scott Pye, the 2009 TRS Rookie Champion and current British Formula Ford champion. Pye, who made a strong impression in Britain this season, will be teamed with Wellington teenager Jamie McNee in the Australian-based ETEC team run by Trevor Shuemack. Both Evans and Pye will soon announce plans to race in major European single seaters championships later in 2011 and will have high expectations for the New Zealand races. Evans already has the support of Australian Formula One star Mark Webber and is expected to race for Webber's team in GP3 in 2011. Also confirmed for the series will be 18 year old Australian Nick Foster who finished third overall in this year’s Australian Formula Ford Championship. Two other young Australians will also test at Manfeild this week in preparation for the series. Jordan Oon, a 19 year old from Perth finished third in the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific series in Asia, while 19-year-old Jordan Skinner from Wallaroo in South Australia, has just returned home after winning the National Formula Ford 1600 title in Britain.
Continue reading...EVANS ON TOP AT EASTERN CREEK F3
Saturday, September 11, 2010
New Zealand teenage sensation Mitch Evans has returned to form sweeping the Saturday action at round six of the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship at Sydney's Eastern Creek. Evans took his fifth pole of the season and held out teammate Ben Barker to win the first sprint race under perfect conditions at the 3.9km circuit. It was Evans’ first win since round three at Phillip Island and elevated him to within one point of the championship leader (Barker) with Tweedie’s third place keeping him in contention, just a handful of points behind in third. “It was a good race and really works well for the point’s situation,” A confident Evans’ said after his return to the top of the results sheet.
Continue reading...AUSSIE FORMULA FORD GETS NZ TV DEAL
Thursday, July 1, 2010
The Australian Formula Ford Championship has secured a deal that will see the series broadcast on New Zealand free to air channel TV3. TV3 will broadcast rounds two through to seven of the championship beginning on Sunday July 18 with the combined Round 2 and 3 show. The deal comes on the back of an increased presence of New Zealand drivers in the Championship, with no fewer than four Kiwis competing over the past two years. “We’re incredibly pleased to be able to announce that the Australian Formula Ford Championship will be broadcast in New Zealand thanks to TV3,” Margaret Hardy, Category Manager said.
Continue reading...EVANS’ PERFECT WEEKEND
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Mitch Evans, the 15 year old New Zealand whiz-kid, stamped his authority on Queensland Raceway today when he won the third and final race of round six of the Australian Formula Ford Championship. Sitting on pole, Evans once again launched a perfect start to maintain the lead into turn one and from there on lead the race to become the youngest driver in Australian Formula Ford history to taste the success of a national championship round win. “I’m stoked with how this weekend has turned out,” Evans said. “From first practice the car was fast, so it was just up to me to learn the track as quickly as possible ... everything just fell into place – I wish every round was like this,” he added. “Becoming the youngest driver to take out a round was the icing on the cake ... if you told me I’d be a round winner at the start of the year I would have thought you were joking.”
Continue reading...ALL NOT WELL AS HAMILTON GEARS UP FOR V8 STREET FEST
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The glitter of New Zealand's racing jewel, this week's V8 Supercar race through the streets of the City of Hamilton has tarnished with ticket sales well down and local opposition to the event growing. With only a few days remaining till the thunder of the big five litre V8s hits the streets, race organisers have admitted that this years race is still a long way from being a sellout. With a raceday capacity of 50'000 event promoter Dean Calvert told the Waikato Times newspaper that an average of 35,000 daily tickets, or 70 per cent, of the total had been sold. They were a mix of general admission, grandstand and corporate hospitality tickets. Capacity for each day is 50,000. Mr Calvert told the paper that despite this he was happy with the way the event was going. "Selling out the event, as was the case last year, was not a priority" Mr Calvert said. "Ticket sales are only a part of the bigger picture. Our priority this year is the quality of experience that the fans get." Local businesses are also bitterly divided on the perceived benefit of the race to the region.
Continue reading...FORMULA 5000 RETURNS TO THE AGP
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Formula 5000, the category that ran for the Australian Grand Prix from the late 60's throughout the 70's will return to the event with the announcement that Albert Park will host the final round of the MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. There will be two races for the F5000 Tasman Cup Revival cars with both carrying points for the 2008/09 series which is currently led by veteran New Zealand driver Ken Smith (Lola T430). The long anticipated announcement of the races is reward for many years of hard work by the New Zealand F5000 Association and spokesman David Abbott says that the events confirmation is - quite literally - a dream come true. “Formula 5000 was the premier category across the Tasman for many years and we have several cars running in our series which contested the Australian Grand Prix” said Mr Abbott. “So one of our goals - our ultimate one if you like - was to take them back." Places on the support roster at any Grand Prix are eagerly sought after and Abbott says that the New Zealand Association owes a debt of gratitude to Australian member Bob Harborow for the time and effort he and fellow members of the Victorian Historic Racing Register (VHRR) put into the proposal and process.
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