Persistent rain marred Dunedin karter Josh Bethune's first international racing foray at the17th annual SuperKarts USA (SKUSA) SuperNationals meeting in Las Vegas last week.
Helping to alleviate any motor racing withdrawal symptoms in Central Otago after the Highlands 101, the ITM 500 Auckland V8 Supercars event, is bringing its road show to Cromwell's race track next Thursday.
Getting his leg caught in a fellow rider's rear wheel and being dragged for about 25m was not the way Scott Columb wanted to end his second race meeting since knee surgery six months ago.
In typical southern style, Otago drivers are leaving it to the last minute to get their entries in for the Otago Sports Car Club's Whare Flat Rallysprint, near Dunedin, tomorrow.
, to like sons like father'' when it comes to car racing in his family.
It was the perfect outcome for the Quinn family on Saturday, with Klark Quinn winning his second Australian GT Championship and father Tony victorious in the second race.
For Dunedin's Allan Dippie and Invercargill's Scott O'Donnell it was a case of almost close enough to win the South Island Endurance Series (SIES) three-hour category.
Winning the feature endurance race - the just over three-hour Highlands 101 - at his own track yesterday was a fitting end to the weekend for Highlands Motorsport Park owner Tony Quinn.
Highlands Motorsport Park is green light for go as it hosts its first major race meeting over the next three days. Catherine Pattison breaks down what is on offer each day at the Central Otago track.
Three Dunedin drivers achieved podium placings at KartSport New Zealand's annual South Island sprint championship title meetings over Labour Weekend.
A broken foot will prevent Dunedin rider Blake Fox contesting the New Zealand moto trials championships in the Bay of Plenty this weekend.
In a repeat of results from the second round of the Asko Endurance Series, Dunedin drivers Allan Dippie and Paul Coghill, paired with David Hunter, were third overall and first in class respectively at the third round at Timaru.
Hayden Paddon has described getting his first taste of driving a full world rally car as ''an amazing feeling'' after testing the Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team-prepared Ford Fiesta RS WRC earlier this week.
Otago drivers established themselves on overall and class podiums across the second round of the three and one-hour ASKO Endurance Series' races at the weekend.
Dunedin's Arron Black has had better weeks.
The New Zealand Rally Championship has boiled down to a three-way tussle as the top drivers are separated by a mere nine points going into Saturday's final round at the Rally of Wairarapa.
Three members of the Austrian ski team in New Zealand for the Winter Games have been left without passports or spare clothes after a fire engulfed part of the luxurious lodge in which they were staying.
A chance meeting on a rainy Wanaka day has provided an exciting career opportunity for Wanaka country rock singer Jody Direen.
Hayden Paddon will have some ''good mates'' helping him out as he contests the 22-stage Rally Australia from today until Sunday.
Despite missing the past two rounds, Hayden Paddon can reclaim the lead of the national rally championship if all goes well in tomorrow's Possum Bourne Memorial Rally.
