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…

The Williams option

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‘Williams’ on Netflix is a must for all Formula One fans.   For one hour and forty-four minutes this inspiring…

The Good Show

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TAKE a deep breath and run yourself through the almost overwhelming list of compelling storylines the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship…

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…

Genuine classic race cars are too precious to race

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The title says it all but maybe it should be a question rather than a statement.   It wasn’t a…

Three quarters of a century ago in Palmy North

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Heavy rain in the Manawatu seventy-five years ago caused severe flooding at Scott’s Ferry – a small farming community some…

Paddon is on the right path

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Hayden Paddon should be buoyed by his second placing in last weekend’s Rally Estonia, an event that saw him fighting…

The Common Denominator

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There I was, all serious like a proper racing driver, doing a track walk of what then was known simply…

The tale of two contrasting teams

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In 1979 Giancarlo Minardi founded his Italian automobile racing team and initially competed in the European Formula 2 Championship.  It…

Head-explosion or passion?

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Ex-Toyota Racing Series driver Santino Ferrucci has been slapped with a four race ban (the next two rounds) after causing…