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Formula 5000 Winner To Claim 2024 Historic GP Title At Taupō
Tuesday, 16 January 2024, 7:43 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
A grid of 14 Formula 5000 cars will line-up at the Taupo International Motorsport Park to contest this weekend’s Historic GP title – being run Sunday afternoon 21 January. Photo: Jarod Carruthers. The return of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 ... More >>
Banks the victor following bruising F5000 racing at Manfeild
Monday, 13 November 2023, 12:21 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Sunday’s two races for the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series was far from plain sailing for the 10-strong field – except for Auckland’s David Banks, taking a win and a second. The first of four rounds on the 2023-2024 calendar, ... More >>
F5000 season opening race starts in style at Manfeild
Saturday, 11 November 2023, 8:00 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
It was a fighting finish at today’s opening race of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series, with the Talon MR1A of Grant Martin taking the chequered flag 0.6sec ahead of the Lola T332 of Kevin Ingram. The afternoon six-lap race opens ... More >>
Key Kiwi F5000 Drivers Have ‘Unfinished Business’ At Major Category Anniversary Meetings In The USA This Month
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:19 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Two key members of the four-man SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series squad set to travel this month to the USA to join compatriots from there, Australia and the UK in celebrating the 55th anniversary of the stock-block 5-litre V8 wings-and-slicks ... More >>
Talon Man Martin Claws His Way Back Into The Winner’s Circle At Hampton Downs’ Final
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
In February this year, storm damage to his Piha, Auckland property, forced popular Kiwi F5000 category pace setter Grant Martin (Talon MR1/A) to sit out the much-anticipated penultimate round of the 2022/23 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series ... More >>
51 Years On, Mcrae’s Original GM1 Finally Gets The Pukekohe Race Wins/lap Record Nod It So Richly Deserved
Sunday, 5 March 2023, 5:46 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
The Pukekohe motor racing circuit in general, and – in particular - the New Zealand Grand Prix meetings held at the storied South Auckland venue between 1970 & 1975 didn’t do late Kiwi racing great Graham McRae any favours…even when the ... More >>
Local F5000 Cars/drivers Sweep The Floor At Skope Classic Meeting In Christchurch Over The Weekend
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 10:11 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
They came, they saw, and at the 33rd Skope Classic motor racing meeting at Christchurch’s freshly re-named Euromarque (nee Mike Pero) Motorsport Park (Ruapuna) over the weekend, local driver Michael Collins (Leda GM1 001) and fellow Mainlander Steve Ross (McRae ... More >>
The Battle Of The F5000 Cars At Skope Will Be Between The North And South Island Cars
Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:04 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Following on from a very successful second 2022/23 series round at the Taupo Historic GP meeting at the recently refurbished and re-named Taupo International Motorsport Park a fortnight ago, this weekend a field of the classic stock block V8-powered ... More >>
NZ’s Quickest F5000 Cars Compete For Coveted Historic GP Title At Taupo On Sunday
Saturday, 21 January 2023, 7:21 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
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 >>
NZ-based F5000 Motor Racing Series ‘Just Seems To Get Better With Age’
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 6:53 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Like a world-class New Zealand wine, the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series, which kicks off it’s 20th anniversary season at the big MG Classic motor racing meeting at Feilding’s Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon this weekend, just seems ... More >>
NZ F5000 Series In Pole Position At Last Big Meeting Before Pukekohe Circuit Closes For Good
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 5:17 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
When the news finally broke that New Zealand’s iconic Pukekohe Park Raceway would close in early 2023, rather than being upset by the decision, members of the organising committee of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association could hardly believe their ... More >>
‘Rain Stops Play’ At NZ F5000 Series Final At Taupo On Sunday
Monday, 16 May 2022, 6:30 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
In a rare case of ‘rain literally stopping play’ at a motor racing meeting here in New Zealand, the 2021/22 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series has ended up being called two races early after heavy rain on Saturday night and ... More >>
Popular Local F5000 Series Saves Its Best Till Last
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 10:21 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
New Zealand’s popular SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series has saved its best till last this season, with as many as 13 of the classic V8-powered ‘wings-and-slicks’ single seater racing cars expected on the grid at the Taupo ... More >>
McRae Would Be Happy With One-Two Result In First F5000 Race At Skope Classic Meeting In Christchurch
Monday, 11 April 2022, 5:09 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
09 April A little over 50 years ago (on Sunday January 22, 1972) the late, great Graham McRae drove his then new Leda ‘GM1 001’ Formula 5000 single-seater to a dominant victory in the Lady Wigram Trophy race on a temporary circuit at Christchurch’s ... More >>
Legacy Of Famed Kiwi Drivers To Live On At Skope Classic Meeting This Weekend
Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 6:26 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
The legacy of some of New Zealand’s greatest racing drivers - Graham McRae and Bert Hawthorne amongst them – will be honoured by members of the NZ F5000 Association at the re-scheduled Skope Classic historic motor racing meeting in Christchurch this ... More >>
Martin Maintains Winning F5000 Record At Hampton Downs
Monday, 28 March 2022, 6:41 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
In a virtual repeat of his performance at the same meeting a year ago Auckland ace Grant Martin (Talon MR1/A) claimed his second SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race win of the weekend in the 10-lap feature final at the Historic ... More >>
Expat Englishman Finally Gets Chance To Join Local F5000 Race Series This Weekend
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
The unique ex British Hillclimb Championship-contending Chevron B32 which Hawke’s Bay-based Brit Alastair Chalmers will drive in the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Series races at Hampton Downs this weekend. Photo credit: Fast Company/NZ F5000 ... More >>
Legacy Of Famed Kiwi Drivers To Live On At Skope Classic Meeting Next Month
Friday, 21 January 2022, 6:51 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
The legacies of some of New Zealand’s greatest racing drivers - Graham McRae and Bert Hawthorne amongst them – will be honoured by members of the NZ F5000 Association at the annual Skope Classic historic motor racing meeting in Christchurch early next ... More >>
Second NZ F5000 Series Round Cancelled; Organising Committee Ponders Next Move
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 7:44 pm | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Series regular David Banks (Talon MR1) competing at the opening round of the 2020/21 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ Tasman Cup Revival Series at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. And series newcomer Toby Annabell from Hawera debuting his McLaren M10B at the same meeting. ... More >>
Talon Man Martin Makes It Two F5000 Race Wins On His Series’ Return
Monday, 22 March 2021, 5:49 am | New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
Auckland ace Grant Martin (#2 TalonMR1/A) leads the final SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 series race at Hampton Downs from pole position. Photo Credit: Fast Company/Matt Smith And just like that, that's it, the 2020/21 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman ... More >>
