George Begg is a name those with even a fleeting interest in 1950s and 1960s motorsport admire. Begg had an illustrious career racing motorcycles in Britain and, famously, on the Isle of Man, before he returned home to Southland to open an engineering business. At his workshop in rural Southland Beg
Daniel Jones and Ruby Muir have made triumphant returns in difficult conditions at the 2019 Fresh Choice Kepler Challenge today. Sustained rainfall in the Fiordland region in recent weeks had forced race organisers to use an alternative route for just the third time in the Challenge’s 32-year histor
Despite just a handful of race meetings under their belt as a team, Jason Harpur and swinger James Dawson clinched the Southland Sidecar Championship at Oreti Park Speedway on Saturday night. In just their second season racing as a combination, Harpur and Dawson impressed throughout the heats to car
New Zealand’s Chelsea Herbert is the first Kiwi to be confirmed for the 2020 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, and only the fifth female driver in the sixteen year history of the championship. Today’s confirmation that Herbert will run the full five round championship with Giles Motorsport under the gui
Fresh from the recent FIA Motorsports Games, 17 year old Waimauku racer Flynn Mullany is aiming to make a mark in this season’s Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship. The former karter and 2K Cup racer will compete in the Tony Richards Toyota entry and joins a field of the country’s best young racing tal
Just two weeks after sealing the Class B title in the Carter’s Tyre Service South Island 1 Hour Endurance Series, Invercargill racing driver Jordan Michels has added the Class 2 New Zealand 1 Hour Endurance Championship title to his 2019 achievements. The championship was fought out over a single ra
Drivers from around the world will once again descend on Teretonga Park, Invercargill, from 24-26 January next year as the annual Speedworks Events Motorsport NZ Premier Championship meeting takes place at the circuit. Already six international drivers have been confirmed for the Castrol Toyota Raci
World junior rowing champion Shakira Mirfin and New Zealand synchronised swimming representative Ali Robertson have been recognised at the annual Academy Southland graduation function at ILT Stadium tonight. Each year an athlete at the Foundation (Year 1) and Leadership (Year 2) levels of the two-ye
