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Karen Hay: Quickest and fastest female drag racer
Photo: Earl Edwards On Sunday, April 6, the record for New Zealand’s quickest, and fastest, female was taken out by Karen Hay in her purpose-built

Foggy looking for glory at BNT V8 SuperTourers this weekend
Photo: Geoff Ridder Photo: Geoff Ridder The Aucklander became the only driver to beat champion Greg Murphy so far this year when he won

ITM Auckland 500 round-up
Words by Jayden StirrupPhotos by Christian Hartung It was a day to remember them, and remember them we did. Race 10 kicked off the

Hayden Pedersen secures a spot in Peak Stock Car Dream Challenge
Hayden Pedersen is getting closer and closer to his dream of becoming a professional Nascar driver. The 19-year-old from Rotorua has made the shift

NZV8 Touring Cars TLX and TL Championship
After much drama in and outside of Sunday’s races, Nick Ross won the NZV8 Touring Cars TLX Championship, a title he has hunted with

V8 SuperTourers and NZV8 Touring Cars — merge or be banned
BNT V8 SuperTourers 2014 series champion, Greg Murphy, being handed his trophy by MotorSport New Zealand President Shayne Harris.Photo credit: Andrew Bright An unusual

Massive Murphy auction at Hampton Downs
Greg Murphy is supporting the Spinal Cord Society NZ and its research into finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes by donating the proceeds

New Mustangs secured in 30 seconds
The nerves of Ford executives about releasing there “baby” were eased when the first 500 Euro-spec 2015 Mustangs were reserved within the first 30

Annual Holden Car Show exceeds last year’s funds for charity
View fullsize Back in March, the Holden Special Vehicles Club Inc, in association with Ebbett Hamilton, held the fourth annual Hamilton Holden Car Show

Careful calculations: 1998 Toyota Chaser Tourer V (JZX100)
View fullsize It seems that in recent times more and more of the cars in our scene are going to one of two extremes

Lay low it’s the Five-O
The 2014 V 4&Rotary Nationals marked a couple of cool milestones for the NZPC team, and not the kind you would expect. No, our personal cars

Dream. Build. Drive. The ETS Story
Nigel Petrie from Engineered to Slide is one of the nicest, and most humble, guys you will ever meet in your lifetime. The one-man

Alex Kelsey unveils the MC2
View fullsize If you’re home by 6pm tonight check out TV3 news to see the video footage of Alex Kelsey’s home-built rally car in

Shock Absorbers — what you need to know
In the third and final instalment of our ‘Back to School’ handling guide, found in Issue No. 209, our resident expert Gareth Court takes a

Cam Vernon: taking it to the streets
With Targa North Island kicking off in Auckland today, there will be one driver in the mix not searching for every last split second.