Lindsay Beer

Sixteen-year-old Matt Day of Auckland and current Lamborghini Pro-Am Super Trofeo World Champion, Southlander Brendon Leitch, won the 3 Hour race in their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 during the second round of the South Island Endurance Series at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday. Another local driver, Glen Brazier, and his

Several local Southland Sports Car Club (SSCC) members are big contenders for success when Round 2 of the South Island Endurance Series takes place at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday (4 October). In the feature 3 Hour race on Saturday afternoon club member and current Lamborghini Pro-Am World Champion

New Zealand has produced only a small number of world motor racing champions in various classes over the years and of that number Southland can count one. That driver, Brendon Leitch, is returning to his roots to race a Lamborghini Huracan EVO 1 in Round 2 of the South Island

Another exciting season of motorsport action is inbound at Invercargill’s Teretonga Park motor racing circuit. First up is the annual South Island Endurance Series meeting on Saturday 4 October, supported locally by Brazier Scaffolding, with One-Hour and Three-Hour races planned. The following day, should there be sufficient entries, a

Josh Cooper, formerly of Invercargill but now based in Cromwell where he works for the Paddon Racing Group, is the 2024/2025 Eastern Southland Car Club’s Champion, a feat that was officially recognised at the club’s prizegiving recently. Cooper ended the season with 169 points with Brendon Mitchell

A perusal of the seeding list for the 2025 Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally revealed a very interesting entry at twenty-five, that of Dean Sumner.  Sumner was the New Zealand Rally Champion back in 2010, the pinnacle of what was a very successful career that saw many wins throughout the

Queenstown based driver Caleb Macdonald and his Australian co-driver Larisa Biggar in their Mitsubishi EVO 6 powered home to win the 2025 Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally in difficult conditions on Saturday. It was a special day for Macdonald as he notched up his first outright rally victory.  Macdonald won

When the Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally takes place on Saturday 2 August it will not only celebrate the legacy of Robinson, an iconic rally driver from the area, but it will also mark 50 years of rallying for the Eastern Southland Car Club who organise this event and have