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Motorhead Festival brings Taupo to life
It takes a bit to get fans to head to Taupo Motorsport Park, but if Motorhead Festival, held on March 7–8, is anything to go by
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Win a can of TSD BN Thermal Coating
Thanks to the team at Evolution Motorsports we’ve got three 300ml cans of TSD BN Thermal Coating for three winners. All you need to do
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Get the rundown on round three of the Prowear NZ Superlap Series
Heading back to where time attack all started in New Zealand, the Taupo Short Track was the spot to be for round three of the
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Weekly Motor Fix: the Nissan Stagea love affair
“Sometimes you don’t have to spend much to get a lot of car. Rene Vermeer explains why he loved his Nissan Stagea” There aren’t
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Demon Energy D1NZ to return home
After three long years of battling councils, residents, resource consents, and abatement notices, the D1NZ team is finally able to return drifting to its spiritual home
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DMNZ are gearing up for their Motorhead Festival
“NZ Performance Car’s Rene Vermeer and Marcus Gibson battle it out for top honours in the DMNZ drift school Silvia” View fullsize Not having
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Race to the Sky returns — win the money-can’t-buy experience
The Repco Race to the Sky is set to make a welcome return to the event calendar on April 17–19 at Cardrona Valley. Returning for
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Whiter sets up for a fifth title run
Gaz Whiter continues to prove that he is New Zealand’s best drifter Boasting the shortest, and seemingly simplest, drift section of the entire Demon Energy
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The Smoking Tire crew get behind the wheel of our Mitsubishi GTO
A couple of weeks ago Matt Farah and The Smoking Tire crew came to New Zealand to check out the local car scene and film some of
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RADBUL lays down some numbers
No it isn’t finished yet, but RADBUL is near completion and has finally laid down some solid numbers on PPRE’s own dyno after ‘Mad Mike’
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Whipped Up: JZX NZ does Kelly Tarltons
One of the first meets that a couple of mates and I went to was the JZX NZ meet, and ever since then it’s kind of
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Whipped Up: Ardmore Showdown — Wings vs Wheels
Rolling down an airport runway with your mates is usually something you’d expect from hip-hop videos. However, the Ardmore Showdown — Wings vs Wheels lets anyone race down
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Adrenalin R presents: Mad Max’s 26B turbo skid
Sure we’ve all seen a few skid cars in our time and no doubt we’ve even seen a few tyres popped. But it’s not often you will
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Dubai police flex it: world’s fastest cop cars
In the first world, you’re probably thinking of Dubai as a Middle Eastern Las Vegas — all bright lights, brand-new skyscrapers, and a lot of money
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Weekend Workshop: window tinting
Welcome to the Weekend Workshop — a place where you can save some cash by getting your hands dirty These tech guides aim to arm