Kiwi world production car rally champions Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have finished Rally Sweden - Paddon's first event on snow - with a solid fourth place in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship field.
Michael Schumacher was hoping the late arrival of his new Mercedes would pay off after doing nearly two race distances in last year's car on the second afternoon of Formula One testing on Wednesday.
Jenson Button's body language after the first day of Formula One testing on Tuesday spoke happily of a new McLaren that was everything last year's car was not.
Steve Ross' new outright lap record at the Hampton Downs circuit, south of Auckland stood for only a week but the Dunedin racer still leads the F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series with two rounds remaining.
If the most successful racing team in the history of Formula One sees fit to send their most promising future F1 prospect to race in New Zealand, the Toyota Racing Series must be doing something right.
Former Force India Formula One driver Adrian Sutil is considering his future after receiving an 18-month suspended sentence and 200,000 euro fine for causing grievous bodily harm in a Shanghai night club brawl last year.
Expect a fresh wave of optimism, with teams and drivers gamely talking up their prospects before the bitter chill of reality changes the body language, when Formula One's launch season picks up speed this week.
Chrysler could be joining Holden and Ford on the 2013 V8 Supercar grid after team boss Garry Rogers confirmed he's in talks with the American manufacturer.
Rubens Barrichello will test an IndyCar next week for KV Racing. It's not clear if the test will bring the Brazilian Formula One driver to IndyCar for 2012.
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb started his hunt for a ninth successive world championship with a commanding victory in the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally on Sunday.
Young Aucklander Nick Cassidy has left Timaru with the lead in the Toyota Racing Series with the teenager from Invercargill Damon Leitch just eight points back.
The country's summer racing series heads to Timaru's Levels Raceway this weekend hoping for improved weather after the hail and sleet of last weekend's round at Invercargill.
There were a ton of thrills, plenty of spills but no real surprises when the New Zealand Supercross Championships wrapped up at Taupo on Saturday afternoon.
Frenchmen Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despres won the Dakar Rally on Sunday, completing the final stage two weeks after the race began in Argentina.
Hayden Paddon, the Kiwi world rally champion is excited to be starting a new chapter in his rallying career as he prepares to depart for Spain next week.
