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F5000 Drivers Turn Up The Heat As They Revel In Racing Return

Sunday, 27 March 2022, 6:26 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

After a largely frustrating 12 months in which three of the four race meetings due to host rounds of the 2021/22 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series were either cancelled outright or postponed, the drivers who made it to Hampton Downs ... More >>

Winning Nz F5ooo Series Return For Talon Man Martin

Sunday, 21 March 2021, 6:10 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Auckland ace Grant Martin (#2 TalonMR1/A) and leading pole-man Michael Collins and the rest of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ  F5000 series at Hampton Downs today. Well, that – indeed – was a turn up for the books. Just when defending SAS Autoparts ... More >>

Collins Made To Work For First F5000 Win At Taupo This Weekend

Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:41 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Defending series title-holder Michael Collins (Leda LT27/GM1) might have qualified on pole and gone on to lead the first SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race of the weekend at the second round at the big Taupo Historic GP meeting ... More >>

Meeting’s Quickest Cars To Compete For Coveted Historic GP Trophy At Taupo This Weekend

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 7:41 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

In their heyday in the 1970s the 5.0 litre stock block V8-powered Formula 5000 single-seater racing cars which contest New Zealand’s annual SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series were as quick as F1 cars. So most in the large crowd expected ... More >>

First NZ F5000 Title For Collins As Organisers Make Final Call On 2019/20 Series

Friday, 31 July 2020, 8:21 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Michael Collins (#94 Leda LT27) is the winner of the 2019/20 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series title. Since he joined the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series in 2017, dynamic young Christchurch driver Michael Collins ... More >>

NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 1:27 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Category young gun Michael Collins (McRae GM1) was comfortably quickest in qualifying this morning and ran away from the rest of the 11-strong field to win the first SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race of the 2019/20 season at Fielding’s ... More >>

Local F5000 fans have two of their own to cheer on

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 8:37 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Local fans of New Zealand’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series have two of their own to cheer on at the opening round of the 2019/20 series at Feilding’s Circuit Chris Amon Manfeild this weekend. One – Tim Rush – is a series regular ... More >>

'Legend of legends' heads F5000 entry at series final

Thursday, 21 March 2019, 3:02 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

It’s called the Legends of Speed meeting so it is only fitting that bona fide local motor racing legend Ken Smith heads the SAS Autoparts/MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series entry list for the final round of the 2018/19 title chase at Hampton Downs ... More >>

Smith Eyes Outright Lap Record at Hampton Downs This Weekend

Thursday, 24 January 2019, 4:58 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

* 2018/19 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Se-ries Rnd 3 Speedworks Motorsport NZ Championship/HRC Events NZ Mo-tor Cup meeting Hampton Downs Sat-Sun Jan 26/27 2019 More >>

Higgins is 2017/18 NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Champs

Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 9:19 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Andy Higgins is 2017/18 SAS Autoparts/MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Champ More >>

Advantage Australia as F5000s Wow ‘Em at Phillip Island

Sunday, 11 March 2018, 1:35 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Advantage Australia as F5000s Wow ‘Em at Phillip Island Australian pair Tom Tweedie and Tim Berryman claimed the early advantage in the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series races at the annual VHRR Philip Island Classic ‘Festival of ... More >>

F5000 Clean Sweep for Collins at Skope Classic

Sunday, 4 February 2018, 7:32 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

F5000 Clean Sweep for Collins at Skope Classic He came, he saw, and as far as the three SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series races at the Christchurch’s annual Skope Classic motor racing meeting over the weekend were concerned, category ... More >>

Win for Collins as Smith plays it safe at Skope

Sunday, 4 February 2018, 11:09 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Win for Collins as Smith plays it safe at Skope NZ FORMULA 5000 ASSOCIATION Press release For immediate release * 2017/18 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Rnd 5 Skope Classic meeting Mike Pero Motorsport Park Christchurch Fri-Sun ... More >>

F5000 series title holders return for Skope rematch

Thursday, 1 February 2018, 2:31 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Four-time series title-holder Ken Smith (Lola T332) will spearhead a rare gathering of five of the seven title-holders of New Zealand’s world-leading and now SAS Autoparts MSC-sponsored F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at the annual Skope Classic motor racing ... More >>

Kiwi motor cup super veteran still setting the f5000 pace

Thursday, 25 January 2018, 11:39 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Forty-two years after winning the NZ Motor Cup trophy for the first time, Kiwi super-veteran Ken Smith (Lola T332) is still setting the pace in New Zealand’s SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. The NZ Motor Cup is one of New Zealand motor ... More >>

Higgins Makes It Two Out of Two at Taupo

Sunday, 21 January 2018, 7:58 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Higgins Makes It Two Out of Two at Taupo Former series champion Andy Higgins (Lola T332) made it two wins from two starts today (Sunday) to claim overall category victory at the latest round of this season’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival ... More >>

Smith in Winning F5000 Return at Taupo

Sunday, 21 January 2018, 12:00 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Smith in Winning F5000 Return at Taupo Veteran Ken Smith (Lola T332) made a winning return to the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tamsna Cup Revival Series on the first day of competition at the second annual Taupo Historic Grand Prix meeting at the lakeside ... More >>

Kiwi F5000 Drivers First to Celebrate Category Milestone

Thursday, 18 January 2018, 1:09 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Kiwi F5000 Drivers First in World to Celebrate Category Milestone New Zealand was one of the first countries outside the United States to embrace the Formula 5000 motor racing class. So it is entirely appropriate that at the second annual Taupo ... More >>

Kiwi F5000 Group Has Big Plans for 50th Anniversary Year

Sunday, 17 December 2017, 5:44 pm | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Kiwi F5000 Group Has Big Plans for 50th Anniversary Year New Zealand’s world-leading Formula 5000 Association has big plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic stock-block V8 single-seater category here, across the Tasman and in the United States, ... More >>

Tweedie claims F5000 clean sweep at Sandown

Monday, 7 November 2016, 10:57 am | NZ Formula 5000 Assn

Sydneysider Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) made no race of the second round of this season's SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series at the 25th anniversary Historic Sandown meeting in Melbourne over the weekend, qualifying on pole and claiming three ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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