In praise of motor racing ‘PR’

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In theory ‘PR’ stands for ‘Public Relations,’ a catch-all term for advice and activity in the area where you or…

Look back in history Sunday: Victory for Carter brothers in opening SI Enduro (2009)

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Back in 2009, Teretonga Park in Invercargill hosted the opening round of the ASKO South Island Endurance Series.  It was…

(Anti) Social Media

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You can’t seem to go anywhere these days without (sometimes literally as happened to me the other day) walking into…

Look back in history Sunday: Trifecta for Baird in Hamilton (2008)

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2008 and the Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Championship was in its heyday. This week we look back to…

Defining the way we drive

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Do Kiwis have a definitive driving style When, way back now in 2007, I was asked by Publisher Random House…

Catch my drift?

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I still remember the day when the then all rather new sport/activity/lifestyle of Drifting grabbed me by the throat, slapped…

Let’s hear it for the fans!

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For a while there I honestly thought we had cracked it. For six or seven heady summers our annual NZ…

Which is ‘The Classic Kiwi Club Car ‘?

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One of the good things about my late-life dalliance with drifting – and the greater drift world – is that…

Mt Wellie – A memoir of a ‘special place to race’

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It was always going to come – the day the leaseholders (an Auckland City Council trading entity) pulled the plug…

Rugby and the media money-go-round

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For as long as I have been writing about cars, motorcycles and the local competition scene, fellow enthusiasts have been…